Mistaken about VOA

Submitted by Kati Daki (United States), Mar 11, 2009 at 06:28

> speaks on behalf of the U.S. government. VOA speaks on behalf of the U.S. government infrequently at best. Most Americans do not listen to VOA and have little idea of what it actually is. But you should know better. >

Could someone instruct the Voice of America staff, once and for all, that its mission is ... honestly to convey American mainstream views to the outside world? VOA's principal mission is to report the news. Radio Moscow it isn't. It context, the broadcast memo is not inappropriate. VOA should vigorously defend its charter from those who would twist it to the left or right.

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