Voice of America Has No Place in a Free Society
Statists are up in arms over President Trump’s decision to terminate the Voice of America and other U.S. government propaganda outlets that fall under the control of a federal entity called the U.S. Agency for Global Media. USAGM also encompasses Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and Radio Martí.
Statists are saying that these propaganda outlets have long been great promoters of freedom. Harkening back to World War II, they say that Voice of America was a worthy competitor to propaganda being published by the Nazi regime. They say that ever since World War II, the U.S. governmental propaganda outlets have also been an important voice for freedom in countries under totalitarian or authoritarian rule.
But a fundamental question must be asked: What business does a government in a genuinely free society have owning a propaganda outlet? Sure, I understand that Nazi Germany had a great propaganda program led by Joseph Goebbels. But does that mean that in order to fight Nazism, the U.S. government needed to have its own propaganda program to compete against that of Nazi Germany?
Undoubtedly, Voice of America and the rest of the U.S. propaganda outlets have long praised “capitalism” and criticized “socialism” in their broadcasts. But how do they reconcile that position with U.S. government ownership of a radio station? Isn’t a gove
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