"The new BBG can expect occasional poor reception," USC CPD blog, 18 December 2009.
"Reputation to the contrary, RFE [Radio Free Europe] is not American propaganda radio. It is better described as 'surrogate radio': a broadcasting service that supplies local, national and international news, in radio, Internet and sometimes video form, in countries where other local news is weak or unavailable. ... RFE does have a good number of admirers in Washington, as well as a few constructive critics, usually people who wish it did more things better. What it does not have, however, is an advocate: someone, in Congress, the White House or on the campaign trail who remembers that Americans have done soft power rather well in the past, that the collapse of the dollar is more than a minor irritant for rich tourists, that with better transmitters we could reach more Iranians, and that we could easily swap a few helicopters for better-informed Afghans." Anne Applebaum, Washington Post, 22 April 2008. This piece is so jam-packed with misinformation, it requires a Kim's Commentary to sort it out. Posted: 23 Apr 2008 Permalink Print