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One-Way Radio
Shulman, Holly Cowan | May 13, 1991 issue

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International broadcasting is in general a one-way flow. While it is true that people in the Arab nations listen to one another's radio stations, Western countries usually broadcast to the less-developed countries, not the other way around. This means that a leader like the President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein cannot seal off the people of Iraq from news of the war or news of the world. But it also means he cannot make his own voice heard abroad. Third World nations will continue to listen to foreign radio, including the Voice of America. CNN will grow in international importance in the coming years, bombarding the world with American news from an American perspective.

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INTERNATIONAL broadcasting; HUSSEIN, Saddam, 1937-2006; FOREIGN radio stations; NEWS briefs, World; DEVELOPING countries; IRAQ; UNITED States
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