I wonder if they would include Germans ZDF and similar which are state payed, but at the same time _not_ state controlled.

(Through this doesn't meant they are not biased, not that there are no people with influence which are members of some party of the many parties in Germany which have influence to some of them). (To quite wikipedia: "It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all federal states of Germany.")

It's controlled by private people which happen to strongly act in favor of the president. So no. But if you have the same kind of construct in e.g. Russia posting ads for US citizens it surely would count as state controlled....

NPR would make more sense.