In the spirit of Jen Rubin’s words and phrases we can do without, you have convinced me that we can do without a voice of America when that voice is only Donal Trump’s.
Thank you—I had a favorable perception of the VOA but did not know it reached so many people in the world.
I remember listening to VOA and RFE as a kid in the late '60's on my shortwave receiver and thinking to myself, "This is what our country sounds like to others when they huddle around their radios.". Now, with instantaneous communications available worldwide, I can only shake my head in shame.
It is a sad day when someone mentally unstable like Kari Lake, gets to have the authority to dispose of an important outlet for people living in authoritarian regimes. That’s us now.
Dear Marvin Kalb - Thank you for your memories of Voice of America, and reflections on its importance. I have a query not directly related to this article - perhaps you read comments... I have from time to time recalled a story my father told about seeing you on some panel on TV, no doubt during or soon after your days as a correspondent in Russia. He was impressed by the emotion in your response to a query about Russia - perhaps about antisemitism. My father quoted you with an edge in his voice: "I could not live in Russia." I have tried to find that clip online, but not knowing when or on what show it was, I have had no luck. I wonder if you remember it, among the no doubt hundreds of appearances you made...
I hope short-wave radio operators are listening and take up the slack as I understand they did before VOA.
In the spirit of Jen Rubin’s words and phrases we can do without, you have convinced me that we can do without a voice of America when that voice is only Donal Trump’s.
Thank you—I had a favorable perception of the VOA but did not know it reached so many people in the world.
I remember listening to VOA and RFE as a kid in the late '60's on my shortwave receiver and thinking to myself, "This is what our country sounds like to others when they huddle around their radios.". Now, with instantaneous communications available worldwide, I can only shake my head in shame.
It is a sad day when someone mentally unstable like Kari Lake, gets to have the authority to dispose of an important outlet for people living in authoritarian regimes. That’s us now.
Dear Marvin Kalb - Thank you for your memories of Voice of America, and reflections on its importance. I have a query not directly related to this article - perhaps you read comments... I have from time to time recalled a story my father told about seeing you on some panel on TV, no doubt during or soon after your days as a correspondent in Russia. He was impressed by the emotion in your response to a query about Russia - perhaps about antisemitism. My father quoted you with an edge in his voice: "I could not live in Russia." I have tried to find that clip online, but not knowing when or on what show it was, I have had no luck. I wonder if you remember it, among the no doubt hundreds of appearances you made...