http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2008/12/30/radio-free-europe-or-radio-free-putin-did-bbg-end-us-surrogate-broadcasting-in-russia-on-radio-liberty-in-an-attempt-to-appease-mr-putin-and-pursue-its-marketing-strategy/ Supporting free media worldwide Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2008/12/30/radio-free-europe-or-radio-free-putin-did-bbg-end-us-surrogate-broadcasting-in-russia-on-radio-liberty-in-an-attempt-to-appease-mr-putin-and-pursue-its-marketing-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Piotr Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:10:56 +0000 http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=599#comment-1256 I think many RF/Svoboda listeners suppose that Bush and Putin agreed about the content of broadcasting, so the audience is evidently changing. I think many RF/Svoboda listeners suppose that Bush and Putin agreed about the content of broadcasting, so the audience is evidently changing.

]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2008/12/30/radio-free-europe-or-radio-free-putin-did-bbg-end-us-surrogate-broadcasting-in-russia-on-radio-liberty-in-an-attempt-to-appease-mr-putin-and-pursue-its-marketing-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 » Public Diplomacy 2.0 or Propaganda Museum Exhibits - Blogger News Network Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:26:19 +0000 http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=599#comment-1245 [...] By placing much of the work and operations of these privatized entities in countries like Russia and in the Middle East and relying on locally-hired staff, the BBG created no safeguards to make sure that local reporters would not be blackmailed by foreign security and intelligence services. At the same time, the BBG denied locally-hired employees the protection of U.S. labor laws, damaging U.S. reputation in countries like the Czech Republic and drawing attention and criticism from local politicians, including the highly respected former Czech President Vaclav Havel. Link to FreeMediaOnline.org report Radio Free Europe or Radio Free Putin? Did BBG End U.S. Surrogate Broadcasting in Russia on Radio Li... [...] [...] By placing much of the work and operations of these privatized entities in countries like Russia and in the Middle East and relying on locally-hired staff, the BBG created no safeguards to make sure that local reporters would not be blackmailed by foreign security and intelligence services. At the same time, the BBG denied locally-hired employees the protection of U.S. labor laws, damaging U.S. reputation in countries like the Czech Republic and drawing attention and criticism from local politicians, including the highly respected former Czech President Vaclav Havel. Link to FreeMediaOnline.org report Radio Free Europe or Radio Free Putin? Did BBG End U.S. Surrogate Broadcasting in Russia on Radio Li… [...]

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