I don't care about Lensing's bio, or even him as a person. What matters is, ex-propaganda (protip: https://www.wordnik.com/words/propaganda) bureau head is now leading NPR, an allegedly independent institution. Imagine what you wrote above but substituting China for US.
Folks, this is what he's calling a "US Government propaganda bureau": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Agency_for_Global_Media
Just read Lansing's bio, trasz3 is all over the place mischaracterizing him.
https://www.npr.org/people/770270513/john-lansing