Putin convinces tRump to get his own America Pravda

[gotsnowgotslush]

The Broadcasting Board of Governors is the largest public diplomacy program by the U.S. government, reaching an audience of 278 million by broadcasting in 100 countries and 61 languages. Voice of America was created in 1942 during World War II to send pro-democracy news across Europe, as it aimed to counter Nazi and Japanese propaganda. The agency has since evolved into a more traditional news operation, while still pushing out the virtues of democracy worldwide.

Early last month, a provision buried into the National Defense Authorization Act called for disbanding the bipartisan board of the BBG, pleasing critics who said the part-time board was ineffective but alarming others who feared an accountability layer was being swept away.

A former board member said on Monday that the editorial team may have not received marching orders from the new administration but that they’re aware of the new power of Trump’s team to take over the organization without the firewall of a bipartisan board.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/donald-trump-voice-america-234078


The New Voice of tRump!

Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcast Networks!

 

[Nezhul]

A former board member said on Monday that the editorial team may have not received marching orders from the new administration but that they’re aware of the new power of Trump’s team to take over the organization without the firewall of a bipartisan board.

So this basically translates into:

"Nothing yet happened and we received no orders. But the current administration definitely has the power to takes us over! Like the previous administration did - but that's not the point! It's definitely going to happen this time, because there's Putin influence too!"

And you portray it as an accomplished fact. Nice try.


And by the way "Pravda" (which translates as "The Truth", hello Pratchett!) was controlled by the government during USSR. Everything was.
But now it's actually in opposition to the ruling party and is privately held. Just in case you have delusions about big scary Russian newspaper. Which is in fact small and inconsequential nowadays.