Submitted by Stephen Rivers, Jan 19, 2007 19:37

In "Remembered as a Fool" R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. writes "After Steven Spielberg dined with him [Fidel Castro] in 2002, Mr. Spielberg enthused that he had just spent 'the eight most important hours of my life.' " Spielberg NEVER said that, or anything remotely like that. I organized Spielberg's trip to Cuba, and was there with him. The purpose of the trip, which was authorized by the U.S. Government, was to screen 8 of his films for the Cuban public. The statement is preposterous and implausible on its face. The AP and Reuters reporters based in Havana, who covered Spielberg's trip there, most certainly would have used that quote if he had really said it. They did not, because he did not say it.

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