No1butPaul
05-02-2014, 06:21 PM
http://www.radioworld.com/article/house-committee-passes-us-international-broadcasting-reforms/270220
he House Foreign Affairs Committee this week unanimously passed legislation to overhaul U.S. international broadcasting efforts. H. R. 4490 reforms the missions and objectives of the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcast Networks.
“The Russian propaganda machine is now in overdrive in its attempts to undermine regional stability in Ukraine,” said Royce. “U.S. broadcasters are operating with a hand tied behind their back ... The next step is “consideration of the measure by the House of Representatives...”
http://antiwar.com/blog/2014/04/29/new-bill-would-demand-voa-serve-us-propaganda/
... would force Voice of America, the federally funded news media organization, to toe the U.S. line even more closely and become an explicit propaganda tool of Washington.
BILL: http://www.scribd.com/doc/220963843/Bbg-Reform-Text-Final
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on January 23, 2013, that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) ‘‘is practically a defunct agency in terms of its capacity to be able to tell a message around the world. So we’re abdicating the ideological arena and need to get back into it.’’
The BBG should be structured to ensure that more taxpayer dollars are dedicated to the substantive, broadcasting, and information-related elements of the agency’s mission.
SEC. 106. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. To assist the Board of the United States International Communications Agency in carrying out its functions, the Secretary of State shall provide to the Board information in accordance with section 109(b), as well as guidance on United States foreign policy and public diplomacy priorities, as the Secretary determines appropriate.
he House Foreign Affairs Committee this week unanimously passed legislation to overhaul U.S. international broadcasting efforts. H. R. 4490 reforms the missions and objectives of the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcast Networks.
“The Russian propaganda machine is now in overdrive in its attempts to undermine regional stability in Ukraine,” said Royce. “U.S. broadcasters are operating with a hand tied behind their back ... The next step is “consideration of the measure by the House of Representatives...”
http://antiwar.com/blog/2014/04/29/new-bill-would-demand-voa-serve-us-propaganda/
... would force Voice of America, the federally funded news media organization, to toe the U.S. line even more closely and become an explicit propaganda tool of Washington.
BILL: http://www.scribd.com/doc/220963843/Bbg-Reform-Text-Final
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on January 23, 2013, that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) ‘‘is practically a defunct agency in terms of its capacity to be able to tell a message around the world. So we’re abdicating the ideological arena and need to get back into it.’’
The BBG should be structured to ensure that more taxpayer dollars are dedicated to the substantive, broadcasting, and information-related elements of the agency’s mission.
SEC. 106. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. To assist the Board of the United States International Communications Agency in carrying out its functions, the Secretary of State shall provide to the Board information in accordance with section 109(b), as well as guidance on United States foreign policy and public diplomacy priorities, as the Secretary determines appropriate.