The broadcasts from Cuba came booming in over Florida radios, nearly blotting out local U.S. stations. By flipping a dial on their TV sets, residents of Key West could see as well as hear the spectacle. In an Orwellian marathon lasting five nights running last week. Fidel Castro paraded 200, then 400, finally almost 1,000 captured rebels into Havana's Sports Palace and subjected them to a favorite pastime of the new Cuba, the televised inquisition.
To the Wall! As the studio audience chanted "to the wall," the announcer asked viewers to telephone immediately...
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