President Donald Trump Ordered the dismantling of News Agency Voice of America, the US-Outlet media-outlet that Trump has resolved by the US for promoting favored media reports.
“Voice of America has been out of step with America for years. It serves as a voice for Radical America and has had distributed propaganda for years,” a Senior White House officer told FOX News Digital.
On Friday, Trump signed an executive order that recommends the dismantling of seven government offices, including the United States Agency for Global Media, the parent company of Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
“The non-statutory components and functions of the following government agencies are eliminated to a maximum in accordance with the applicable legislation, and such entities will reduce the performance of their legal functions and associated staff for the minimum presence and function required by law,” is the EO.
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Kari Lake, who called Trump the following chief of the VOA in December, is currently as a senior consultant at the American Global Media agency and told employees to “check your e -mail” for more information about their futures for employment.
“EE -president has issued an executive order Contitled continuing with the reduction of federal bureaucracy. It influences USAGM and its points of sale VOA and OCB. If you are an employee of the agency, check your e-mail immediately for more information, “Lake, who is also a former news anchor and the political candidate of the Republican Arizona, placed on X. OCB refers to the office of Cuba Broadcasting, a Spanish language, the government-made radio and TV omission.
Employees received an e -mail on Saturday that it was described that their employment was terminated, the Wall Street Journal reported, although it is unclear how many employees were affected.
Former President Donald Trump invites senate candidate Kari Lake to stage during a campaign field on October 13, 2024 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty images)
The seven government agencies that are focused in order include: the federal mediation and mediation service; The American Bureau of Worldwide Media; The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution; The Institute of Museum and Library Services; the American interior agent for homelessness; the financial institutions for community development; And the Minority Business Development Agency.
Voice of America has been examined promoting biased contentIncluding for alleged “remediation” Hamas when the outlet in an article in January failed to note that residents in Gaza judged the terrorist group when the coffins released with the remains of Israeli hostages, including children.
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“Let’s get the facts upright: Hamas paraded the dead bodies of innocent Israelis, including two children, for cheering crowds. American taxpayers should not pay the salaries of Hamas apologets that terrorist propaganda,” chairman of the house of the time of the National Review, told.
Sigange outside the Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
Only a few days after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, VOA told his employees to prevent him from called Hamas and his members terroristsExcept in quotes, “National Review reported that year.
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The news exit funded by the government has also come under fire for other stories over the years, including running an article in 2020 in which it was asked: “What is” white privilege “and who helps?” It was also criticized about publishing a story and video that was compared to a Biden -Campagne video in 2020, and the trivialization of the Hunter Biden -Laptop -Controverse that turned the presidential campaign of 2020 upside down in its decreasing days.
President Donald Trump focuses on 4 March 2025 on a joint congress session of the Capitol in the US. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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“I have checked and concluded the bureaucracy of the agency together with many of its reporters that it has essentially become a rogue operation filled by Hubris that often reflects a left-wing bias that is tailored to part-time national media,” wrote a former VOA employee in a called call for the The dismantling of the outlet. “It has tried to prevent a accountability for violations of journalistic standards and mismanagement.”
