Unfortunately, Washington's Broadcasting Board of Governors, founded in 1995 to oversee the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, has greatly diminished America's capacity to fight the Putin propaganda machine
John Lenczowski: The Voice of America Shouldn't Be A Whisper Sunday April 20 th , 2014 at 9:49 AM 1 Share April 17, 2014 7:00 p.m. ET Vladimir Putin 's action against Ukraine validates the historic relationship between propaganda and aggression. Having seized control of major broadcasters, his henchmen are censoring websites and telling Russians in Ukraine that "fascists" in Kiev are planning to round them up and kill them. Russian provocateurs whip up protests against Ukraine's government. U.S. correspondents report that Ukrainians and Russians are being "brainwashed" by Russian disinformation. All this is designed to motivate Russian armed forces and secure public support on both sides of the border for Mr. Putin's efforts to "protect" Russian Ukrainians not only in Crimea but throughout the country. Moscow has a virtual monopoly on the narrative. The question is how far must Mr. Putin go before th