FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, Commentary by Ted Lipien, September 8, 2008, San Francisco — A country like Russia either needs surrogate broadcasting or it doesn’t. Many countries, however, need balanced and objective news from the Voice of America that surrogate broadcasters living overseas are not trained to provide. If a country also needs a genuine surrogate broadcaster — as it is the case now with…
Religion
A New Book About Pope John Paul II and Feminism Also Deals with Cold War Spying at the Vatican and Attempts to Influence Reporting by RFE/RL and VOA
I included here more information about “Wojtyla’s Women,” my book on Pope John Paul II and feminism. In the book, I discuss at some length the attempts of the Polish communist secret police and the KGB to recruit agents among Pope John Paul II’s friends, as well as their attempts to influence the reporting of journalists working at Radio Free…
Wojtyla’s Women: How They Shaped the Life of Pope John Paul II and Changed the Catholic Church was cited in a news story I wrote about the shutting down of the Voice of America radio broadcasts to Russia just days before the Russian troops attacked Georgia. The Senate staff of Barak Obama’s vice-presidential running mate, Senator Joe Biden, was said…
Cold War, International Broadcasting, Photo, Poland, Public Diplomacy
Broszura reklamowa Sekcji Polskiej Głosu Ameryki z lat 90-tych – str. 3
VOA Polish Service Flyer P. 3
Cold War, International Broadcasting, Photo, Poland, Public Diplomacy
Broszura reklamowa Sekcji Polskiej Głosu Ameryki z lat 90-tych – str. 2
VOA Polish Service Flyer P. 2
Cold War, International Broadcasting, Photo, Poland, Public Diplomacy
Broszura reklamowa Sekcji Polskiej Głosu Ameryki z lat 90-tych – str. 1
VOA Polish Service Flyer P. 1
Cold War, International Broadcasting, Photo, Poland, Public Diplomacy
Broszura reklamowa Sekcji Polskiej Głosu Ameryki z lat 90-tych – okładka
VOA Polish Service Flyer Cover