Digging Our Own Grave
May 07, 2004
In the months after 9-11, the U.S. government dismantled the Arabic- service of the Voice of America, and replaced it with Radio Sawa - a station heavy on the Britney and short on the news. For veteran journalist and international media adviser Stephen Schwartz, it was just another in a long line of blunders by Americans in charge of winning Iraqi hearts and minds. Schwartz tells Brooke why he thinks U.S. attempts at controlling the Iraqi media landscape is undermining America's own credibility.
