From here on Jossip, Friday:

Fidel Castro's exiled daughter Alina Fernandez has been hired by CNN as a contributor. Even more interesting? That she's Fidel's exiled daughter seems to be about the only reason CNN gave her a job.

From Jon Friedman's Markewatch column, today:

CNN's latest stretch for publicity was a doozy of a gimmick: it announced late last week that it had hired Fidel Castro's daughter as a contributor, just as the Cuban dictator's health became the island's biggest news story since the heady days of Elian Gonzalez. He was the bewildered little boy who found himself at the center of a media storm in 2000. [...]

You have to wonder exactly what journalistic verities Alina Fernandez brings to the job.

It's not that we're accusing Jonny of stealing our nutgraphs. But that he's making the same points as – egads! – blogs? We thought that'd be so below him.

CNN's still better at making news than breaking it [Jon Friedman, Marketwatch]
Related: While Fidel Ails, His Daughter Finds a Job

Via Inside Cable News comes this timely bit of news: Fidel Castro's exiled daughter Alina Fernandez has been hired by CNN as a contributor. Even more interesting? That she's Fidel's exiled daughter seems to be about the only reason CNN gave her a job. From the memo:

Alina Fernandez, exiled daughter of Cuban President Fidel Castro and someone critical of his policies, has joined CNN as a network contributor, it was announced today by Susan Bunda, senior vice president for news of CNN/U.S. Fernandez, who fled Cuba in 1993, will provide analysis and commentary from Miami.

The rest of things, after the jump.

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