President Trump has silenced the Voice of America. For the past 83 years, the government has operated Voice of America and other pro-democracy media organizations. But those international broadcasts went silent over the weekend after “virtually” the entire 13-hundred person staff for VOA was put on leave and grants were pulled at Radio Free Asia […]
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Trump silences Voice of America, other pro-democracy media
President Trump has silenced the Voice of America. For the past 83 years, the government has operated
Voice of America and other pro-democracy media organizations. But those international broadcasts went silent over the weekend after “virtually” the entire 13-hundred person staff for VOA was put on leave and grants were pulled at Radio Free Asia and other government-backed outlets. The White House issued a statement accusing the broadcasters of peddling “radical propaganda.”