VOA Out of Control -

VOA Out of Control - The Voice of America is supposed to "spread the gospel" about the USA to the rest of the world (note to the ACLU - in this case, "spread the gospel" is a metaphor. Hold the lawsuit). Call it "propaganda", call it bias, call it PR, but they are supposed to be presenting the US' side of things to a world that gets plenty of the other side.

So it's with slack jaw I find out that the VOA has had a policy of "equal time" - giving the terrorists' views equal credence as our own, apparently with the connivance of the State Department. Analogous to making sure a rapist gets equal time on the evening news with his victim.

Even stranger - in the article I link above (a William Safire Op-Ed from the Times) it appears that this is done with the blessing of Secretary of State Powell. At the bottom of this op-ed, Powell has told Safire that he does not approve of this phony equanimity.

Question: Just who is in charge?