Losing Their Minds

July 21, 2006

In the past few years, the U.S. has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on its two Arab-language media outlets, Radio Sawa and TV AlHurra. But is the “public diplomacy” working? A new study suggests that not only are the two outlets not winning hearts and minds; they might be actively losing them. The study’s author, Mohammed el-Nawawy, tells Bob about his results.


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