VOA常速英语2017--美国称俄罗斯散布虚假信息（在线收听）

Disinformation is as old as the human race, and has been used as a weapon since time immemorial. With the advent of the digital age came the capability to rapidly disseminate information—and disinformation--across the globe.

虚假信息与人类相生相伴，在很久以前就被用作武器。随着信息时代的到来，信息就具备了快速传播的能力——没错，是在全球范围内。

Today we are encountering a global explosion of disinformation, propaganda and lies fed by multiple authoritarian regimes and non-state actors like ISIS, said John Lansing, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or BBG, a United States government agency that is tasked with countering disinformation by setting the record straight through accurate, factual journalism.

如今，我们面临着全球范围内虚假信息、宣传、谎言的爆炸，这些的幕后主使是多个独裁政权和非国家行为体，比如IS，广播理事会CEO兼主管约翰 兰辛如是说道。广播理事会是是美国的一个政府机构，其使命是通过精确、真实的新闻报道来打下事实基础以对抗虚假信息的传播。

Speaking before the Helsinki Commission, Mr. Lansing noted that Russia is one of the worst offenders.

在面向赫尔辛基委员会发表讲话时，兰辛强调，俄罗斯是最严重的虚假信息传播者。

In Russia, the Kremlin propaganda machine is breathing new life into a strategy of dezinformatsiya, or disinformation, operations to influence opinions about the United States and its allies and partners. Essentially, it's the weaponization of information.

俄罗斯政府的宣传机器正在为其虚假信息策略的运营注入新的血液，以影响美国及其盟友和合作伙伴的观点。其核心就是将信息武器化。

Russian disinformation campaigns do not attempt to sway listeners to the Russian point of view, as they had during the Cold War. Instead, the Russian strategy is to destroy the very idea of an objective, verifiable set of facts. In their world the death of facts is the first step towards creating the alternative reality that helps them gain and keep authority with no accountability. If everything is a lie, then the biggest liar wins, said Mr. Lansing.

俄罗斯虚假信息传播活动的目的并不是像冷战时期一样动摇听者听从俄罗斯的观点。相反，俄罗斯的策略是破坏客观的、可验证的事实。在俄罗斯的观念里，事实的消亡是创建虚假事实的第一步，这样便可以帮助他们谋取并维系毫无问责制的权威。如果一切都是谎言，那么最大的说谎者就是赢家，兰辛如是说道。

The best way to counter disinformation is to exposes the lies, and to deliver uncensored, trustworthy information to audiences across the globe. For that reason, the BBG operates five networks: the Voice of America, Radio and TV Marti, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, including Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa. They disseminate information across all platforms, from traditional radio and television to digital, mobile and social networks.

打击虚假信息的最好途径就是曝光谎言，传递原始的、可信任的信息给全球的接受者。出于这个原因，广播理事会运营着5个网络：美国之声(VOA)、马蒂电台和电视台、自由亚洲电台、自由欧洲电台、中东广播电台，包括自由电视台和萨瓦电台。他们通过所有平台来传播信息，从传统的广播电视到数字移动网络和社交网络，不一而足。

The BBG's mission is to inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy, said Director Lansing. Collectively, our programs reach 278 million people on a weekly basis in more than 100 countries and 61 languages. The BBG provides consistently accurate and compelling journalism that opens minds and stimulates debate. We demonstrate values that reflect our society: freedom, openness, democracy and hope.

广播理事会的使命就是联结全球人民，让他们知道并参与到支持自由和民主的工作中，兰辛如是说道。我们的项目每周共计抵达100多个国家，涵盖61中语言和2.78亿人口。广播理事会持续为社会焦点提供准确报道，开拓视野，引发讨论。我们证明的价值观可以反映我们的社会，这价值观即是：开放、民主和希望。