The Role of Finnish TV, Voice of America & Radio Free Europe
The Singing Revolution Educational Content • 6m 31s
Truth was hard to come by in the Soviet Union. The government controlled all sources of information, and used those pipelines to endorse itself. Due to their geographical location, Estonians in the north could access Finnish TV for a window on the West. Voice of America and Radio Free Europe also provided important information. The Soviets spent much time and money trying to scramble those signals.
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