{"id":604747,"date":"2021-07-28T12:21:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T16:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=604747"},"modified":"2021-07-28T12:21:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T16:21:34","slug":"watch-cuban-american-democrat-torches-progressive-media-and-politicians-for-ignoring-true-cause-of-cuba-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-cuban-american-democrat-torches-progressive-media-and-politicians-for-ignoring-true-cause-of-cuba-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Cuban-American Democrat Torches \u2018Progressive Media And Politicians\u2019 For Ignoring True Cause Of Cuba Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-cuban-american-democrat-torches-progressive-media-and-politicians-for-ignoring-true-cause-of-cuba-protests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=604747&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1234036789.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A Cuban-American Democrat slammed the mainstream media for ignoring the underlying cause of widespread protests in Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cuba is presently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cuba\"><span>witnessing<\/span><\/a><span> the largest protest movement against its communist regime in decades. When the protests began on July 11, many media outlets pointed toward the island\u2019s rising COVID-19 case count and the lack of vaccines. Meanwhile, Democratic politicians \u2014 such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bernie-sanders-bashes-u-s-while-cubans-protest-communist-tyranny-shapiro-crushes-him\"><span>emphasized<\/span><\/a><span> the notion that the American embargo drives the nation\u2019s hardships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In response, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.degennarolab.org\/elina-barredo\"><span>Elina Barredo<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 a Cuban-American doctoral student who identifies as a Democrat \u2014 published a video on social media expressing disappointment in the Left\u2019s coverage of the Cuba protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.1141304347826\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8MUST WATCH\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Cuban American Democrat rips the media\u2019s coverage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a> movement. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PatriaYVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PatriaYVida<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f1lJNQFnoX\">pic.twitter.com\/f1lJNQFnoX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiancarloSopo\/status\/1418559367838842880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI have a message for CNN, for NPR, for President Biden, and for all of the progressive media and politicians,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to know why you\u2019re so afraid to cover the news in Cuba right now by saying the truth. Why are you so afraid of calling Cuba\u2019s protests\u2026 the protests for freedom from the dictatorship?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey\u2019re chanting for the end of the dictatorship,\u201d she continued. \u201cYou\u2019re covering these protests by saying that they\u2019re asking for vaccines, they\u2019re asking for food, they\u2019re asking for blackouts to end \u2014 no, no, no. That\u2019s not what they\u2019re asking for. Listen to them \u2014 it\u2019s loud and clear. <\/span><i><span>Abajo de la dictadura<\/span><\/i><span> \u2014 down with the dictatorship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you keep bringing the embargo in\u2026 that\u2019s the same narrative that the oppressors are using there,\u201d Barredo observed. \u201cThey\u2019re blaming everything on the embargo. Stop bringing the embargo up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe need the truth right now. And there\u2019s nothing un-progressive about that \u2014 there\u2019s nothing un-progressive about saying that the Cubans are trying to get rid of one of the worst dictatorships in the history of Latin America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Barredo told The Daily Wire that she created the video to \u201cexpose the bias in the media,\u201d because she knew that \u201canyone who listened to or read the news and wasn\u2019t Cuban could be easily fooled into thinking that the protesters simply wanted the economy to improve and receive COVID vaccines.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI wanted to clarify that their sole petition was for the dictatorship to end and to have a transition into democracy,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPolicymakers and journalists often have an agenda that establishes preconceived notions of what\u2019s right and wrong,\u201d Barredo continued. \u201cThey either work on automatic pilot, selling the message they need to support their political affiliation, or deliberately manipulate the content to lead the opinion towards their intended narrative.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Barredo observed that \u201cthe Democratic Party is programmed to highlight the idea that the embargo is the main cause of Cuba\u2019s problems, so that\u2019s what they do without digging in or inquiring further.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMost Cuban Democrats that I know are also outraged at the lack of transparency and confusing narrative that some media chooses to portray,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cuban-American Democrat slammed the mainstream media for ignoring the underlying cause of widespread protests in Cuba.Cuba is presently witnessing the largest protest movement against its communist regime in decades. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}