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I think it's great that, despite censorship, we work hard at providing a reliable source of information throughout the world.
by 908B64B197 6y ago
I think it's great that, despite censorship, we work hard at providing a reliable source of information throughout the world.
- nostromo 6y agoRight. VOA is pretty much a mini American BBC nowadays. I think people that call it propaganda are judging it based on the Cold War era VOA.
- mhh__ 6y agoThe kinds of people who really have a hateboner for VOA tend to be the kinds of people more at home in the cold war anyway.
- cratermoon 6y agoEven the folks who worked for the VOA and its parent the United States Information Agency acknowledge that was created as a Cold War propaganda channel[1]. The broadcasts were heavily influenced by the CIA. The agency was reorganized in 1999 and the USIA abolished, but it's still mostly about presenting the State Department's view of international news. [1] https://archive.org/details/warriorsofdisinf0000alvi https://archive.org/details/warriorsofdisinf0000alvi
- enkid 6y ago"Propaganda" is a loaded term. VOA is historically a very accurate and unbiased (as far as that is possible) source of news. [1] [2] [1] https://www.adfontesmedia.com/voice-america-bias-and-reliability/ https://www.adfontesmedia.com/voice-america-bias-and-reliabi... [2] https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/voice-of-america/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/voice-of-america/
- peteretep 6y agoThe best propaganda is always an excellent and unbiased news source on _most_ topics.
- cratermoon 6y agoIt's possible to be completely accurate and show no obvious bias, but be propaganda by careful choice of what is and is not mentioned and how it is framed. The best propaganda doesn't isn't obviously propagandistic, it simply sets the agenda according to a pre-determined point of view.