Trump’s war on Voice of America is all about him — as usual (via latimesopinion)
article picked up by VOA, was actually quite nuanced. “While there are questions about the veracity of China’s count,” it said, “the unprecedented lockdown of Wuhan and its surrounding province of Hubei have been successful enough that countries around the world adopted similar measures.” That’s undeniably true.By no stretch of the imagination is VOA pro-Chinese or anti-American. VOA’s reporters try, very simply, to get the story right.
VOA’s broadcasts, unlike other non-Chinese journalism, are widely heard and read throughout the country. The Mandarin service has a strong digital presence and broadcasts 42 hours a week on radio and 14 hours a week on TV. According to recent studies, VOA has more than 40 million regular listeners in China, who rely on the service for accurate news, including information their leaders don’t want them to have.
The agency’s leaders of the present and past, including the two of us, have never allowed the work of their editors and reporters to be influenced by the political interests of those in the White House. During the Nixon years, VOA reported fully and accurately about Watergate. During the Clinton years, the news service reported on Monica Lewinsky. During the past year, it reported on the impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
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