On MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell insisted in a stock bio that Castro “gave his people better health care and education.” Appearing live by phone, she soon trumpted how Castro “will be revered” for “education and social services and medical care to all of his people.”
Video: Andrea @MitchellReports on @MSNBC: #FidelCastro “gave his people better health care and education” #TTT16
Video: @MitchellReports: #FidelCastro “revered” for “social services and medical care to all of his people” #TTT16
Along a similar theme, in an ABC Special Report during Nightline, Jim Avila maintained that “even Castro’s critics praised his advances in health care and in education.”
Video: @JimAvilaABC: “Even #FidelCastro’s critics praised his advances in health care and in education.” #TTT16
In a relatively tough report on Castro’s abuses, CNN’s Martin Savidge, in a pre-recorded bio piece, highlighted how “many saw positives, education and health care for all, racial integration.”
Vid: “He dramatically improved health care and literacy” – Andrea @MitchellReports in @MSNBC #FidelCastro bio #TTT16
A meandering Brian Williams popped up by phone on MSNBC to ruminate and recalled how in his last visit to Cuba, in 2015: “You see the medicine system they are very proud of.”
ABC’s Avila went so far as to tout how Castro “was considered, even to this day, the George Washington of his country among those who remain in Cuba.”
Vid @JimAvilaABC: #FidelCastro “considered…George Washington of his country among those who remain in Cuba” #TTT16
Reminiscing about his high school years, via phone on MSNBC, Chris Matthews asserted that Castro was “a romantic figure when he came into power” and, Matthews wasn’t embarrassed to relay, “we rooted like mad for the guy” who “was almost like a folk hero to most of us.”
Vid: @HardballChris: When #FidelCastro took power he was “a romantic figure” and “a folk hero to most of us” #TTT16
