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VOA, RFE/RL & RFA face cuts or closure

  • 16-03-2025 10:49AM
    #1
    watty
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    The Trump administration on March 15 followed up a on an executive order signed a day earlier by President Donald Trump vowing to gut funding for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Radio Free Asia.

    A recommendation of Elon Musk; "Nobody listens to them anymore"

    About 1300 Journalists, producers & staff to be sacked.

    [quote] In an email employees at VOA were instructed "not to enter USAGM premises" nor "access USAGM systems."

    "You will be expected to immediately surrender your official USAGM identification badge and press pass, as well as any keys or other official government property, including documents, records, electronic and telephone devices, and other equipment," the email sent to VOA employees continued

    Radio Free Asia was furloughing about 300 U.S.-based staff next week due to the suspension in funding.[/quote]

    Recently VOA Journalists were investigating Trump and critical.

    [quote] In response to the termination of funding, Stephen Capus, the head of RFE/RL — which first began broadcasting into the Soviet Union during the Cold War — said that the decision was "a massive gift to America's enemies."

    "The Iranian Ayatollahs, Chinese communist leaders, and autocrats in Moscow and Minsk would celebrate the demise of RFE/RL after 75 years. Handing our adversaries a win would make them stronger and America weaker," Capus added.[/quote]



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