Poison for the Uncultured

For the past fortnight, Russian radio listeners have been getting the Marxist lowdown on U.S. radio and TV. In a series grimly entitled "The Mouthpiece of American Reaction," Soviet Announcer Lapin has been saying that "radio, which is the great discovery of a Russian genius, the mighty weapon of culture and progress, has been transformed in imperialist America into a hotbed of vulgarity and ignorance, into a tool of profitmaking, slander and deceit . . . It is poisoning the politically backward and uncultured people with the virus of chauvinism and militarism."

Other items of Soviet information:

P: "All daytime broadcasts, devoted to extolling . . . the so-called American way of life . . . divert the attention of American women from the acute social questions . . . It is strictly forbidden to mention by radio anything about the growing unemployment, the steady rise of the cost of living, about the hunger and misery, about the American slums. The very mention of the name 'worker' is not permitted."

P: "The American radio is carrying out an odious witch hunt against the Negro population . . . The idea of racial discrimination is being forcibly inculcated into youth and the aged."

Coincidentally, the current issue of Ebony, a U.S. Negro picture magazine, finds that Negro entertainers are winning better roles in TV than in any other entertainment medium. "At one time in recent months as many as ten all-Negro shows were being telecast in the U.S., including one in the South." Ebony quoted Georg Olden, who heads the Graphic Art staff for CBS-TV: "There are and will be lots of openings in all departments. The only question is [will Negroes] be prepared to take advantage of them?"

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