Jeff Shell , an executive with NBCUniversal , was detained in Moscow last night when he tried to get in Russia . After hour of confusion , he was ultimately told that he could n’t enter the country . Was the Kremlin still tempestuous about Evan Almighty ? Probably not . TheNew York Timesmentions that Mr. Shell is also the chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors . The part they kind of comment over ? The BBG is the propaganda branch of the United States .
Now , simply beingchair of the BBGdoesn’t apology Russia from deny Shell entry to Russia . But it does put the move under a slightly different light . I do n’t think anyone can traverse that the worldly concern has come into full Cold War II chaos . And living in such a humanity means that the West ( the United States , Britain , etc ) and the former Communist bloc ( Russia , China , etc ) are hold out to continue to be at odds , because old habits decease hard .
No official explanation has been give for Shell ’s denial of debut into Russia , but his chairmanship of the BBG imply that he ’s creditworthy for manage propaganda broadcasts of news program produced by the US governance in foreign countries . So we might be able to estimate . Russia ’s version of this in the United States is squall Russia Today or RT News . Shell was reportedly told yesterday that his banning was for sprightliness .
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The Broadcasting Board of Governors was established in the early 2000s after the first Cold War propaganda tidings turnout , the United States Information Agency ( USIA ) , close in 1999 . Today , the BBG is responsible for for distributing news and opinion programs funded by the US government to the rest of the earth . Those word plan are explicitly prohibit from being circularise inside the United States under law that veto the administration from releasing propaganda domestically .
USIA , much like BBG , was also run by respected news and business leaders of the day — like none other than Edward R. Murrow . I reviewed a new book about the topicback in May . Mr. Shell carry on a long custom of crucial newsmen on the individual medium side of things becoming influential in American foreign policy .
The United States is on a Cold War leg it with China and Russia because billions of dollar sign were spend cook for wars that never add up . And as long as the projectile stay in their silos , the battlefield will continue to be over the air . Mr. Shell is a General in that war , but it see like he ’ll have to uphold to require his troops from a length .
[ New York Times ]
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