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Title: U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans
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The Cable
URL Source: http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14 ... rnment-made-news-to-americans/
Published: Jul 14, 2013
Author: VxH
Post Date: 2015-03-23 19:53:58 by VxH
Keywords: None
Views: 677
Comments: 3
For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the implementation of a new reform passed in January. The result: an unleashing of thousands of hours per week of government-funded radio and TV programs for domestic U.S. consumption in a reform initially criticized as a green light for U.S. domestic propaganda efforts. So what just happened? Until this month, a vast ocean of U.S. programming produced by the Broadcasting Board of Governors such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks could only be viewed or listened to at broadcast quality in foreign countries. The programming varies in tone and quality, but its breadth is vast: It’s viewed in more than 100 countries in 61 languages. The topics covered include human rights abuses in Iran, self-immolation in Tibet, human trafficking across Asia, and on-the-ground reporting in Egypt and Iraq....
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#1. To: All (#0)
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Hmmm. Shouldn't Government-Made news be required to have a label or something? Hecho en Chine Hecho en Washington DC Hecho en Moscow Sure would make things clearer knowing which load of Ba'al manure was coming from where.
Hillary needs massive government funding to keep up with Alex Jones in the info war.
What does she think America has left to inform the world about that her hubby didn't already sell to the Chinese? Who's selling China the technology to build their great "internet firewall"? Unfortunately when her "Recreate '68" comrades achieved their goal, they didn't recreate the American spirit that put a man on the moon along with it. "Why America is NOT the greatest country in the world anymore"
#2. To: VxH (#0)
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: hondo68 (#2)
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