CANF Congratulates HBO on Pulling Castro Documentary from Schedule (Oliver Stone gets the boot)

U.S. Newswire ^ | 4/15/2003 | U.S. Newswire

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CANF Congratulates HBO on Pulling Castro Documentary

MIAMI, April 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Jorge Mas Santos, the chairman of the Cuban American National Foundation, congratulated HBO Productions today on the removal of an Oliver Stone documentary on Fidel Castro from HBO's May schedule. The documentary, titled "Comandante," reportedly was a showcase for the world's longest reigning tyrant in his own words -- without context or dissenting views.

"In recent weeks the world has been reminded once again of the cruelty and deceit of Fidel Castro and his henchmen," stated Mas. "The mass arrests of peaceful dissidents, the harsh prison sentences -- up to 28 years -- imposed on human rights activists, and the summary firing squad execution of three young men seeking to flee the island demonstrate that Castro remains as committed to ruling through fear and intimidation as ever. To have provided a platform for Castro to try to whitewash his sins would have been an unforgivable insult to the thousands of men and women who suffer in his tropical gulag," added Mas.

"HBO is well known for its professional integrity and allowing an aging dictator to distort the truth and go unchallenged would not have been in keeping with that tradition," noted the CANF Chairman.

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[Free ThinkerNY]

It's got nothing to do with HBO's "integrity." They just know which way the wind is blowing.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Great find!

Good for HBO.

Next?

[KeyWest]

Actually, they should have let it go on and it would have put HBO right in there with CNN in covering for dictators. They have seen what is happening to CNN and all the other anti war crowd and their bottom line is driving this decision. It is still Time-Warner and very liberal.

[Amalie]

I agree; watch for this to be repackaged. If this is the same docu-program Stone has been trying to get off the ground for the last several years, there will probably be an upcoming editions like "Haliburton's Oily Scheme," "We'll Always Remember the Chads That Weren't Counted," and "The Undercover Plot to Destroy Tim Robbins." After all, facts have never gotten in the way of Stone's work before. I will say HBO is playing smarter than normal...(er, but where's that Bill Maher charactor?)

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HBO is well known for its professional integrity

HA! HBO is known for it's left-wing bias.

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