I think if both governmental editorial control AND government funding were required to justify the label, the use of the label to describe NPR (or VoA) would be

I think if both governmental editorial control AND government funding were required to justify the label, the use of the label to describe NPR (or VoA) would be very obviously inappropriate. Sorry if that was unclear. A person who wanted to (perhaps unkindly) apply the label to the BBC because of the unofficial influence the British government wields, in spite of stated editorial policy... I'd defer to a British person who knows the institution better on that one. It would be nice to know what the "state-affiliated media" label is meant to mean, yes. Ideally before applying it...