The cold war ended more than 30 years ago. The propaganda channels of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia are relics of that era. On top of it, the pro-US propaganda network of Al-Hurra is the one for the mideast and northern Africa since it was established in 2003. Those networks have been costing the US taxpayer almost a billion dollars a year. Trump is trying to rid this country of the colossal wastes of money like this one.
Instead, the press would have us weeping over the loss of jobs for middle eastern journalists.
Alhurra was part of Washington’s effort to shape public opinion in the Arab world through balanced, independent journalism.
The old saying is “accept the king’s coin and you become the king’s man.” The issue here is that the king isn’t the President. It isn’t Congress. No, the king is the faceless bureaucrats who actually run the government.
The web of money runs wide and deep.




