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Trump Begins Mass Layoffs At Voice Of America

President Donald Trump's administration on Sunday began mass layoffs at Voice of America and other US-funded media, making clear its intent to gut outlets long seen as critical for US influence.

International Business Times

Trump's Awful Decision to Gut Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Trump is destroying a valuable source of American "soft power" and an inspiration to people suffering under authoritarian regimes.

Reason

Trump Silences Nation's Largest International News Organization by Placing Entire Staff on Leave: Report

Every full-time employee at the publicly-funded international broadcaster charged with delivering news from an American perspective was told they would be placed on leave.

Latin Times

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‘Virtually’ all Voice of America staff put on leave after Trump order

Reporters Without Borders slammed the decision, saying it “threatens press freedom worldwide”.

Al Jazeera

Trump cuts off funding for pro-democracy media outlets VOA and RFERL

President Trump's administration has cut off funding for Voice of America, Radio Liberty and other pro-democracy media that broadcast to undemocratic states.

Euronews

Trump freezes US-funded media outlets including Voice of America

President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday began making deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-run, pro-democracy programming, with the organization's director saying all VOA employees have been put on leave.

Radio France Internationale

Trump administration briefing: Judge halts bid to use 18th-century wartime act for deportations

District judge orders planes be turned around after Trump deploys obscure act against Venezuelans; strikes ordered on Houthis in Yemen – key US politics stories from Saturday at a glance

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Trump Freezes US-funded Media Outlets Including Voice Of America

President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday put journalists at Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters on leave, abruptly freezing decades-old outlets long seen as critical to countering Russian and Chinese information offensives.

International Business Times

Trump Freezes VOA, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe

President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday put journalists at Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters on leave, abruptly freezing outlets long seen as critical to countering a Russian and Chinese information offensive.

International Business Times

Trump targets libraries and state-funded media organizations amid Voice of America’s staff cut

Grants for agencies and offices will be ‘eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law,’ executive order states

The Independent UK

Voice of America has to provide ‘accurate, objective and comprehensive’ news – could that all change?

With President Donald Trump installed for a second term, one big item on the new administration’s agenda appears to be rearranging the media landscape, undermining its journalistic critics and giving a boost to the media that have supported it during the campaign.

The Conversation

The US’s foreign broadcasters may soon be forced to become pro-Trump propaganda

If Trump’s first term is any indication, outlets such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe will face political inquisitions

The Guardian - US

What is Voice of America? Trump wants Kari Lake to run global news network he tried to ‘bulldoze’

Kari Lake promised to be the media’s ‘worst nightmare.’ Now, she could be running an outlet that’s legally protected from political interference

The Independent UK

Kari Lake's MAGA Loyalty Finally Pays Off As Trump Announces Appointment In The Next Administration

Lake will be nominated to be the next director of Voice of America by the next head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the president-elect said

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International Business Times

Trump Taps Election Denier To Head Global Media Operation VOA

US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday appointed election denier Kari Lake to be the new director of Voice of America, the state-funded international media organization.

Al Jazeera

Trump taps failed candidate Kari Lake to lead Voice of America

US president-elect names supporter known for denying the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Roll Call

Kari Lake to lead Voice of America, Trump says - Roll Call

President-elect Donald Trump announced that Kari Lake will be appointed to lead Voice of America.

Top News

Journalists Denied Credentials To Trump's Election Night Watch Event

Multiple news organizations' journalists denied credentials to Trump's election night event in West Palm Beach, Florida.

The Independent UK

Spanish journalist or Russian spy? The mystery around Pablo González's double life

Among the Russians freed in this week's historic exchange of prisoners between Russia and the West was a Russian-born freelance journalist from Spain who had been based in Poland since 2019

International Business Times

Junta-led Burkina Faso Suspends BBC, Voice Of America For Two Weeks

Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting after they aired a rights report accusing the army of attacks on civilians in its battle against jihadists.

Al Jazeera

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for reporting on army killings

In a new report, Human Rights Watch said military forces ‘summarily executed’ 223 civilians in February.

Dynamite News

Foreign journalists in China face surveillance, harassment, and visa problems

Foreign journalists reporting in China face obstacles, including visa problems, surveillance and harassment by police or other officials while on assignment, Voice of America (VOA) reported, citing the annual survey by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC). Read further on Dynamite News:

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