Steve Herman

And we are not only telling America's story to the world, but we're telling people what's happening in their regions of the world in their own languages. We are very integrated in the Washington, D.C., inside the Beltway press. And that's been the case for many decades. Of course, there are people that scoff and say, oh, you know, VOA, because it's funded by the U.S.

And we are not only telling America's story to the world, but we're telling people what's happening in their regions of the world in their own languages. We are very integrated in the Washington, D.C., inside the Beltway press. And that's been the case for many decades. Of course, there are people that scoff and say, oh, you know, VOA, because it's funded by the U.S.

government, must just be propaganda. Well, I urge people to watch the newscast. There's still stuff up on the web at VOANews.com. I don't know how much longer it may be up there, but draw your own conclusion about what VOA is and is not.

government, must just be propaganda. Well, I urge people to watch the newscast. There's still stuff up on the web at VOANews.com. I don't know how much longer it may be up there, but draw your own conclusion about what VOA is and is not.

government, must just be propaganda. Well, I urge people to watch the newscast. There's still stuff up on the web at VOANews.com. I don't know how much longer it may be up there, but draw your own conclusion about what VOA is and is not.

Well, yes and no, I would say. We went on the air in the early days of World War II. And, of course, you could actually be in the United States, turn on your radio, and you could hear the broadcast from Berlin about how the Germans were winning every victory and they were the greatest people on the planet and they were going to liberate the world.

Well, yes and no, I would say. We went on the air in the early days of World War II. And, of course, you could actually be in the United States, turn on your radio, and you could hear the broadcast from Berlin about how the Germans were winning every victory and they were the greatest people on the planet and they were going to liberate the world.

Well, yes and no, I would say. We went on the air in the early days of World War II. And, of course, you could actually be in the United States, turn on your radio, and you could hear the broadcast from Berlin about how the Germans were winning every victory and they were the greatest people on the planet and they were going to liberate the world.

VOA came on the air saying, whether the news is good or bad, we're going to essentially tell you everything. what it is like it is, which was a radical concept at the time because most state-funded broadcasters around the world, possibly with the exception of BBC, were propaganda outlets. That's what they were designed to do. And so VOA was very unique and unusual in that regard.

VOA came on the air saying, whether the news is good or bad, we're going to essentially tell you everything. what it is like it is, which was a radical concept at the time because most state-funded broadcasters around the world, possibly with the exception of BBC, were propaganda outlets. That's what they were designed to do. And so VOA was very unique and unusual in that regard.

VOA came on the air saying, whether the news is good or bad, we're going to essentially tell you everything. what it is like it is, which was a radical concept at the time because most state-funded broadcasters around the world, possibly with the exception of BBC, were propaganda outlets. That's what they were designed to do. And so VOA was very unique and unusual in that regard.

It's like, we're going to build credibility by getting people to believe that what we're putting out on the airwaves has some credibility, that it's true. Now, VOA was under the Office of War Information, which was under wartime censorship conditions. So the VOA reporters weren't just free to put on the air anything that they wanted.

It's like, we're going to build credibility by getting people to believe that what we're putting out on the airwaves has some credibility, that it's true. Now, VOA was under the Office of War Information, which was under wartime censorship conditions. So the VOA reporters weren't just free to put on the air anything that they wanted.

It's like, we're going to build credibility by getting people to believe that what we're putting out on the airwaves has some credibility, that it's true. Now, VOA was under the Office of War Information, which was under wartime censorship conditions. So the VOA reporters weren't just free to put on the air anything that they wanted.

And then after World War II, there was what I call a struggle for the soul of Voice of America, which has continued, I think, since then, about whether there was any need for it, whether it should continue. And with the Iron Curtain descending across Eastern Europe,

And then after World War II, there was what I call a struggle for the soul of Voice of America, which has continued, I think, since then, about whether there was any need for it, whether it should continue. And with the Iron Curtain descending across Eastern Europe,

And then after World War II, there was what I call a struggle for the soul of Voice of America, which has continued, I think, since then, about whether there was any need for it, whether it should continue. And with the Iron Curtain descending across Eastern Europe,

There were lawmakers on Capitol Hill said, hey, you know, we may have some qualms about the government being in the broadcasting business, but as long as it's not targeting the United States, as long as it's not a commercial operation, we'll fund this. And there are historians out there who would say Voice of America, Radio Liberty, Radio Free Europe,

There were lawmakers on Capitol Hill said, hey, you know, we may have some qualms about the government being in the broadcasting business, but as long as it's not targeting the United States, as long as it's not a commercial operation, we'll fund this. And there are historians out there who would say Voice of America, Radio Liberty, Radio Free Europe,

There were lawmakers on Capitol Hill said, hey, you know, we may have some qualms about the government being in the broadcasting business, but as long as it's not targeting the United States, as long as it's not a commercial operation, we'll fund this. And there are historians out there who would say Voice of America, Radio Liberty, Radio Free Europe,