Well, at least it was in the twentieth century. And I knew a Russian language expert working there pretty well, and I became convinced that he/she (pronouns to mask identity) was a spook. Maybe a double spook.

But now it will be mad conspiracy radio on steroids.

It won't surprise me that this guy he picked will be just as bad.

In both cases current or former members of the clandestine services have been permanently ineligible for participation in either program since the 1970s.

I'm tellin' ya from personal experience that I knew well a VoA Russian language expert who was a spook.1980s-90s

guys like putin probably hated VOA for undermining them all over the world

some say the rw radio monopoly has CIA roots - william casey and ABC

radio is the classic propaganda medium carried back to the US and then horned into by putin since at least 2008 when mccain had manafort as campaign cochair and it is very possible that working for the kremllin he used limbaugh to force palin on mccain- limbaugh would not support mccain, a disaster on the eve of the GOP convention, until minutes after mccain chose palin - who was being wooed by russian oil and gas

was breitbart an effort by the kremlin to supplant the drudge report as major talk radio feeder, away from the M
IC?

RW radio here got infiltrated by putin - all he had to do was figure out how to feed limbaugh, and he got his revenge and eventually a president.

that's the collusion, but dems are so ignorant of rw radio... maybe need to check those mueller redactions.....

here's from fakenewsradio.org:

THE US ARMY WOULD CALL IT PSYOPS


Here is what the US Army Psyops Manual says about using radio for propaganda (Psychological Operations Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures 12/2003 – available online):

Repetition is necessary for oral learning: therefore, key themes, phrases, or slogans should be repeated to ensure the TA (target audience) gets the desired message.

(Talk radio is much better than TV, print, and internet for doing just that.)

According to the PSYOPS manual, advantages of radio include:

Emotional Power: A skilled radio announcer can exert tremendous influence on the listener simply with pitch, resonance, inflection, or timing. and The emotional tone conveyed by the voice may influence the listener more than the logic of arguments

(Or, as one famous host would call it, “talent on loan from god”.)

Wide coverage: Radio programs can reach members of large and varied audiences simultaneously. and Since radio can reach mass TAs quickly, radio is useful for all types of PSYOPs.

Speed: Radio programs can be quickly prepared for broadcast. Speed is important when attempting to capitalize on targets of opportunity.

(Perfect for spinning and distorting breaking news.)

Ease of perception: Radio requires little or no effort to visualize the radio message. Illiteracy does not prevent the listener from forming his individual image as he listens.

I imagine Head Start is next on the chopping block.

He provides the distractions, all the while Stephen Miller and his ilk are providing the devastating destruction to our nation. We have an administration with a Medusa at the head. Time to work harder to decapitate the growing monster in the White House.

it's all based on and dependent on -- the unchallenged, increasingly russian-fed repetition from 1500 coordinated, and to dems invisible, radio stations

the only reason he, or GWBush, got anywhere near the white house is dems ignoring limbaugh

So naturally Trump does too

when manfort used him to force palin on mccain

they're still using it to destroy US democracy

the collusion was with talk radio, not minor social media, much of which was based on months and years of talk radio work

revenge was poetic for putin

...besides, I seem to recall his pal Vlad's predecessors in the Kremlin weren't too fond of VoA, either.