<p>[<em>More in the cross-post on the MRC's <a href="http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2016/03/21/cnns-cuomo…; target="_blank">NewsBusters blog</a>.</em>]</p>

<p>On the 16 March 2016 edition of CNN's <em>New Day</em>, Chris Cuomo revealed that he was wearing his father's guayabera shirt, which was "given to him by Fidel Castro as a gift." Cuomo, who was covering President Obama's visit to Cuba, underlined that "it didn't mean something to him because it came from Fidel Castro necessarily, but because it marked conversations going on decades ago that were the same as those today."</p>

<p>The anchor summarized that for his father, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, "the concern was the freedom of the people. What is the point of this communist regime if it is not to truly make everyone equal — not at the lowest level; not by demoralizing everyone; but lifting everyone up? My father, generations of politicians, have been fighting this. So, I wear this shirt as a reminder of that, and of my pop."</p>