Stephen Boykewich

Alhurra's "Inside Washington"
I hope there was a time we were better at propaganda than this.
Via ProPublica, the results of a U. Maryland/Zogby poll show that the ratings for the U.S. Arabic-language satellite TV channel Alhurra, which began broadcasting in 2004, are down to 0.5 percent in target countries.
This from a project that has cost the [...]

Vladislav Surkov
Via Johnson’s Russian List and Politcom.ru:
On May 12, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev created a working group to make good on his promise in April to local NGOs to “soften” the current draconian laws on NGO registration.
The head of the organization? The Deep Purple loving, Noam Chomsky-quoting, ever enigmatic Vladislav Surkov, first deputy head of [...]