Talk:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

message: Maybe, but at the same time it was the best source of information in many Soviet-ocuppied countries, supported by many emigrants. The anti-RFE activities of several US politicians were criticised and still are.
The text is biased.
Xx236 12:36, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In what way do you feel it's biased? I myself think that the only bias here is the lack of clear mention that RFE/RL is no longer a propaganda tool and is now a legitimate news organisation. --Aramգուտանգ 16:18, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  --- Just thought I'd add my 2 cents after discovering this discussion. I live not far from the RFE HQ in Prague, and I know the developers that built the site. Disaster of a project. The funny thing is though that is not 'on the periphery' of the city at all, but right next to a metro station (Zelivskeho), a hotel, next to a bus station, next to a Jewish cemetery and on a street called "Izraelska." The previous HQ caused a totally artificial commotion because some idiot insisted on blocking a major street with tanks and etc to demonstrate the "threat" (which in Prague is totally nonsensical) to the RFE building. Security guards marched around looking bored for a year or two. Finally they got the funds to build a new site about 1km further up the road where I described, and given the location it was probably a bunch of Israelis that orchestrated it just for the real estate deal. I walk past it frequently and there's usually some American spook types walking in and out. It's a blatant CIA substation.FrankSz (talk) 19:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

text: You can only use it if a person with standing says it. As an unsourced judgment it cannot stand. For instance, Kissinger would be a credible source, Clinton (either one), a person who worked there, in the Pentagon, or CIA, or a university professor (outside the countries broadcasted to) who has done a specific analysis of the broadcasts to say 'yes, this is warfare'. They must also quote examples. 2001:8003:A070:7F00:BC21:30C0:7EC7:A8DA (talk) 00:12, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broadcasts were part of a general CIA Psychological Warfare campaign in Eastern Europe 

message: This page mentions next to nothing about the general content of Radio Free Europe broadcasts. Was it all a question of news and current affairs? Were there documentaries? Music? Did RFE play an important role in spreading western musical styles behind the Iron Curtain? Obviously this has some baring on the development of youth culture behind the Iron Curtain. Jamrifis 14:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Content 

message: I'm working on getting more in the article...I just presented my M.A. thesis on the topic of Radio Free Europe and I hope in my free time over the next month or so to really bring this article to life. I will specifically address broadcast content as well Etzler78 18:32, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Working on article 

message: "via shortwave, AM, FM and the Internet" - how did they use the internet? They didn't have the internet in the 50's. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia of lies.
: Duh they started on Shortwave. Added Mediumwave. After 1989 they appeared on FM (and satellite) and by the late 1990's were on the internet.  80.229.222.48 (talk) 13:09, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internet? 

message: The Hungarian RFE misinformed Hungarians in 1956. It was probably the only dramatic error of the RFE, so it should be discussed in the article.Xx236 (talk) 13:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you please expand upon that statement?  128.205.61.32 (talk)SAB  —Preceding comment was added at 22:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  1956 Hungary error 

message: The article is written from US point of view, nothing about the contents.Xx236 (talk) 14:00, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Almost nothing about the programs 

message: 99% of all claims of CIA being behind something is bullshit. I propose we remove that claim unless a reliable source can be found. --OpenFuture (talk) 17:46, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You can prove anything with statistics, 60% of the people know this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.175.53.21 (talk) 18:22, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The CIA's involvment with RFE is very well documented. There are congressional records, declassified documents from the organisation itself and interviews with former employees. What IS dubious is the positive light this article shines on RFE. It sounds like a fluff piece for a media organisation, not a description of a propaganda system.--Senor Freebie (talk) 07:42, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

text:  Indirectly this can be proven. The CIA funded Brian Crozier (book: Free Agent) ran an information service for journalists and opinion makers called 'Conflict Studies". He wrote that Langley forbade him to have US subscribers. He  has a sentence in there that it was not legal to 'propagandize' to US institutions or people. And this is what the censors let through; he mentions that the book was vetted and he had to change a few things. The age pensions for former RFE staff come from Austria, but I haven't asked about details. 58.174.193.2 (talk) 03:36, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious 

message: Hi everyone,
I  have been doing some research on RFE/RL and thought that the current Wikipedia article needed some work. I included a lot of historical information that was not mentioned in the previous version as well as some new information on RFE/RL's activities today. Please let me know what you think, I am open to criticism.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkos2010 (talk • contribs) 22:34, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  complete rewrite 

message: An old history teacher of mine claimed convincingly that radio free europe/liberty broadcasted during the 1st gulf war that the US-led coalition was going to proceed to baghdad and topple saddam, thus the kurds and anti-saddam iraqis took arms.  Then Bush SR. pulled back coalition forces and the rebelling kurds, iraqis were crushed by remanant forces of saddam.  Any truth to this or any sources?  I can't find any, it seems outside of RFE's MO, but if it was just one report that had bad information or was influenced by a neocon in or out of Bush's admin it doesn't seem that far-fetched.
129.32.172.106 (talk) 03:49, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Kurds incited during the 1st gulf war

message: "On January 31, 2004, RFE/RL launched broadcasts to the former Yugoslavia in Serbo-Croatian (Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian-Montenegrin). In the late 90's RFE/RL launched broadcast to Kosovo in Albanian and to Macedonia in Macedonian. In 1995, RFE/RL moved its headquarters from Munich to Prague. ..."
(in "Cold War" section -- should the date in the first sentence be 1994?) Blue5732 (talk) 07:31, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong Date? 

message: There should be a whole section about in my opion, there are tons of report out there how they try to influence people they did it during the cold war and they do it now.--Shokioto22 (talk) 02:02, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freedom House Europe is Propaganda backed by US Government Funding

message: RFE is still a CIA/Neo-fascist NATO run imperialist media outlet  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:7:8500:982:31EA:6833:F933:55CC (talk) 01:38, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Still CIA 

message: This is an American subject, so teh English used should be American.  However, the label on the comparison chart is in British English.   when i went to change it, I could not find the source code (all I saw was a description in American Engish). 211.225.34.166 (talk) 07:14, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  American English 

message: The Polish RFE supported many Polish writers living abroad and broadcasted their texts. This article is about politics only.Xx236 (talk) 06:28, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Culture in Polish RFE 

message: Hi,
I'd like to suggest some updates to this article, but I can't edit myself as I am affiliated with this organization. If I post the info here, could someone else update the article? For example, it doesn't mention Current Time, a 24/7 Russian-language digital TV network connecting Russian speakers with each other and the world. Here are some links:
https://pressroom.rferl.org/a/current-time-tv-launch/28284863.html
https://www.bbg.gov/2017/02/06/current-time-network-launches-real-news-real-people-real-time/
Thank you  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riza35 (talk • contribs) 11:06, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for updates 

message: In some (English) articles on the web, "Radio Svoboda" is used to reference the entity.  While that lemma redirects here, it is not described.  --Tim Landscheidt (talk) 19:41, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Radio Svoboda" 

message: Is Svoboda.org (from :ru:Радио «Свобода») a part of or the synonymous with RFE/RL?  X1\ (talk) 14:35, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. Svoboda in Russian means Liberty.--Figure19 (talk) 17:47, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Радио «Свобода» / Svoboda.org same as RFE/RL?  

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion 

message: Is svoboda.org the Russian language RFE/RL?  It appears so on :ru:Радио «Свобода».   X1\ (talk) 22:10, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. My very best wishes (talk) 21:10, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is svoboda.org the Russian language RFE/RL ? 

message: @BunnyyHop (I assume).  - this edit. "Although it is claimed that this arm’s-length structure" and so on does not mean promoting propaganda. Source does not really say it. Pleas also check this discussion. My very best wishes (talk) 01:31, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Propaganda

message: @Mercy11 about this - diff. See https://www.wsj.com/articles/radio-free-europe-shuts-down-in-russia-after-moscow-tax-authorities-file-involuntary-bankruptcy-11646674049?mod=article_inline Renat 18:30, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a question? Mercy11 (talk) 21:42, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  RFE in Russia 

message: Puddington was a former bureau manager for RFL/RL, and therefore isn't an WP:INDEPENDENT source. We can of course cite his book, but it always requires attribution describing his relationship to the subject and should never be cited without that attribution, which means we should probably be trying to replace him with sources that don't require attribution when possible. (And, generally, while he's a useful source when used with attribution, we don't want to be citing the same WP:BIASED source over and over throughout the article for WP:DUE reasons.) --Aquillion (talk) 16:52, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excessive citations to Arch Puddington 

message: Editors of this page may wish to know that this media outlet is being discussed at an RfC at RSN: Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#RfC:_RFE/RL. Crossroads -talk- 00:40, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion at RSN