【白宮】美國之音為中共代言 花納稅人巨款(全文翻譯)
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【看中国2020年4月10日讯】（看中國記者天琴翻譯）4月9日，週四，白宮网站在其每日簡報（1600 Daily）中指出，由美國納稅人資助的美國之音（VOA）為中共代言。美国之音甚至领先其它美国媒体，用中共政府的统计数据制作了美中死亡人数的对照图表。情报专家已指出，根本无法验证中共公布数据的准确性。
以下是全文翻译。
April 9, 2020
2020年4月9日
Voice of America spends your money to speak for authoritarian regimes
美國之音花你的錢為威權政權代言
Voice of America is a global news network funded by American taxpayers. It spends about $200 million each year on its mission to “tell America’s story” and “present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively” to people around the globe.
美國之音是由美國納稅人資助的全球新聞網路。它的使命是每年花費約2億美元向全球民眾「講述美國的故事」和「清晰有效地介紹美國的政策」。
Today, however, VOA too often speaks for America’s adversaries—not its citizens.
然而，今天，美國之音經常為美國的敵對陣營說話，而不是為美國公民。
The Coronavirus pandemic is no exception. Secrecy from the Communist Party of China allowed the deadly virus to spread across the world.
即便是在冠狀病毒（中共病毒）大瘟疫中也是這樣。中國共產黨的隱瞞疫情使這種致命的病毒傳播到世界各地。
Journalists should report the facts, but VOA has instead amplified Beijing’s propaganda. This week, VOA called China’s Wuhan lockdown a successful “model” copied by much of the world—and then tweeted out video of the Communist government’s celebratory light show marking the quarantine’s alleged end.
記者應該報導事實，但美國之音卻助長了北京的宣傳力度。本週，美國之音稱中國（中共）的武漢封城是世界許多地方效仿的成功「典範」，然後在推特上發布了中共政府慶祝檢疫工作結束的燈光秀視頻。
Even worse, while much of the U.S. media takes its lead from China, VOA went one step further: It created graphics with Communist government statistics to compare China’s Coronavirus death toll to America’s. As intelligence experts point out, there is simply no way to verify the accuracy of China’s numbers.
更糟的是，美国之音甚至领先其它美国媒体，用中共政府的统计数据制作了美中死亡人数的对照图表。情报专家已指出，根本无法验证中共公布数据的准确性。
The Coronavirus story is just one example of this pattern. Last year, VOA helped highlight the Twitter feed of Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif while he was issuing threats against the U.S. and sharing Russian anti-U.S. propaganda videos.
冠狀病毒（中共病毒(又稱新冠狀病毒，COVID-19)）的故事只是這種模式的一個例子。去年，美國之音（VOA）幫助突出報導了伊朗外交部長賈瓦德・紮裏夫（Javad Zarif）的推文，當時他正對美國發出威脅，美國之音（VOA）還分享俄羅斯的反美宣傳視頻。
“VOA will represent America,” its guiding Charter reads. And for years after its founding during World War II, VOA served that mission by promoting freedom and democracy across the world for audiences who longed for both.
美國之音的指導性憲章上寫道：「美國之音將代表美國。」在二次大戰期間成立之後的年代裏，美國之音曾一直在全世界為渴望自由與民主的聽眾推動實現自由與民主履行使命。
Today, VOA is promoting propaganda instead—and your tax dollars are paying for it.
如今，相反的，美國之音正在推動（中共）宣傳，並且正在用美國納稅人的錢。