Last week I covered the story of a Voice of America attack on the David Horowitz Freedom Center written by a former Afghan Jihadist. This week, another VOA story struck me, this one carrying a headline you expect to see in the Taliban Times, not in a government media organization with ‘America’ in its name.

Taliban refute Trump’s claim of Chinese control over Afghan base as ‘emotional’ – Voice of America

The Taliban challenging the president’s account may be a story, but describing them as ‘refuting it’ is taking sides and once again, the Voice of America picks the anti-American side.

The VOA story offers nothing more than the Taliban’s flat denial. That’s a denial, not a refutation.

US News and World Report had previously reported that China was conducting a study about deploying troops to Bagram. The Taliban themselves had announced a plan to turn former bases into ‘special economic zones’ for various countries including China. And the VOA had reported on that story.

We all complain about media bias, but the VOA is government media. It operates under the U.S. government and yet it’s pushing enemy propaganda.

How much are U.S. taxpayers on the hook for Ayaz Gul, a fellow in Pakistani, relaying that the Taliban ‘refuted’ Trump?

And is that we should be spending money on?