Public Diplomacy

U.S.-Funded Al Hurra Under Scrutiny

by Laura Miller — November 4, 2005 - 6:31pm

The State Department's Inspector General is investigating Al Hurra, the U.S.-funded, Arabic-language satellite TV network.

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Financial Times, November 4, 2005

Cheney-Rumsfeld Cabal's Amateur Hour

by Laura Miller — October 26, 2005 - 12:39am

Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff at the State Department until early this year, publicly blasted the Bush Administration, including accusing George W.

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Washington Post, October 20, 2005

Public Diplomacy after Psyops Atrocities

by Diane Farsetta — October 20, 2005 - 4:42pm

While embedded with a U.S. Army unit in Afghanistan, Australian journalist Stephen Dupont filmed "U.S.

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The Independent (UK), October 20, 2005

PR Czar Earns E's

by Laura Miller — October 10, 2005 - 9:27pm

Newly minted propaganda czar Karen Hughes' "listening tour" of the Middle East "turned into a near feeding frenzy directed at her by the western media," writes John Brown, a former U.S. Foreign Service officer.

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TomPaine.com, October 6, 2005

'Information Operations' Defined

by Laura Miller — October 4, 2005 - 12:04am

"As Under Secretary of State Karen Hughes begins her monumental campaign to improve the world's opinion of the United States, not to worry, military information warriors are poised to jump in as soon as the FEMA of public diplomacy falters," William Arkin writes for his "Early Warnings"

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Washington Post, September 30, 2005

Hughes Gets a Little Help from a Friend

by Diane Farsetta — September 30, 2005 - 11:20am

"At the State Department's invitation," former Voice of America director and current dean of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication Geoffrey Cowan wrote an opinion piece for USA Today praising Karen Hughes, the new

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USA Today, September 28, 2005

Not Very Diplomatic, Are We?

by Diane Farsetta — January 27, 2005 - 5:47pm

"There is near universal agreement that public diplomacy is broken and something must be done and done quickly to fix it," states a new report from the Public Diplomacy Council. The Council suggests establishing a U.S.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (reg. req'd.), January 26, 2005
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