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Donald Trump, elections, Impeachment, propaganda, television, U.S. Constitution, Ukraine October 2, 2019

Two factors that shield Trump

As the news media dig deeper into the circumstances of the Ukrainian affair, in which the transcript of a July 25 telephone call between Donald…

Donald Trump, elections, Impeachment, Rule of Law, television, U.S. news coverage

The “boiling frog” fable, and starting the Trump impeachment investigation

Barack Obama, Deutschland, Dictatorship, European Union, freedom of speech, Germany, human rights, International Law, religious belief, television, Turkey, United States

Erdogan’s accelerating auto coup d’etat in Turkey (updated September 17, 2016)

Afghanistan, CIA, Culture and Communication, electronic curtain, foreign news coverage, freedom of speech, History, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Iraq, NSA, public diplomacy, religious belief, State Department, syria, Taliban, targeted killings, television, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, U.S. news coverage, United States, use of force

The missing elements in the war against ISIS — Taking down their websites and engaging in robust public diplomacy

coverage of foreign events, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Culture and Communication, Dictatorship, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, elections, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, freedom of speech, human rights, Russia, Spain, television, U.S. news coverage, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

Russian propaganda and Western reporters who can’t think: Putin’s great rise in popularity, as revealed by polls

China, coverage of foreign events, Culture and Communication, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, freedom of speech, public diplomacy, State Department, television, United Kingdom

Shift in funding source spells dim future for BBC World Service

Crimea, Deutschland, electronic curtain, freedom of speech, Germany, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, television, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, use of force

OSCE report details serious human rights violations against pro-Kiev Ukrainians in the Crimea and the eastern Ukraine

Barack Obama, Crimea, Dictatorship, electronic curtain, Google, Intelligence, International Law, public diplomacy, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, television, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, Ukraine, United States, use of force

Russia’s propaganda and empty justifications for aggression in the Ukraine; the urgent need for the West to broadcast accurate news into eastern Ukraine

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, coverage of foreign events, Crimes Against Humanity, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Egypt, electronic curtain, extrajudicial execution, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, freedom of speech, Intelligence, internal supporters of human rights, Iran, Israel, kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, NATO, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Taliban, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, television, Torture, Turkey, U.N. Security Council, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, U.S. news coverage, United States, use of force, war crimes

Lies, Spies and Politics: The Incredible Evolution of the Benghazi “Talking Points” Narrative–Part I

Barack Obama, Culture and Communication, History, television October 22, 2010

Is Obama the smartest person in the room?

Is President Obama the smartest guy in the room? According to Peter Baker, in his profile of the president last Sunday, “[O]ne prominent Democratic lawmaker…

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