Cuba, the media, and the challenge of impartiality /

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 misleadi...

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Main Author: Lamrani, Salim (Author)
Other Authors: Oberg, Larry R. (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Monthly Review Press, [2015]
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