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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 03:53 PM
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So if talk radio does not influence
why has the US spent so much money promoting radio stations like the one in Florida with non-stop anti-Castro propaganda.

What about all those radio stations in Europe?

Do these RW morons believe the crap they're spouting? Why did Karen Hughes set out to win hearts and minds if radio does not influence people.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 03:56 PM
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1. Yes, remember the Voice of America during the cold
war, radio programming that was beamed to Soviet Bloc nations and Russia to counter their propaganda with ours.
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justiceischeap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 03:59 PM
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2. Let's not forget about the leaflets they showered over Iraq either
If printed words can't influence people, why use them?
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GSLevel9 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:00 PM
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3. what waste of money... Castro's still there!!!!!!!!!! nt
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:15 PM
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4. Heck, if radio speech doesn't influence people, why in god's name
do corporations spend so freaking much money on radio advertising??????
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:16 PM
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5. Indeed
Shut down Madison Avenue
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robdogbucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:21 PM
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6. Hotel Rwanda
See the movie and tell me whether or not hate radio influences or not
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:23 PM
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8. Ding ding
We own a copy
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robdogbucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:30 PM
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10. Further reference to it...
Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) was a Rwandan radio station which broadcast from July 8, 1993 to July 31, 1994. It played a significant role during the April-July 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

The station's name is French for "One Thousand Hills Free Radio and Television", deriving from the description of Rwanda as "Land of a Thousand Hills". It received support from the government-controlled Radio Rwanda, which initially allowed it to transmit using their equipment.<1>

Widely listened to by the general population, it projected racist propaganda against Tutsis, moderate Hutus, Belgians, and the United Nations mission UNAMIR. It is widely regarded as having played a crucial role in creating the atmosphere of charged racial hostility that allowed the genocide to occur. A November 2009 study—by a PhD candidate at the Institute for International Economic Studies of Stockholm University—estimated that the broadcasts explained an increase in violence that amounted to 45,000 Tutsi deaths, about 9% of the total...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Libre_des_Mille_Collines





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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:22 PM
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7. Voice of America only works on OTHERS
not on the exceptional...

Yes I managed to get that one out without gagging.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:31 PM
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11. Hahahahaha
:rofl:
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madmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:23 PM
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9. Tokyo Rose ring a bell with anyone?
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:36 PM
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12. I don't believe she (or they) influenced anyone
Fux, Rush and Glen told me that cannot happen :rofl:
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:53 PM
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13. So who the hell is unrec'ing THIS thread?
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 04:55 PM
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14. K and R to counter the unreccers
Been doing this all day.
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