It seems like only ESPN was for sports and only sports. They always had an East Coast bias, but at least if you wanted a break from the news, you could watch ESPN. But since ABC/Disney bought ESPN, it’s turned into another propaganda outfit disguised as sports. ESPN actually praised Fidel Castro after he croaked.
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ESPN marked the passing of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro by acclaiming the huge impact that the Caribbean strong man had on the world of sports in a piece titled “Fidel Castro, 90, Deftly Fused Sports into Cuba’s National Identity.”
ESPN recited the important role sports played in Castro’s personal life. “Born near Birán, Cuba, on Aug. 13, 1926, to a sugar plantation owner, Castro grew up in a wealthy household and attended El Colegio de Belén in Havana, where he pitched for the school’s baseball team, played basketball and ran track,” ESPN noted. “After graduation, he turned his attention to politics. Castro became one of the leaders of a revolutionary movement, and in 1958 he and his guerrilla forces began a campaign to successfully overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.”After becoming dictator, the article tells how sports became yet another arena for Castro to challenge America. “As Castro’s rivalry with the U.S. played out in diplomatic and military crises, it also played out on baseball fields, in boxing rings and on rubberized tracks,” the site maintains. “Soon after coming to power, Castro recognized the potential benefits of national excellence in athletics and Cuba eventually became one of the strongest sporting nations in the world — despite a population only slightly greater than New York City’s.”