It's just that American citizens don't see a problem with partisan information or censorship as long as it is privately served.
Note that Trump is actively trying to reorient VOA to be Trump-friendly right now.
The situation with PBS is similar but a bit more complicated to tease apart. The majority of PBS's funding comes from member station dues, but it also does receive some tens of millions from the federally-funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) each year, and the CPB also supports those member PBS stations. PBS and the CPB also work together on program acquisition and development.
And Trump's attack on VOA is failing because VOA is protected from him by law.
For those that don't like to read there's a brief animated YouTube introduction voiced by Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now!":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M
This theory, backed by enormous volumes of evidence and case studies, is very much worth a read. It explains how propaganda is instituted in the US without overt censorship.
All the major media companies are part of the state. If you think the NYTimes, Disney, CBS, etc are not part of the state, then you really haven't been paying attention.
The difference is that in some countries the state uses the government to control propaganda, in other countries the state uses the political party to control propaganda, in other countries the state uses money to control propaganda and in other countries it's a mishmash of some or all of these controls.
Also, there is a difference in level of control. Some assert total control while other have degrees of control to create an illusion of free press.
The control isn't exerted in the same way, but it is certainly there.
As an American, I suggest you try some foreign media. Unless you’re uncomfortable hearing something outside your safe space.
Got some proof of this?
> I suggest you try some foreign media
I read plenty of foreign media, I'm not nationalistic or racist like you.
Bully for you!
The comment above you are referencing is simply saying there is not the same type of media operating in US and therefore it is impossible that the same thing is happening in US. There might be other nasty stuff happening but exactly the same.
We use government officials to lobby overseas on corporation's behalf, issue new currency to make sure they stay afloat, entrust them with water, power, roads, waste management and schools. They make our war supplies, run the mercenaries for the wars, manage the state's finances through private banks and run elections. Some even have charters to manage entire cities (such as the Irvine Group).
We use state apparatuses to defend them overseas. They run the media and manage such mundane state functions as traffic citations and parking fees. Corporations are part of the state apparatus.
You could say corporations aren't part of the state apparatus because you've personally decided not to classify them as such ... but that's just playing some theatrical dictionary game, it's not real. If something runs the elections, fights the wars, manage the municipal services and finances, then they are the state, that's what the word means. Corporations are part of the unelected bureaucratic administrative state.
We have state media, we just call it "corporate media" but that's merely a rhetorical slight of hand.