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The Voice of America still has Mandarin short wave broadcasts.[1][2] Whether anybody is still listening is a big question.

[1] https://www.short-wave.info/index.php

[2] https://www.insidevoa.com/p/6440.html



I have listened to it many many years ago. It's filled with propaganda and misinformation to incite disorder/riot and distrust of the government.

Another fun fact:

The intent of the legislation in 1948 was to protect the American public from propaganda actions by their own government and to have no competition with private American companies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America


Say what you will about the quality of the news reporting itself, I'll respect that as a fair criticism, but it's not propaganda.

Unlike any other news agencies that I know of, VOA has an actual U.S. law in place that legally separates editorial control from any political influence or interference.

It's referred to as "the firewall" internally, and VOA's journalists receive yearly training on that. The 1948 legislation you've cited has been updated number of times, with the firewall codified in 1994.

The training isn't some random click here and sign this paper and we're covered thing. It's a well-developed, focused, small group training with comprehension discussions.

Here's an actual video of the exact training VOA journalists get. There is no political interference in the newsrooms: https://www.insidevoa.com/a/4533468.html




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