RUBIN: White House could be turning Voice of America into Trump radio network
By Trudy Rubin, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) In the newest White House nod to neo-authoritarianism, President Donald Trump seems bent on remaking Voice of America into Voice of Trump. This U.S.-funded network was set up in Washington, D.C., in 1942 to broadcast news of America overseas. It was never intended to be a partisan propaganda tool, like state-run Russian or Chinese overseas networks. Nor