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Donald Trump, elections, Impeachment, Rule of Law, television, U.S. news coverage May 29, 2019

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

Much of the political debate in Washington revolves around whether the Democratic-led House of Representatives should impeach President Donald J. Trump, or begin an 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

Is Obama the smartest person in the room?

Abdullah, Afghanistan, Dictatorship, elections, foreign news coverage, Hamid Karzai, human rights, Taliban, television, U.S. Military, U.S. news coverage, United States March 13, 2010

Afghanistan: Controversy Over Live TV Coverage of Attacks, Deafening Silence on Karzai’s Electoral Coup

The government of Hamid Karzai has proposed a ban on live television coverage of militant attacks and active security operations in response. In the meantime,…

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