ABSTRACT
Since the triumph of the Cuban revolution in 1959, corporate media in the United States have created anti-revolutionary narratives consistently based on misinformation and bias. The media effort to denigrate revolutionary accomplishments has worked in conjunction with the US foreign policy objective of regime change. National media, owned by wealthy reactionary institutions in close alignment with America’s capitalist precepts, reflect the ruling elite’s goal that the public perceives Cuba negatively. While the negative coverage on Cuba has predominated since the revolution, American media perspectives on the island have a historical context that begins in the 19th century and are rooted in the conflict between US imperial designs and Cuba’s desire for true independence. The chapter explores the influence corporate media storylines have had on developing unfounded negative perceptions of Cuban revolutionary society and the people who support it.
