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 (DIR) Post #Atr86vBDZrgbocguTA by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-05-07T16:18:52Z
       
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       HOLY đŸ€ŹđŸ€ŹđŸ€ŹđŸ€ŹđŸ€ŹđŸ€Ź #Propaganda!#VoiceOfAmerica will carry #FarRight #OneAmericaNews programming
Staffers at the #GovernmentFunded broadcaster condemned the announcement from #KariLake, given #OAN’s far-right perspective & sycophantic support of #Trump.Lake, a snr adviser to the US Agency for #Global #Media (#USAGM), the govt body that oversees Voice of America, announced that the agency agreed to provide “news feed services” to #VOA.#law #FreePress #FourthEstate https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5389453/kari-lake-says-oans-far-right-coverage-will-fuel-voice-of-america
       
 (DIR) Post #Atr8ZNiB5iBmPfg8kS by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-05-07T16:24:00Z
       
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       Charles Herring, president of #OAN, confirmed, “OAN will be supplying an extensive amount of programming, including ‘Hungry Heroes,’ a series that highlights the incredible work performed by our first responders and military.”
The #Trump admin is fighting in court to defend a March EO dismantling the #USAGM. The order led to >1k #VoiceOfAmerica staffers being placed on paid administrative leave, & broadcasting has stopped for the first time in the organization’s history.#law #FreePress #VOA
       
 (DIR) Post #Atr8gSLgFU2Up1Ws88 by AntoninR2@mas.to
       2025-05-07T16:25:18Z
       
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       @Nonilex The rising tide of fake “news” outlets just sets this old former journalist’s teeth on edge.
       
 (DIR) Post #Atr8mY2xyZfeERgGRM by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-05-07T16:26:25Z
       
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       #VoiceOfAmerica began broadcasting in 1942 to combat #Nazi #propaganda during WWII.[& now they’ll be disseminating Nazi propaganda.]US Dist Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary #injunction April 22 blocking #Trump’s EO from taking effect — a move that would have sent most #VOA staffers back to work this week. But on Sat, a 3-judge federal appeals court panel in Washington that included 2 Trump appointees stayed parts of the injunction, including the part that sent staffers back to work.
       
 (DIR) Post #Atr9A6LuawKdHzm0fY by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-05-07T16:30:39Z
       
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       #KariLake’s announcement was met w/outrage from #VoiceOfAmerica staff, who pointed to #OAN’s #FarRight views, promotion of #ConspiracyTheories & support of #Trump.
“VOA is not to be the voice of left America nor the voice of right America,” said Steve Herman @w7voa, chief national correspondent for #VOA.
“#USAGM cannot dictate [that] VOA run OAN content. It would be a violation of our fire wall & our charter, which are #laws,” he said.👏👏👏#law #FreePress #FourthEstate #propaganda
       
 (DIR) Post #Atr9OHq6gPlsyBf2Gm by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
       2025-05-07T16:32:58Z
       
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       @Nonilex @w7voa I would love to see VOA staffers kick the shit out that crazy bitch😐
       
 (DIR) Post #Atr9Up2s8Zcth3kRtY by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-05-07T16:34:23Z
       
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       #VoiceOfAmerica WH bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara & #PressFreedom editor Jessica Jerreat, plaintiffs in one of the lawsuits against the #Trump admin over the EO, said this agreement violates the congressional mandate of #VOA.#law #FreePress #FourthEstate #propaganda #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
       
 (DIR) Post #Atr9b6lf9takOchDDU by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-05-07T16:35:32Z
       
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       “#Congress mandated #VOA to report reliable & authoritative news, not to outsource its #journalism to outlets aligned w/the president’s agenda,” they wrote in a stmnt. “VOA already has talented & professional #journalists ready to tell America’s story in line w/the VOA Charter, but we are blocked from our own newsroom. That is why we will continue fighting for our rights in court.”#law #FreePress #FourthEstate #propaganda #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
       
 (DIR) Post #Atr9msGitKb0u3poLA by paul@oldfriends.live
       2025-05-07T16:37:27Z
       
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       @Nonilex I remember when it closed down I replied that it was a two-edged sword. I was glad it met its demise with grace vs it becoming a right-wing propaganda outlet, but sad its mission was ended, esp the way it was.  I was raised north of Cincinnati. The blinking lights of the towers from the VOA's Bethany Relay station was within my line of sight from the early 70s until I entered the Army in the 90s.Sad indeed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U_HVECaQs4&ab_channel=NationalVOAMuseumofBroadcasting
       
 (DIR) Post #Atr9wck1Tcv3dqBjrk by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-05-07T16:39:25Z
       
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       David Seide, senior counsel for the #GovernmentAccountabilityProject, which is representing plaintiffs in litigation against the #Trump admin, called the announcement “shocking & illegal” & said it will be challenged in court.Last year, #OAN settled a #defamation lawsuit w/ #Smartmatic, the #voting tech company, over its coverage of the #2020election & promotion of the #BigLie.#law #FreePress #propaganda #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
       
 (DIR) Post #AtrA1A0NkDyDxx0GsS by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-05-07T16:40:15Z
       
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       In the first #Trump admin, a federal district judge found that the then-CEO of the #USAGM violated the “fire wall” that ensures that the agency’s networks aren’t mouthpieces of the govt & effectively barred the president from interfering w/the networks’ #content.#law #VoiceOfAmerica #VOA #FreePress #propaganda #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
       
 (DIR) Post #AtrAMg9NQPnxk9TI6S by jamesbritt@mastodon.social
       2025-05-07T16:44:06Z
       
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       @Nonilex Kari Goebbels at the helm
       
 (DIR) Post #AtrdYmagCeMzrbMkXA by jstatepost@mstdn.social
       2025-05-07T22:11:15Z
       
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       @Nonilex Trump admin to broadcast right-wing propaganda from OAN over degraded Voice of America.Chances are good that this is just a way to funnel government funds -- taxpayer money -- to far-right propagandists.
       
 (DIR) Post #Atrds7YKUTumNWUIpk by cynblogger@sfba.social
       2025-05-07T22:14:46Z
       
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       @Nonilex They must have left out the part where everything will be fact-checked before transmission
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 (DIR) Post #Atrfhy3DACMDvBDcrg by MJmusicinears@mastodon.world
       2025-05-07T22:34:03Z
       
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       @Nonilex  omg we still are dealing with Nazi bitch Kari Lake? Hell no I thought she had crawled back into her slimy rotted log.