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Norman J. Pattiz


Self Description

January 2005: "Norman J. Pattiz is the founder and chairman of Westwood One, America's largest radio network company, which owns, manages or distributes NBC Radio Networks, CBS Radio Networks, the Mutual Broadcasting System, CNN Radio and Fox Radio News. Mr. Pattiz serves on the Broadcasting Board of Governors of the United States, which oversees all U.S. non-military international broadcasting, including Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia. He is past President of the Broadcast Education Association, an organization of over 1,000 colleges and universities with programs in mass communications. Mr. Pattiz received an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Southern Illinois University in recognition of his contribution to broadcast education. He serves on the Board of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, the Communications Board of UCLA and the Dean's Advisory Board of the California State University, Fullerton. He is a member of California's Commission on Building for the 21st Century, the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Television and Radio and the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society. Mr. Pattiz was appointed by Governor Davis to fill the remainder of a 12-year term, which expires March 1, 2004. In September 2003, he was appointed by Governor Davis to fill the remainder of a 12-year term which expires March 1, 2014."

http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ regents/regbios/pattiz.html

Third-Party Descriptions

January 2005: "Officials in the State Department's public diplomacy division have argued for more direct engagement with the Arab media. But Norman Pattiz, a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, who masterminded Al Hurra and Radio Sawa, told me he thinks that view is mistaken, because it ''presupposes that the indigenous media is the solution, not the problem.'' Pattiz speaks about the Arab media as a monolith."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/magazine/02ARAB.html

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Articles and Resources

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Jan 02, 2005 The War Inside the Arab Newsroom

QUOTE: Beyond Al-Rashed's criticism of Islamic fundamentalists, the main target of his wrath is the Arab media....he thinks his competition is not just misguided but actively dangerous. "The region is being filled with inaccuracies and partial truths...I think people will always make good judgments if they have the right information and the whole information. What we lack right now is the truth and information."

 New York Times