Compare and Contrast Hitler and Castro's use of the media.
Castro and Hitler's utilisation of the media was quite similar in the sense that they both had certain people to aid them in this particular area in order to amass widespread support. In Castro's case, he had the assistance of Che Guevara who persuaded Castro to set up the Radio Rebelde in Sierra Maestra. The Radio Rebelde established a regular schedule and each broadcast began with the Cuban national anthem and the 26th of July hymn. Radio Rebelde included things such as bulletins recounting guerrilla military victories, speeches of rebel commanders, manifestos, anti -Batista diatribes and patriotic poems. In contrast to the regular Cuban media, Radio Rebelde was quite popular as it told all the news, good or bad. The Cuban people trusted Rebelde because it contained uncensored news, which facilitated Castro to accumulate the support of many people. In Hitler's case, he had the influential backing of Josef Goebbels, and appointed him the minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. He was responsible for all newspapers, radios, film, books, music, paintings and all the arts. .
Hitler used all forms of media as mentioned above, however, in Castro's case, he was heavily reliant on radio and television. Both Castro and Hitler, when they came in to power had complete dominance over media facilities. By the middle of the 1960s, Castro's government had complete control over television and radio facilities. Castro would speak on national television for hours at a time, lecturing, explaining, and convincing the populace. The newspapers also played a significant role in forming the ideas of the public. Three of the most important newspapers in the early 1960's were Revoluci, Noticias de Hoy and El Mundo. In Germany, Adolph Hitler also took over the media, and he used it to shape a modern, civilized country to his ends. With full control of the national press his propaganda minister Paul Josef Goebbels developed sophisticated and very effective tools of propaganda to control public opinion in Germany, and even in other countries.
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