Talk:Shortwave broadcasting in the United States

SW has some interesting characters but this article is crap

Whoever wrote it seems like they are upset SW doesn't have the kind of programming they want.--Dwdollar (talk) 06:25, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

The writer of this description of Shortwave broadcasters is another example of people who have an opinion and try to express their opinion as a fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.162.118.32 (talk) 04:31, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Something sadly lacking

No mention of the Voice of America, KYOI, the commercial stations which operated prior to 1942, the various clandestine stations (mostly targetting Cuba) or the fact that most of the non-religious output on commercial SW stations is spoeech based consisting largely of fringe extreme rightwing politics and bizzare conspiricy theorists ? 84.13.206.199 (talk) 01:14, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Violation of attribution guidelines

The second paragraph of this article contains this statement: "Critics of private broadcasting in the USA have argued that the service allows extremists to spread their message to others without fear of censorship,[1](debunked) while others argue that private shortwave broadcasters provide an important service in providing programming to people without access to other forms of uncensored media.[citation needed]"

The word "debunked" is stated as a fact even though Reference 1 supports the assertion. There is no citation for the debunking. The most that can be claimed (by the original author), is that the assertion is "said to be debunked," and even this needs a citation.

Here is a reference that suggests the assertion is in fact, not debunked. It is the (archived Dec 23, 2020) program schedule for WWCR (Nashville) showing Alex Jones "Info Wars" in 5 broadcast time slots. Alex Jones is widely reputed to be a conspiracy peddler. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stefanoaz (talk • contribs) 18:07, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

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