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Cuba, the Media, and the Challenge of Impartiality
Salim Lamrani
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Description for Cuba, the Media, and the Challenge of Impartiality
Hardcover. In this concise and detailed work, Salim Lamrani addresses questions of media concentration and corporate bias by examining a perennially controversial topic: Cuba. Lamrani argues that the tiny island nation is forced to contend not only with economic isolation and a U.S. blockade, but with misleading or downright hostile media coverage. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JP; KC; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
In this concise and detailed work, Salim Lamrani addresses questions of media concentration and corporate bias by examining a perennially controversial topic: Cuba. Lamrani argues that the tiny island nation is forced to contend not only with economic isolation and a U.S. blockade, but with misleading or downright hostile media coverage. He takes as his case study El Pais, the most widely distributed Spanish daily. El Pais (a property of Grupo Prisa, the largest Spanish media conglomerate), has editions aimed at Europe, Latin America, and the U.S., making it a global opinion leader. Lamrani wades through a swamp of reporting ... Read more
In this concise and detailed work, Salim Lamrani addresses questions of media concentration and corporate bias by examining a perennially controversial topic: Cuba. Lamrani argues that the tiny island nation is forced to contend not only with economic isolation and a U.S. blockade, but with misleading or downright hostile media coverage. He takes as his case study El Pais, the most widely distributed Spanish daily. El Pais (a property of Grupo Prisa, the largest Spanish media conglomerate), has editions aimed at Europe, Latin America, and the U.S., making it a global opinion leader. Lamrani wades through a swamp of reporting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Monthly Review Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781583674727
SKU
V9781583674727
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About Salim Lamrani
Salim Lamrani is Docteur es Etudes Iberiques et Latino-americaines at the University of Paris- Sorbonne Paris IV, and associate professor at the University of La Reunion. As a widely published French journalist, he specializes in Cuban-American relations. He is the author of The Economic War Against Cuba: A Historical and Legal Perspective on the U.S. Blockade.
Reviews for Cuba, the Media, and the Challenge of Impartiality
"Salim Lamrani is a treasury of powerful factual information." - Howard Zinn, author, A People's History of the United States