“The so-called beacon of freedom, VOA, has now been discarded by its own government like a dirty rag,” the Global Times said.
“When it comes to China-related reporting, VOA has an appalling track record,” it said, adding that “almost every malicious falsehood about China has VOA’s fingerprints all over it.”
VOA has reported on human rights abuses of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, which are well-documented, and debunked China’s disinformation efforts in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A columnist for the regime-friendly Beijing Daily said VOA “has been notorious for spreading lies” and that the “world is waking up.”
‘Undoubtedly caused us harm’
Moscow, for its part, was also quick to pour cold water on the outlets’ reporting.
“These media outlets can hardly be called popular or in demand in Russia; they are purely propagandistic. This is an internal sovereign matter of the United States; it does not particularly concern us,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
