When the revolution isn’t broadcast
By Martha Bayles | Sunday, June 28, 2009 | The Boston Globe
“…Human rights activists languish in many countries where the CNN spotlight rarely shines. Some of these countries are of little strategic interest to America or its adversaries. Others are too poor to attract commercial media. But there is a way for America to connect with these populations. Like the BBC, Voice of America broadcasts news and information in 45 languages around the world. And its “surrogate’’ counterparts, Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (which broadcasts into Central Asia and the Middle East), use a variety of media platforms, from shortwave radios to social-networking tools on the Internet, to send reliable news to millions of people whose own media are censored….”…BS
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