How many times are you going to fire us? That’s the question VOA’s journalists have for Kari Lake. #SaveVOA
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HFAC hearing into USAGM is underway. The defacto boss of the agency, Kari Lake, to testify. Chairman Mast is listing numerous unsubstantiated charges (see the #SaveVOA fact check) and calling the agency’s actions “taxpayer funded self sabotage” and stating drastic action is needed.
The Progressive Magazine - Silencing the Voice of America: Donald Trump’s quest to silence the nation’s international transmissions has been met with legal battles, yet many fear the damage may already have been done. https://progressive.org/latest/silencing-the-voice-of-america-rodriguez-20250/ #SaveVOA
#SaveVOA campaign appealing the decision by X (Twitter) suspending our account.
Our #SaveVOA Twitter/X social media account, run by a team of VOA News staffers silenced by USAGM since mid-March, was suspended this afternoon.
Guardian - Today on World Press Freedom Day, there are warnings that US attempts to withdraw from promoting independent journalism will have far-reaching effects. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2025/may/03/a-cocktail-for-a-misinformed-world-why-china-and-russia-are-cheering-trumps-attacks-on-us-media #WPFD2025 #SaveVOA
Getting the Voice of America back online will be no small task.
“Bringing VOA out of a deep coma will require substantial time and a Herculean effort of our nearly 50 language services to try to reach some of our pre-shutdown total audience of 340 million,” VOA chief national correspondent Steve Herman told CNN.
Herman pointed out that VOA readers and listeners were never “given an explanation of why we were silenced.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/media/voice-of-america-return-trump-lake #WPFD2025 #SaveVOA
VOA "was one of the very few windows into the world the North Korean people had, and it has gone silent with no explanation." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98pnx35xj2o #SaveVOA
USAGM’s de facto boss, Kari Lake, will testify before a House committee today, launching her latest unsubstantiated attack on the Voice of America. The #SaveVOA campaign has pre-emptively fact-checked her submitted statement. https://savevoa.com/fact-check/kari-lake-at-house-committee-on-foreign-affairs-june-25.html
The Voice of America on the #4thofJuly traditionally informs audiences in nearly 50 languages about our nation’s most patriotic holiday. But Kari Lake and DOGE silenced America’s voice of public diplomacy and soft power because they ridiculously alleged it was radical, anti-American and controlled by China. https://www.voanews.com/a/episode_explainer-fourth-july-3938021/6103452.html #SaveVOA