Project CENSORED Address: Cuba does good?

For this Address, it has been my job to research the story of "Cuba Provided the Greatest Medical Aid to Haiti after the Earthquake" to see if it really is a "censored" story. Here is what CENSORED 2011 had to say about it.

"Public health experts say the Cubans were the first to set up medical facilities among the debris and to revamp hospitals immediately after the earthquake struck" (64).

"One major international news agency's list of donor nations credited Cuba with sending over thirty doctors to Haiti, whereas the real figure stands at more than 350" (65).

"Western media are programmed to be indifferent to aid that comes from unexpected places. In the Haitian case, the media have ignored not just the Cuban contribution, but also the efforts made by other Latin American countries" (65).

"When the US requested that their military planes be allowed to fly through Cuban airspace for the purpose of exacting Haitians to hospitals in Florida, Cuba immediately agreed despite almost fifty years of animosity between the two countries" (66).

"In late January 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton thanked Cuba for its efforts in Haiti and welcomed further assistance and cooperation" (66).

Obviously this is perfect breeding ground for censorship within the media. The US and Cuba haven't necessarily been friends and to portray Cuba in a good light just wouldn't reflect on America so well. So, after a bit of research, I actually did find some interesting articles covering this story.

Chavez courts Haiti with aid to broaden anti-U.S. kingdom


Cuba's Aid to Haiti Ignored by the US Media?



In fact, all you have to do is type "Cuba Haiti aid ignored" into Google and you get a full page of news articles covering this story. So would I call this a strictly censored story? No and yes. No because of the amount of information I was able to find on the story, and yes because of the fact that I had never heard about this story until I researched it. It is not a common discussion among people. It is not a fertile meme. But why is this? I believe it's because people tend to get the majority if not 100% of their world information from major news networks who have expressed a sort of self interest. Because we don't further our searches on news beyond channel 3, we aren't hearing all of the information on certain subject matters.