“Since the Second world War, Voice of America has provided cultural information and programs to countries around the world that do not have access to a free press, and serves an audience that is today more than 360 million people per week. Its mission – established by Congress – is to integrate criticism from the official government line in order to transmit information in their complexity, but also to give the example of a pluralist democracy. »»
NPR journalist David Folkenflik inserts this description of the traditional role of Voice of America (VOA) in a report on the decision of the head of this state -owned company, Kari Lake, to broadcast the programming of a far -right media, One America news (OAN), on VOA. Lake, it should be remembered, is this former New Phoenix news reader who has broken without success the posts of Governor of Arizona in 2022 and senator of the same state in 2024, while refusing to recognize his defeat of 2022 or that of Donald Trump in 2020.
His announcement on X follows two key events. Last March, Lake announced the Trump administration’s decision to reduce agency staff to the minimum minimum that Voa, an agency which she described as “giant rot, and” burden for the American taxpayer, notes “. This decision ended VOA’s programming.
However, as part of a prosecution brought by various stakeholders, including journalists from VOA, the agency responsible for this state -owned company was summoned to resume the dissemination of programs on its waves.
-Hence Lake’s decision to choose Oan’s programming, Média Maga par excellence, to furnish the waves of VOA and other media of the United States Agency for Global Media. We will keep you informed of the suite.
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