{"id":12267,"date":"2015-02-12T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T14:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12267"},"modified":"2015-02-12T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T14:26:07","slug":"mother-jones-takes-a-look-at-new-bbg-ceo-andy-lack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/mother-jones-takes-a-look-at-new-bbg-ceo-andy-lack\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Jones takes a look at new BBG CEO Andy Lack"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"motherjones\"<\/a>Mother Jones,\u00a0<\/em>a nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political, and social justice reporting, recently\u00a0published an article entitled,\u00a0“Can the Guy Who Brought You “Friends” Win the Propaganda War Against ISIS and Putin?”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

MJ Reporter, Jenna McLaughlin, takes a look at who Andrew Lack is and what he faces as he attempts to move the\u00a0BBG in a positive direction.<\/p>\n

Take note that former Voice of America Chief White House correspondent (and\u00a0avid\u00a0DXer), Dan Robinson<\/a>, is quoted in this article.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full article at Mother Jones<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mother Jones,\u00a0a nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political, and social justice reporting, recently\u00a0published an article entitled,\u00a0“Can the Guy Who Brought You “Friends” Win the Propaganda War Against ISIS and Putin?” MJ Reporter, Jenna McLaughlin, takes a look at who Andrew Lack is and what he faces as he attempts to move the\u00a0BBG in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,43],"tags":[3538,3612,2635,3613],"class_list":["post-12267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-andrew-lack","tag-andy-lack","tag-dan-robinson","tag-mother-jones"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3bR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12535,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/leaving-so-soon-the-bbg-may-lose-their-new-ceo-andy-lack\/","url_meta":{"origin":12267,"position":0},"title":"Leaving so soon? The BBG may lose their new CEO, Andy Lack","author":"Thomas","date":"March 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0Dan Robinson, who shared links to several\u00a0news stories that propose Andrew Lack may be leaving the CEO position of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to return to NBC. Here's a clip from the Washington Post: Former NBC news president and former Bloomberg Media chairman Andy Lack, who was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jeff Shell, Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, congratulates Andy Lack after swearing him in as the first ever CEO of U.S. international media. 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Click here to read BBG Watch's full story.","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"BBG-Logo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BBG-Logo-300x207.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12029,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/andrew-lack-sworn-in-as-ceo-of-the-broadcasting-board-of-governors\/","url_meta":{"origin":12267,"position":2},"title":"Andrew Lack sworn-in as CEO of the Broadcasting Board of Governors","author":"Thomas","date":"January 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Below, you'll find the full press release from the BBG regarding Andy Lack's appointment. At the end of the press release I've noted another article from the NY Times. 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