Yesterday, Reuters ran a story covering Fidel Castro’s health recovery under the title “Cubans relieved to see Castro on TV,” as though there are no Cubans wishing for an end to the Castro regime.

The article lauds Castro as a “firebrand” and quotes only pro-Castro citizens. Of course, on-the-record anti-Castro quotes may be hard to come by, considering that, throughout the decades, many tens of thousands of Castro critics have ended up imprisoned and executed. Yet this fact is conveniently omitted from the article; instead, the author tries to paint a picture of widespread respect for the dictator:

Whether they support his government or not, Cubans widely admire Castro, the only leader they have known since he took power in a 1959 revolution and turned Cuba into the Western Hemisphere’s only communist state.

The reporter provides no support for her assertion that “Cubans widely admire Castro” and does not mention of the fact that, far from admiring Castro, hundreds of thousands of Cubans fled his regime over the years, many of them risking death in rickety rafts just for a taste of freedom.

Not to be outdone in the blatant bias department, a competitor of Reuters published a piece whose opening sentence is so slanted that it requires no further comment. The Associated Press reports:

The House passed a $463.5 billion spending bill Wednesday that covers about one-sixth of the federal budget as Democrats cleared away the financial mess they inherited from Republicans.

(Hat tip: The Corner.)