It's interesting that the current CEO of NPR came from Voice of America. VOA is literally a US propaganda outlet. I've been talking about them since 2013, when the Smith-Mundt Act was amended to allow them to disseminate their programming within the US.
>From 1948 until its amendment in 2013, Voice of America was forbidden to broadcast directly to American citizens, pursuant to § 501 of the Smith–Mundt Act.[94] The intent of the 1948 legislation was to protect the American public from propaganda by its own government and to avoid any competition with private American companies.[95] The act was amended via the passage of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013.[96] The amendment was intended to adapt the law to the Internet and to allow American citizens access to VOA content.[97]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America#Smith%E2%80%9...
>From 1948 until its amendment in 2013, Voice of America was forbidden to broadcast directly to American citizens, pursuant to § 501 of the Smith–Mundt Act.[94] The intent of the 1948 legislation was to protect the American public from propaganda by its own government and to avoid any competition with private American companies.[95] The act was amended via the passage of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013.[96] The amendment was intended to adapt the law to the Internet and to allow American citizens access to VOA content.[97]