What’s behind Trump’s fresh push to wrest control of Voice of America

[TheBigA]

The issue is "I feel this way about the United Sates. Therefore, I have that feel about the VOA". To foreign audience, the VOA is the voice of the US Government,

VOA is like KFC. Most people don't know what the letters stand for.

 

[CTListener]

VOA is like KFC. Most people don't know what the letters stand for.

"Voice of America" is said on-air, frequently, during its English transmissions. Are only the initials used in other languages? Or are you talking about English-dominant North Americans (and English speakers) as a whole rather than people who listen to the station?

 

[TheBigA]

"Voice of America" is said on-air, frequently, during its English transmissions.

I do a lot of business with Bank Of America. I have never considered my bank to be an agency of the government.

 

[CTListener]

I do a lot of business with Bank Of America. I have never considered my bank to be an agency of the government.

Congratulations! You are now the owner of the front-runner for Non-Sequitur of the Year!

 

[installLSC]

And Trump's hires are already gone...

More heads roll at US-funded international broadcasters

The heads of three federally funded international broadcasters have been abruptly fired as the Biden administration completes a house-cleaning of Trump-appointed officials at the U.S. Agency for Global Media

www.kiro7.com

 

[KeithE4]

To foreign audience, the VOA is the voice of the US Government, not an autonomous and independent agency because in most nations, particularly the underdeveloped ones, there is no such thing as an "independent" government agency.

When the VOA airs an editorial, it's announced as "presenting the views of the United States Government" (or words to that effect). It may be a part of an "independent" agency, but my guess is those views come from someone in the White House or the State Department, if not the President himself.

 

[TheBigA]

my guess is those views come from someone in the White House or the State Department, if not the President himself.

It's supposed to come from the State Department.

 

[boombox4]

And that obviously is going to change. I wonder how quickly such changes will reach VOA's broadcasting departments?

 

[itsTheRolyPoly]

It seems like all the Trump loyalists are gone or mainly gone.

 

[Kelly A]

United States Agency for Global Media replaces leadership at its other networks sharing freedom of press principles

The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Acting Chief Executive Officer Kelu Chao has replaced the heads of the three U.S.-funded international broadcasting grantees. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA) and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) now have...

www.usagm.gov

Kelu is smart and an excellent steward of USAGM's mission. Good start to repairing the damage caused by the last administration.