U.S. international broadcasting bashed again.

Interview with Sinan Ilhan, Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) coordinator for multi-language broadcasts: "Q: Will TRT Şeş [new Kurdish channel] be the state's tool for propaganda or brainwashing? Ilhan: Our station is like TRT 1 in format, mainly broadcasting entertainment and family-centered programs. Is it reasonable to spread propaganda through such a station? Today, official ideological views cannot be imposed on people. No one pays heed to Soviet-style or US-style brainwashing. The US targets Arabs with its al-Hurra TV station. No one watches it because you only see programs talking about how the US has been doing good things in the region. The station runs such programming 24 hours a day. And it fails to attract an audience. You cannot attract anyone with such ideological discourse." Today's Zaman, 11 January 2009. This comes just after the dissing of VOA by the director and Persian Service executive editor of BBC World Service.
     Kurdistan President Massoud "Barzani is asked about comments he made in November on the Al Hurra satellite television channel that the Iraqi government ignores the Kurdish role whenever possible in every area and that the government wants to return to a one-party system and a totalitarian authority." Los Angeles Times, 11 January 2009.
     "In a Saturday interview with the Alhurra television station, Ryan Crocker asserted that the US considers the MKO [Mujahedeen Khalq Organization] a terrorist entity and understands the Iraqi government's decision to remove the group from its territory." Press TV, 10 January 2009. See previous post about Alhurra and another mentioning Alhurra. Posted: 11 Jan 2009 Permalink Print