Stephen Bain wrote:
One could simply cite an authority (or authorities) who believes that
Castro fits within the definition of "dictator", and cite an authority (or authorities) who believes the opposite. Then it's up to the reader who they believe.
True enough, but why bother? It's a characterization that leads us nowhere, and arguing the point in the article only succeeds in making the article less readable I can appreciate that if calling Castro a dictator violates NPOV, so too is using the same term for Batista or the even more deadly Machado. I can draw my own conclusion from the data, I don't need anybody to tell me what conclusions I should draw from that data.
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