do you think the internal dysfunctions of US state governments (blue or red) mean they can’t put together decent media operations? the idea isn’t for the media organizations to cheerlead every blemish of their funders’ status quo. 1/

Voice of America was funded and organized by a Federal government shot through with lobbying and graft. Do you think it was much better than CA or MD’s governments are? Still did profoundly important work, and was an important source of quality journalism. /fin