United States Propagandists - American Propaganda Films, United States Government Propaganda Organisations, Office of Strategic Influence, Voice of (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: American propaganda films, United States government propaganda organisations, Office of Strategic Influence, Voice of America, Edward Bernays, Lincoln Group, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Alhurra, United States Office of War Information, Committee on Public Information, Radio Free Asia, William L. Laurence, White House Iraq Group, United States Information Agency, Radio y Television Marti, Radio Free Afghanistan, Radio Farda, Office of Public Diplomacy, Perversion for Profit, Writers' War Board, Michael McManus, TV Marti, International Broadcasting Bureau, Radio Sawa, The Tanks Are Coming, Radio Free Iraq, Project Pedro, War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry. Excerpt: Voice of America (VOA) is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio and TV and the Internet outside of the U.S. in 44 languages. VOA produces about 1,500 hours of news and feature programming each week for an estimated global audience of 123 million people, "to promote freedom and democracy and to enhance understanding through multimedia communication of accurate, objective, and balanced news, information and other programming about America and the world to audiences overseas." Its day-to-day operations are supported by the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB). A 1976 law signed by President Gerald Ford requires VOA to "serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news." The VOA Charter states: "VOA news will be accurate, objective and comprehensive." VOA radio and television broadcasts are distributed by satellite, cable and on FM, ...