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...radio and television," said the I.A.P.A. report, and went on to condemn Castro's attempts to subvert the free press of other nations. At this point, the New York Times, whose Cuban policy is strongly influenced by Editorial Board Member Herbert Matthews, Castro's most powerful U.S. apologist, accused the I.A.P.A. of being "driven from journalism into politics as it did its best to bring about the downfall of the Castro government . . ." Jules Dubois. chairman of the I.A.P.A. Press Freedom committee, reminded Matthews that the I.A.P.A. had fought equally hard against Dictator Juan Perón of Argentina...
Intended as a ringing defense of his own reporting on Cuba, his book only demonstrates how wrong Matthews was then, and how wrong he is now. The reporter who adopted a rebel has now become Castro's apologist: "Let me repeat that I am not making a moral judgment in saying that given the problems he faced, internally and externally, given the character of the Cuban people, and given his determination to make a radical, social revolution. Fidel came up with a logical answer." Besides, says Matthews. Castro did not necessarily turn left; he may have been pushed: "Historians...
Died. G. (for George) Ward Price, 75, intrepid London Daily Mail correspondent who covered every European conflict from the Balkan War of 1912 through World War II, scored a succession of 1930s scoops as a Hitler confidant and apologist ("Behind the forceful character which Hitler displays in public, there is a pleasant personality known only to his intimates"); after a long illness; in London...
None of the speakers referred to specific recent events except in passing. As Bundy put it, he would be called a "White House apologist" for speaking favorably about government affairs; if he spoke unfavorably, he would "have to find a place here again...
...more thoughtful and cogent analysis of steadfast and changing France has not yet been written. Aron is no brilliant apologist for any national cause, despite his former connection with Gaullism; he is St. Raymond, killer of myths, and as such extraordinarily incisive. For his explanations, he offers impressive support; it is only his optimism, as he himself confesses, which must still remain unjustified