Great reporting by VOA or not?
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While doing their job and residing in the US, 5 journalists are charged with treason and genocide in Ethiopia.
http://www.ethiomedia.com/fastpress/voa_charged.html
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-12-22-voa32.cfm
AND ALSO a must read for some background on the VOA.
"...VOA appointed a new Service Chief chosen from the ranks of the existing Amharic staff. A former EPRP member, the new Service Chief waged a war not only against Mengistu but, according to officials of the EPRDF government, the Eritrean government, and VOA staff, he aggressively pursued a more narrow partisan agenda. Programming began to reflect his increasingly anti-TPLF and anti EPLF/Eritrean independence bias. Second, five senior Amharic staff, all US-educated, often in dispute over the partisan direction of programming, left the Service! This exodus of highly qualified and experienced staff should have alerted VOA upper management of the gravity of problems within that service. The Service Chief recruited former employees of Ethiopia’s nefarious Ministry of Information, recent émigrés to the United States, to replace them..."
"...VOA Deputy Director Heil’s assessment of the Service was, even in those strong terms, understated. The work environment was appalling. The Horn of Africa service was polarised by ethnic tensions, personal animosities and political intrigues that surpassed Machiavelli. These hostilities were unabashedly articulated in day-to-day discourse..."
Full Article: http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/articles/articles/may-99/Annette%20.C%20Sheckler.htm
While doing their job and residing in the US, 5 journalists are charged with treason and genocide in Ethiopia.
http://www.ethiomedia.com/fastpress/voa_charged.html
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-12-22-voa32.cfm
AND ALSO a must read for some background on the VOA.
"...VOA appointed a new Service Chief chosen from the ranks of the existing Amharic staff. A former EPRP member, the new Service Chief waged a war not only against Mengistu but, according to officials of the EPRDF government, the Eritrean government, and VOA staff, he aggressively pursued a more narrow partisan agenda. Programming began to reflect his increasingly anti-TPLF and anti EPLF/Eritrean independence bias. Second, five senior Amharic staff, all US-educated, often in dispute over the partisan direction of programming, left the Service! This exodus of highly qualified and experienced staff should have alerted VOA upper management of the gravity of problems within that service. The Service Chief recruited former employees of Ethiopia’s nefarious Ministry of Information, recent émigrés to the United States, to replace them..."
"...VOA Deputy Director Heil’s assessment of the Service was, even in those strong terms, understated. The work environment was appalling. The Horn of Africa service was polarised by ethnic tensions, personal animosities and political intrigues that surpassed Machiavelli. These hostilities were unabashedly articulated in day-to-day discourse..."
Full Article: http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/articles/articles/may-99/Annette%20.C%20Sheckler.htm
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