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Beware of Government Propaganda “Experts”

Curator — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:12:48 +0000

Disinformation governance by government propaganda experts can be dangerous, judging by the record of the early officials in charge of the Voice of America and journalists duped by Soviet propaganda. Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum As the Voice of America (VOA), the United States government’s radio station for international audiences, observes its eightieth […]

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80 Years of VOA: Different Names of the Voice of America

Curator — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 02:28:25 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum 80 years ago today, on February 1, 1942, the first Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcast in German may have gone on the air. There has been some uncertainty as to the exact date when in February 1942. Moreover, for the first several years, the name “Voice of America” was not […]

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A 1949 Letter to Voice of America from Italy

Curator — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:55:50 +0000

In April 1949, someone mailed a letter from Ravenna, Italy to the Voice of America (VOA) office in Rome at Via Vittorio Veneto 62. The envelope was addressed to “LA VOCE DELL ‘ AMERICA” (THE VOICE OF AMERICA). It had no return address. It was stamped by the Italian Post Office in Ravenna on April […]

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Voice of America WWII Communist Propaganda to Yugoslavia

Curator — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:53:05 +0000

Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Thanks to several lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, the U.S. Congress became aware during World War II of Voice of America’s (VOA) communist propaganda in broadcasts to Yugoslavia. Most members of Congress opposed such U.S. government-produced support for communist groups at American taxpayers’ expense while a few progressive […]

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USCGC Courier – Voice of America Radio Transmitting Ship (1952–1964) – A Fuller Story of the ‘Campaign of Truth’

Curator — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 21:10:11 +0000

In a new multipart series presenting many primary sources, the Cold War Radio Museum is looking at President Harry S. Truman’s “Campaign of Truth” (1950-1952) against Soviet propaganda and at problems with its implementation at the U.S. government-run Voice of America (VOA) between April 1950 and the end 1952. The difficulties the Truman Administration encountered […]

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Mira Złotowska – Michałowska — VOA communist partner Stefan Arski

Curator — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 06:06:38 +0000

By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Soviet influence at Voice of America during World War II — documents and analysis Soviet influence at WWII Voice of America From VOA to communist regime journalist Choices of VOA’s pro-Soviet journalist VOA journalist marries Communists A pro-Soviet propagandist at OWI and VOA VOA communist partner Stefan […]

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Voice of America? – Why The Question Mark?

Curator — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:34:23 +0000

In 1948, U.S. senators called VOA programs “ridiculous,” “unjustified” and “deplorable.” Liberal, moderate, and conservative lawmakers, some of whom even accused the Voice of America of “slander” and “libel” in how several U.S. states were described in radio programs acquired from NBC under a government contract, did not seek to de-fund and close down VOA […]

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April 20, 1943 — Congressman Woodruff warns of Soviet propaganda in Voice of America broadcasts

Curator — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:49:30 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum On April 13, 1943, Nazi Germany’s propaganda machine announced the discovery of the graves containing the bodies of thousands of Polish prisoners of war in Soviet captivity who went missing in Russia in the spring of 1940. A few days later, on April 16 and April 17, 1943, the management of […]

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