WASHINGTON (AP) β A House committee is supporting a bill to reform U.S. broadcasts overseas to counter what California congressman Ed Royce dubs the “weaponization of information” from Russia and anti-American propaganda being aired by Iran and Islamic State militants.
Royce leads the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which unanimously approved the bill on Thursday.
The bill would reform five U.S. entities broadcasting overseas and set up a full-time agency head, reducing the role of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The board meets once a month, often without a decision-making quorum.
It would clarify the mission of Voice of America to tell America’s story to listeners.
And it would consolidate into a single organization Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Network.
