She's been on Phoenix TV for close to 30 years, first at KPNX/12 for a few years and then at KSAZ/Fox 10. She is from Iowa, but she's made her name (and destroyed it) in Phoenix.
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Kari Lake nominated to head Voice of America.
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Authoritarian strongmen do not shut down the propaganda channels their regime controls.
And none of us are listening
CNN reports that some current VOA staffers are worried:
According to the story, the head of the VOA isn't appointed by the president.
So this talk about Lake seems to be premature. Then again, he's likely to appoint Tucker Carlson as head of USAGM.
According to the story, the head of the VOA isn't appointed by the president.
So this talk about Lake seems to be premature. Then again, he's likely to appoint Tucker Carlson as head of USAGM.
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VOA needs to catch up with RT and BBC. Live video streaming.
Big Bird: bad
Big cuckoo: good
She’s not being sent there to whatever role the incoming figurehead has assigned her. She’s there to turn one more entity into pure propaganda, and if they need to bend…break…any rules about “targeting” US citizens, who’s going to stop it? Let’s be real, no one. It’s basically about using an existing infrastructure to build another TASS.
And of course the Elonia committee on whatever nonsense he’s supposed to be doing isn’t actually about waste. It’s about retribution, punishment, cruelty and cronyism. He won’t touch it. If anything, he’ll find a way to amplify it.
Big cuckoo: good
She’s not being sent there to whatever role the incoming figurehead has assigned her. She’s there to turn one more entity into pure propaganda, and if they need to bend…break…any rules about “targeting” US citizens, who’s going to stop it? Let’s be real, no one. It’s basically about using an existing infrastructure to build another TASS.
And of course the Elonia committee on whatever nonsense he’s supposed to be doing isn’t actually about waste. It’s about retribution, punishment, cruelty and cronyism. He won’t touch it. If anything, he’ll find a way to amplify it.
Per Voice of America,,,news that matters.
Trump plans on using military for Mass Deportation starting in 2025
Trump plans on using military for Mass Deportation starting in 2025
What could possibly go wrong?
You should study the history of VOA. It's entire purpose has been to promote ideology. That's why it was founded.The state of Arizona is thrilled. But longtime employees of the Voice are likely getting ready to resign.
Truthfully had she not destroyed her own credibility, she would at least on paper appear to be a good choice. She's a graduate of Syracuse Unversity's Newhouse School of Communications, and spent 30 years in TV. She knows more about TV news than Trump's previous choice for this job. The bad news is she knows how to use media to promote an ideology rather than the news. She'd be great at a place like Trinity or CBN. Instead, she's taking taxpayer dollars to do exactly what they claim NPR does. Except for the other side.
As a reminder, here's what Michael Pack, Trump's previous VOA chief, did in 2020:
Ex-Voice Of America Head Blew $4 Million On Lawyers To Spy On Employees: Report
Trump appointee Michael Pack sought to transform the tax-funded VOA into a propaganda operation, according to a whistleblower complaint.www.huffpost.com
I'm expecting a repeat performance.
I'm curious, how precisely do you feel that Ms. Lake has "destroyed her credibility"? By running for office on a platform of positions you don't necessarily agree with?
The irony of the "two sides of the coin" funding issue between VOA and CPB is not lost on me. Personally I think they should both be DOGE cuts.
Government does not need to be in this business.
I know people who work there. It was founded to promote AMERICAN ideology, not the ideology of a single political party. But you're right, the history is filled with periods when it did some questionable things with regards to foreign policy. The State Department has a lot to say about its programming. There are whole separate discussions about Radio Marti or Radio Free Europe.
No by getting dropped from a Fox TV station for going off the script and reporting opinion rather than fact. It's that experience that more relates to her new duties at VOA.
I think this will be discussed more as the CPB debate gets deeper. But I don't expect any cuts at VOA or USAGM. Trump knows the value of the media. The difference between CPB and VOA is he can control what VOA says and does.
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He held a doctorate in philology -- the study of language.
John Houseman was the VOA's first Director, he must have "Earned It? That is Kooky! I did my worst Radio work there, gave it my full 50%
Do VOA announcers and anchors still speak s-l-o-w-l-y in English? So, those who speak English as a 2nd language can understand better.
The number of shortwave frequencies has dropped dramatically, replaced with mostly FM frequencies in various locations.
The number of shortwave frequencies has dropped dramatically, replaced with mostly FM frequencies in various locations.
Only certain VOA programs were in “Special English” which was limited to an approximately 850 word vocabulary and delivered at a slow pace. Most English language programming was and is in normal speech.
I HAVE worked there on several occasions as a congressionally mandated "evaluator" of one of the agency's divisions which you mention.
There is considerable politics involved, and in the revision sessions of each of my evaluations I was "guided" in making certain statements "fit" the existing political agenda at the time.
I was also the victim or considerable unwanted and inappropriate pressure by the same government agency when I owned a group of stations in Ecuador; I was accused of being "disloyal" and worse because I would not put the VOA taped talk shows on my 24/7 music stations that did not even have newscasts! (I did get one benefit from this: I was uninvited to the monthly meetings at the American Embassy where the some non-Spanish speaking gave brilliantly non-informative talks to the small resident American business community. )
Actually, she will fit right in with the spirit of the VOA which is to reflect American majority sentiment and attitudes.
The VOA may have worked 70 or so years ago when underdeveloped nations had no TV, little radio outside the bigger cities and very little international news on the radio except what stations could read from local newspapers.
Example: when I installed a teletype for the AFP news service in the 60's, content was delivered by short-wave data transmission. The gear cost over $12,000 dollars or about 30 times the average annual income of an Ecuadorian. At many times, the signal was not usable, so we could go for a day or more with no news update. Paper for print-outs cost about four times what it cost in the US due to international shipping, taxes and the extreme cost and plentiful theft of inter-provincial local shipment.
So back then, VOA offered something that few local stations could provide: immediate international news. Today, it offers nothing. And it should be closed, as has happened with so many other international broadcasting nations.
Correct. Special English news was as much an "English Lesson" as it was a newscast. It was only done briefly each day, and did not permeate the rest of VOA programming. However, they did have guidelines about minimizing colloquial terms and expressions that people who did not grow up speaking English would not have learned in a foreign nation.
Kari runs for office, loses but claims "I won I won I won I won I won send money!" Then runs for Senate, loses and claims to have won. Great grift if you can get it.
VOA claims its mission is to be "the voice of American foreign policy". Everything on the service is/was not news and commentary. Willis Conover's jazz, the "New York New York" show with Garry Moore in the 70s are a couple of examples.
Well, President Musk wants to cut my Social Security, so there's that.
Do you really think that either of those offerings gets significant listening or viewing?
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