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S2 THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 2: You Must Form Your Militia Units

2025/5/14
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Michael Olinger: 我之前研究过Zello,发现它是极右翼民兵组织的中心。但直到最近我才知道,早在Zello和互联网之前,记者们就已经在短波广播中关注到了民兵运动的兴起。 Katie Thornton: 为了制作这个系列节目,我做了大量的调查研究,发现Radio for Peace International这个电台引起了我的注意。这个电台的人们坚信短波具有跨越政治和地理界限的力量。但最近出现了一种新的节目类型,充斥着种族主义、仇恨和暴力,这让Radio for Peace International的人们感到震惊。这些广播将从根本上改变短波广播,并助长一场将永远改变美国的运动。这一季讲述的是短波广播如何从全球通信的乌托邦实验变成了一个充斥着极端主义传教士和邪教领袖的空洞的死水。 Brad Hefner: 我们Radio for Peace International秉持和平精神,对这些内容感到震惊。这些新节目充斥着种族主义、仇恨和暴力。我们决定直接回应,制作了《远右广播评论》节目,尽可能多地收集关于这些人的信息,他们的背景,他们的组织,我们订阅了他们所有的通讯。如果你从国外收听,你会认为美国的大部分地区都由这些民兵爱国者组成。 James Latham: 我们尽可能多地收集关于这些人的信息,他们的背景,他们的组织,我们订阅了他们所有的通讯。我们长期以来一直想知道,极右翼如何才能在短波广播中支持如此多的节目。我们增加了一个呼叫环节,听众可以在这里试图理解这一切。 J.R. Lind: WWCR对任何人都敞开大门,吸引了一些阴谋论者。公众心目中与短波广播联系在一起的不再是BBC世界服务,而是帮助蒂莫西·麦克维轰炸联邦大楼的人。 Morris Dees: 埃斯蒂斯帕克会议将许多以前从未联合在一起的不同团体聚集在一起。在埃斯蒂斯帕克会议上,有人说,我们可以稍后再争论,一旦我们赢得这场战争。 Bill Cooper: 你们必须组建自己的民兵部队,在地方层面做好准备,保卫你们的社区、城市和州。 Linda Thompson: 呼吁武装民兵攻击华盛顿,并将公职人员送上法庭。 Pete Peters: 公开反对异族通婚,并告诉他的追随者,圣经认可谋杀同性恋者。

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This chapter explores the origins of right-wing extremism on shortwave radio, starting with the observation of its use by far-right militia groups. It details how shortwave radio became a platform for these groups, including the role of deregulation and the availability of cheap airtime. The chapter also highlights the lack of FCC oversight and the shift from religious broadcasting to right-wing rhetoric.
  • Right-wing militia groups used shortwave radio as an organizing hub.
  • Deregulation and cheap airtime made shortwave accessible to extremists.
  • Lack of FCC oversight allowed the spread of right-wing rhetoric.
  • Shift from religious to right-wing programming on shortwave stations.

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EPISODE 2

Many governments eased off the shortwaves after the Cold War, and homegrown US-based rightwing extremists edged out shortwave peaceniks to fill the void. In the 1990s, US shortwave radio stations became a key organizing and recruiting ground for white supremacists and the burgeoning anti-government militia movement. On this instantaneous, international medium, they honed a strategy and a rhetoric that they would take to the early internet and beyond.

The Divided Dial was supported in part by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. 

 

 

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