Abstract
This paper examines the way Cuba was represented in noticeable online media in connection with Bernie Sanders’ aspirations to become the Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential election. Traditional anticommunism and a historical one-sided view on Cuba in the press, as well as widespread conceptual confusion about “socialism” in US society, converged against Sanders over the run-up to the nomination, especially at a crucial moment in February 2020 when he was the frontrunner and was interviewed by CBS. The paper analyses the reaction of the online press to Sanders’ comments on Cuba during the interview, but also considers other US press reports during 2019 as well as specialised literature on the topic. Discourse Analysis parameters are brought forward to highlight ideological discourse representations in the media.
Highlights
On 23 February 2020, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a Democratic Party candidate for President of the United States, was the frontrunner, after victories in New Hampshire and Nevada
This paper examines these political and ideological circumstances, aiming to explain the way Cuba was represented in influential online media and how that representation, together with considerable conceptual confusion persisting in the US as to what socialism is, played out against Bernie Sanders while he still stood a chance to become the Democratic nominee for the presidential elections and, especially, after the interview given to CBS 60 Minutes, on 23 February 2020, when he was the frontrunner
While Bernie Sanders stood a chance to be nominated the Democrat to face Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential elections, a dominant opinion trend in the US media was that the candidate’s proposals were “extreme”, “radical” and “socialist” in the style of models undesired in the US like those of Venezuela and Cuba
Summary
On 23 February 2020, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a Democratic Party candidate for President of the United States, was the frontrunner, after victories in New Hampshire and Nevada. Sanders was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on the well-known CBS TV show 60 Minutes (Cooper 2020)
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