Mission of US-funded broadcasts in Cuba debated From: chron.com

Two decades after Congress established the U.S. Office of Cuba Broadcasting, lawmakers and experts still can’t seem to agree on the program’s mission.

Should its TV and Radio Marti networks send the communist island unbiased news about Cuba and the outside world? Or should their stories only support the U.S. government’s policy toward Cuba, as they mostly do now?

The dispute is part of a larger debate over the U.S. government’s foreign broadcasts, but nowhere is it more noticeable than with the Martis. The taxpayer-funded Cuba broadcasts, which receive $34 million annually, belong to a network that includes the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Alhurra, among others. Most are run by veterans of top media outlets who are quick to defend their journalistic principles.”*

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