Not "funded by" the US Agency for Global Media but is literally a division of the US Agency. VOA is literally headquartered out of a federal building in Washington DC. Unlike public broadcasters, it isn't a situation of a non-profit that "receives public money", "has public charter", or even "NGO that receives grant money" but that it is literally a federal agency with the mission of influencing foreign audiences to advance US geopolitical interests.
Not "funded by" the US Agency for Global Media but is literally a division of the US Agency. VOA is literally headquartered out of a federal building in Washington DC. Unlike public broadcasters, it isn't a situation of a non-profit that "receives public money", "has public charter", or even "NGO that receives grant money" but that it is literally a federal agency with the mission of influencing foreign audiences to advance US geopolitical interests.
You’re right, and maybe it was a bad choice of words on my part.