U.S. and International Media
BBG Watch History Very few Americans and few Poles know today that during World War II, the Voice of America (VOA), then called the Oversees Branch of the Office of War Information (OWI), engaged in a massive propaganda campaign designed…
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Commentary A Fearless Woman Journalist Should Replace First Director As VOA’s Key Historic Figure By Ted Lipien With U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) undergoing what may be its biggest crisis since its beginning 75 years ago…
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Introduction With today’s 75th anniversary of the signing of the presidential executive order to imprison Japanese Americans during World War II, when it comes to understanding who really initiates and creates government propaganda in the United States sometimes a little…
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The World War II propaganda arm of the United States government, the Office of War Information (OWI), was the parent agency of the Voice of America (VOA). VOA is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year with events at the VOA…
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History On the 101 anniversary of the birth of legendary Voice of America Polish Service journalist and broadcaster Zofia Korbońska, BBG Watch re-posts an article written about her by former VOA Polish Service chief and former VOA acting associate director…
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BBG Watch History April 13 is observed in Poland as Katyn Memorial Day. It commemorates over 22,000 Poles – chiefly officers and reserve officers – who were executed in April 1940 by the NKVD (a forerunner of the Soviet Union’s…
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