User talk:VOAKyle

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April 2011
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@Binksternet...thank you for your help and comments...there is a lot of formatting and usage stuff to learn. Best VOAKyle (talk) 19:24, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Propaganda
Please do not remove the PBS website definition of VOA as propaganda. That website, http://www.pbs.org/redfiles/prop/deep/prop_deep_ref_detail.htm, is a reliable source per WP:RS, and is suitable for comment regarding VOA. Binksternet (talk) 21:14, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Dear Mr. Binksternet, perhaps you will notice that the PBS website does not "define" VOA material as "propaganda". It is mentioned in a section about Soviet propaganda. In no place in this website is VOA refered to as a "propaganda" outlet. This is the headline on the section that mentions VOA and BBC.

--"Important terms from the RED FILES episode "Soviet Propaganda Machine" are defined below."--

This is hardly a legitimate reference for the point you are trying to make. VOAKyle.


 * Thanks for following the URL up a level or two. I had not done this; I was assuming some other editor had done his or her homework on it. Binksternet (talk) 16:08, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

--You're welcome. As time allows I would like to contribute to the debate by adding there are a handful of references to VOA material as "propaganda," but these references do not back up that claim. The overwhelming number of academic and media references to VOA, are along the lines of a recent article by the Economist, which called VOA "a respected state-funded broadcaster.” see:  The Economist. http://www.economist.com/node/15772973 VOAKyle (talk) 17:25, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * This discussion should take place at Talk:Voice of America so that more editors can take part. Binksternet (talk) 19:46, 25 April 2011 (UTC)