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Nonilex<p>…Trump’s impact on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> landscape has been profound. He has also gone after US government media that had <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> charters, including the venerable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a>, ending that media outlet’s operations after many decades.</p><p>Trump also fired 3 members of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> board of directors in April. In legal action at the time, the fired directors said their dismissal was governmental overreach targeting an entity whose charter guarantees it independence.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a></p>
Preston Maness ☭<p>Linked is an article from the Austin Chronicle by Richard Whittaker (who is sadly not on the fediverse) that does a good job of chronicling the impact of the US legislature's (and <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s) recent public broadcasting cuts --- the Chronicle rightly uses the more appropriate term "rescission" --- to both <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a> and <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> broadly. Austin <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a>, as well as <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> television and radio stations <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/KUT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KUT</span></a> and <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/KUTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KUTX</span></a>, will all be impacted. KUTX was my favourite radio station when I lived in Austin. Its willingness to eschew the top-40 algorithm and branch out is refreshing; the rescission might impact available licensing arrangements for their music.</p><p>Here in <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/FortWorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FortWorth</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dallas</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/dfw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dfw</span></a>, the closest analog to KUTX that I've found is <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/KNTU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KNTU</span></a>, better known as 88.1 Indie. It is entirely (well, mostly) commercial free. I say mostly, because I still consider "sponsored by X, offering service/product Y" to be an advertisement (formally referred to as "underwriting"); albeit a more palatable one than the traditional fare of the medium. KNTU is definitely more pop-heavy (and repeat-heavy) than KUTX, but it also caters/panders heavily to a more <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/millennial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>millennial</span></a> audience (guilty).</p><p>All that being said...</p><p>&gt;The greatest concern is that this economic assault isn’t the end, but simply the latest attack on editorially independent media. The CPB defunding came after the dismantling of Voice of America Radio, and now the question is, what’s next? If the end game is to destroy public radio and television, how long before broadcast licenses become a target?</p><p>The irony of putting editorial independence in the same paragraph as Voice of America is painful and invites a comparison that i suspect most folks working in public broadcasting would not appreciate.</p><p>&gt;Even if Republican lawmakers have turned their backs on public media, the hope is that donors, including charitable foundations, will continue to see the value of its uniquely community-minded programming. For example, Austin PBS is already strategizing about filling that $400,000 cut to Ready to Learn’s budget. Patiño said, “Our hypothesis is that, once we go out to the marketplace and say, 'Hey, these are the needs that will go unmet, these are the communities that will no longer receive the educational services that we provide and have for years and years and years,’ we hope that people that fund and support educational services in other nonprofits will support us in some way to fill that gap.”</p><p>Cutting out the legislative middlemen between the public and their servants, by pivoting to a direct-donor-centered model, might prove to be a silver lining to this rain cloud (and perhaps an unintended and unwelcome threat to that legislative body's hard and soft power).</p><p><a href="https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-08-01/texas-public-media-grapples-with-funding-loss-from-gop-bill/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">austinchronicle.com/news/2025-</span><span class="invisible">08-01/texas-public-media-grapples-with-funding-loss-from-gop-bill/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/AustinChronicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AustinChronicle</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/atx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atx</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/InventingReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InventingReality</span></a></p>
Radio Free Trumpistan<p>Via Facebook TIL <a href="https://friendica.rogueproject.org/search?tag=HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> operator W3ASK went SK. <a href="https://friendica.rogueproject.org/search?tag=RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a> George Jacobs.</p><p>He worked with <a href="https://friendica.rogueproject.org/search?tag=VoA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoA</span></a> back in the day and I'm gonna start a conspiracy theory that he died of a broken heart because of what Kari Lake did to <a href="https://friendica.rogueproject.org/search?tag=VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> .</p>
Nonilex<p>But the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> were most withering about the cuts to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeAsia</span></a>, which for decades pierced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> veils around the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a>. The report noted that in recent years some of that support came from then-Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a>, Trump’s secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> adviser, who has not publicly dissented from the admin’s decision to lay off nearly all the staff at both outlets.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsWeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsWeak</span></a></p>
SWLing Post<p>CJR Reports: VOA’s Quiet Broadcast to North Korea Ends Without Explanation</p><p><a href="https://swling.com/blog/2025/07/cjr-reports-voas-quiet-broadcast-to-north-korea-ends-without-explanation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">swling.com/blog/2025/07/cjr-re</span><span class="invisible">ports-voas-quiet-broadcast-to-north-korea-ends-without-explanation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/ColumbiaJournalismReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaJournalismReview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/DPRK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DPRK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> pointed to a surge in Iranians tuning into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFarda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFarda</span></a>, the Persian-language news service funded by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a>. Amid the recent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>, they argued, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> should continue to fund <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> orgs countering the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> disseminated by Iran &amp; other countries, such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Rep Michael McCaul, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>, said there were “systemic problems” in the agency, but that it remained necessary around the world.</p><p>“We need America’s voice in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> right now,” he said. “We need to ensure the Iranian people hear the truth that we do not intend to harm them.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> should ask Ms. Lake to provide proof for the mystifying allegations,” Mike Abramowitz, the director of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a>, said in a statement. “If <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> is controlled by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a>, then why are they rejoicing at its being shut down?”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> &amp; some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> voiced concern that in moving to dismantle the global media agency, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was abandoning a useful tool of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On Wednesday, Lake asked members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to amend the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> requiring the existence of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> &amp; its aligned newsrooms, which have sought to fight the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s push to shutter them. She argued that her agency was “unsalvageable” &amp; “a threat to America’s national security,”[?] asserting falsely that its reporters, including foreign nationals, had obtained security clearances, &amp; that it had ties to the Chinese Communist Party.🤦🏼‍♀️</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Lake, the fmr *news*caster <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> put in charge of the dept that includes the international broadcast network, sent layoff notices last week to all but around 200 reporters &amp; support staff at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> &amp; the parent agency she leads. She has also withheld <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> from other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> orgs that are separate nonprofits but receive federal dollars, such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeEurope</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioLiberty</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeAsia</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Why would a Republican want Democrat ‘mouthpiece,’ Voice of America (VOA), to continue?”he wrote. “It’s a TOTAL, LEFTWING DISASTER—No Republican should vote for its survival. KILL IT!”<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> accused the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> org of spreading “anti-American”&amp; partisan “propaganda,”calling it “the voice of radical America.”In March, he signed an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> that called for its dismantling,&amp; put nearly all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> reporters on leave, ceasing its operations for the 1st time since its founding in 1942.</p>
Nonilex<p>“What is going out on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> airwaves—it’s outrageous, &amp; it has to stop,” Lake told the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAffairs</span></a> Cmte. She called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> reporting from international <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> agencies funded by the govt “corrupt” &amp; “biased,” &amp; made clear that Trump’s goal was not to overhaul but to shut down the global media agency, which she called “a rotten piece of fish.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> himself chimed in with a social media post, urging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to “kill” the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KariLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KariLake</span></a>, the close <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ally &amp; snr *adviser* to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a>, urged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> on Wednesday to gut the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> &amp; other federally funded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> orgs she *oversees*, as lawmakers of both parties expressed concern.</p><p>In a hearing that grew testy at times, Lake defended proposed cuts to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>global</span></a> news orgs, while <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> &amp; some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> warned that they could make it impossible for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> to disseminate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> to countries w/limited press freedoms, such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Urges <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to ‘Kill’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> as Its *Leader* Defends Gutting It</p><p>In a heated hearing, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KariLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KariLake</span></a>, the Trump [crackpot] ally in charge of the federally funded international broadcasting network, called the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> agency “a rotten piece of fish” that should be defunded.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/trump-lake-voice-of-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-lake-voice-of-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Darren du Nord<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> Can we crowd fund a new, sane, independent news service? And by we, I mean You?</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/voiceofamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voiceofamerica</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/fedinews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedinews</span></a></p>
K2<p>The silencing of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> takes on new meaning today<br> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> </p><p>"On March 14, 2025, almost all of VOA's 1,300 journalists, producers and assistants were placed on administrative leave....<br>On June 20, 2025, layoff notices were sent to 639 VOA employees, completing an 85% reduction in staff at the U.S. Agency for Global Media"</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_</span><span class="invisible">of_America</span></a></p>
Björn Winkler<p>Das US Agency for Global Media kündigt an, weiteren 639 Beschäftigte entlassen zu wollen, diesmal ist Voice of America am stärksten betroffen ... </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voiceofamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voiceofamerica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usagm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usagm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fmukwOdvFnw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fmukwOdvFnw</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/voice-of-america-entlassungen-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tagesschau.de/ausland/voice-of</span><span class="invisible">-america-entlassungen-100.html</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The parent agency of Voice of America said on Friday it had issued termination notices to over 639 more staff, completing an 85% decrease in personnel since March. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/21/world/politics/voice-of-america-600-staff-fired/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/</span><span class="invisible">21/world/politics/voice-of-america-600-staff-fired/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voiceofamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voiceofamerica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a></p>
tagesschau<p>Mehr als 600 Entlassungen bei US-Auslandssendern</p><p>Kahlschlag bei den US-Auslandssendern: Die von Präsident Trump eingesetzte Beraterin hat erneut mehr als 600 Entlassungen angekündigt - besonders hart trifft es Voice of America. Beobachtern zufolge könnte der Sender vor dem Aus stehen.</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/voice-of-america-entlassungen-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&amp;at_campaign=tagesschau.de" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tagesschau.de/ausland/voice-of</span><span class="invisible">-america-entlassungen-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&amp;at_campaign=tagesschau.de</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ard.social/tags/VoiceofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceofAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/Rundfunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rundfunk</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Just 250 staff remain at Voice of America, after layoffs announced today by Kari Lake, special advisor to the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Lake says 1,400 positions have been eliminated across USAGM, an 85% decrease. When President Trump signed an order in March to shrink USAGM, advocates for the agency, including Republican lawmakers, said its networks were vital for fighting disinformation. The three VOA journalists who sued to stop the terminations were all laid off, but say their legal fight will continue. Here's more from CNN.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/WhKAZk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/WhKAZk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/KariLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KariLake</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a></p>
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