So many Radio Free _______ stations going broke

Commonsense: If those media institution depends solely on the funding by the US government for their operational, then they are not independent. If the news article existed, then it likely is a complain by a puppet organization about the lack of bribery or a desperate act for support like how the current threats of protectionism exposes the protectionist policy of Western European diaspora. It could also explain why Trump is cutting “foreign aid” if the foreign aid is funding Neo-Liberals who do not agree with Trump.