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- Voice of America accuses Trump administration of illegally shutting it down
Voice of America accuses Trump administration of illegally shutting it down
It was effective because of its massive reach in so many different languages to so many hard-to-reach precarious parts of the world.
The idea is that the president is the sole repository of all democratic authority, and there should not be democratic checks and balances against him – including independent federal agencies like the USAGM.
We are still in business. Nobody quit. Nobody resigned. Our leadership is working on it and we hope we will stay in business one way or another.
Russian and Chines propaganda will fill [the gaps].
We couldn't shut them down, unfortunately, but America did so itself.
It has been part of US foreign policy for the entire post-World War II era.
Trump and Media
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- US-Funded Media Outlets Affected by Trump Administration's Staff Freeze Order
sources
- 1.France 24
- 2.The Times of India
- 3.Le Monde
- 4.CNN
- 5.Global Times
- 6.Moscow Times
- 7.Newsmax
- 8.New York Post
- 9.Radio Free Asia
- 10.Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- 11.Voice of America
perspectives
- 1.US under Donald Trump
- 2.2024 US Presidential Election
- 3.US Politics
- 4.Social Media
- 5.News media
- 6.Freedom of the press
- 7.Twitter Takeover by Elon Musk
countries
- 1.Afghanistan
- 2.Belarus
- 3.China
- 4.Czechia
- 5.Germany
- 6.Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 7.Russian Federation
- 8.Ukraine
- 9.United States
organizations
- 1.U.S. Agency for Global Media
- 2.Kremlin
- 3.Reporters Without Borders
- 4.Central Intelligence Agency
- 5.Heritage Foundation
- 6.Institute of Museum and Library Services
- 7.Middle East Broadcasting Network
- 8.Open Technology Fund
- 9.University Of Amsterdam
- 10.University of East Anglia
- 11.University of Edinburgh
- 12.Uyghurs
persons
- 1.Margarita Simonyan
- 2.Donald Trump
- 3.Jan Lipavský
- 4.Alsu Kurmasheva
- 5.Clayton Weimers
- 6.Elon Musk
- 7.Jack Thompson
- 8.Kari Lake
- 9.Kate Wright
- 10.Stephen Capus