Radio To Stay Tuned To
By Anne Applebaum
Tuesday, April 22, 2008; Page A19
"Radio Free Europe? Does that still exist?"
That was the question; the speaker was an Important Public Broadcaster, visiting Europe for a few days last week. It wasn't a surprising query, as these things go, or an ignorant one. Not many other Americans know that Radio Free Europe still exists, so why should he?
Nevertheless, the query bothered me, because Radio Free Europe -- the Cold War news service that was, for decades, the only source of independent information in Eastern Europe -- does exist. In fact, it's as important as it ever was, at least in the 21 countries and 28 languages in which it is still often the only source of independent information.....
Read more from The Washington Post at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042102551.html