Talk:Radio Free Asia (Committee for a Free Asia)
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Paragon Deku in topic Book by Cull et al.
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Book by Cull et al. edit
Is it this book [1]? Same ISBN. It is available online [2] cited on the page? It does mention RFA, but not seem to support the statement. My very best wishes (talk) 03:13, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- The quote I was referring to is “ The Clinton administration preserved the stations within a revised International Broadcasting Board, which also incorporated the VOA. RFE/RL soon diversified, adding broadcasts aimed at Iraq and Radio Free Asia to their stable.” The first iteration is mentioned in the prior paragraph. Paragon Deku (talk) 03:29, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- It say: The role of RFE and RL in encouraging the political change was well argued on Capitol Hill by Sen. Joseph Biden (1942- ) in whose state (Delaware) the stations were incorporated. The Clinton administration preserved the stations within a revised International Broadcasting Board, which also incorporated the VOA. RFE/RL soon diversified, adding broadcasts aimed at Iraq and Radio Free Asia to their stable. Hence it say about preserving RFE/RL and adding new station named RFA. Compare with your edit [3]. My very best wishes (talk) 15:41, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- Read the paragraph right before that, which describes RFA as another station under the same organization. The point being either way that the same infrastructure and assets that created the original RFE was salvaged to make the current RFE AND RFA. Paragon Deku (talk) 15:54, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- Meaning they reused old hardware and old people from other stations to create this new station? This is not clear. Which people (names) and what hardware? My very best wishes (talk) 16:09, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- Neither of those are detailed specifically in the source. This is a very niche area that will require specific research, but I’d recommend looking at the citations from the book itself on the subject matter. I don’t know why we need to know the specific hardware and individuals carried over to make a noncontroversial claim that two outlets with the same purpose and same name reallocated similar resources. Paragon Deku (talk) 18:22, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- That source simply does not claim that any "resources" from this "old" RFA (closed in 1955) were later reused for creating the "new" RFA in 1996 as your edit say [4]. This is WP:SYN. My very best wishes (talk) 21:33, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- You’re right, I have reworded it to use the word “preserved” as the source does. Paragon Deku (talk) 22:26, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
- That source simply does not claim that any "resources" from this "old" RFA (closed in 1955) were later reused for creating the "new" RFA in 1996 as your edit say [4]. This is WP:SYN. My very best wishes (talk) 21:33, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- Neither of those are detailed specifically in the source. This is a very niche area that will require specific research, but I’d recommend looking at the citations from the book itself on the subject matter. I don’t know why we need to know the specific hardware and individuals carried over to make a noncontroversial claim that two outlets with the same purpose and same name reallocated similar resources. Paragon Deku (talk) 18:22, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- Meaning they reused old hardware and old people from other stations to create this new station? This is not clear. Which people (names) and what hardware? My very best wishes (talk) 16:09, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- Read the paragraph right before that, which describes RFA as another station under the same organization. The point being either way that the same infrastructure and assets that created the original RFE was salvaged to make the current RFE AND RFA. Paragon Deku (talk) 15:54, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- It say: The role of RFE and RL in encouraging the political change was well argued on Capitol Hill by Sen. Joseph Biden (1942- ) in whose state (Delaware) the stations were incorporated. The Clinton administration preserved the stations within a revised International Broadcasting Board, which also incorporated the VOA. RFE/RL soon diversified, adding broadcasts aimed at Iraq and Radio Free Asia to their stable. Hence it say about preserving RFE/RL and adding new station named RFA. Compare with your edit [3]. My very best wishes (talk) 15:41, 4 July 2021 (UTC)