[The News Guy, Substack]: Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscience
VOA's signal for 83 years crossed borders and ideologies—now its silence will speak volumes. By Steve Herman, March 15, 2025
https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/p/requiem-for-the-voice-that-carried?r=buqu&utm_medium=ios
“Destroying VOA (along with RFE/RL and Radio Free Asia) is a national security issue. These entities, funded by the American people, have been among the most effective instruments of American soft power — a bridge to those who may never set foot on our soil, but understand our values because they heard them in one of the dozens of languages in which we broadcast.”