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Ethopian action against VOA shows need for independent media

Ethiopia, as reported by the BBC, admitted to jamming the VOA’s signal.  The associated language is severe as Prime Minister Zenawi (pictured below) evoked the Rwandan genocide as a result of external incitement by VOA.

The VOA, as reported by Bloomberg and others, responded with strong language of their own.

The situation generally shows us both:
1) The massive impact that the airwaves have on the political situation in oppressed countries and

2) The need for non-aligned, truly independent, media outlets — and the need to somehow establish this within the boundaries of non-free nations.

We’ll be following this developing story.

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