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Whistleblowers Demand VOA Director Resign Over Pompeo Speech, Staff Moves

Jessica Jerreat

   WASHINGTON - Twenty-six journalists have demanded that Voice of
   America's director resign after a series of alleged retaliatory
   measures and firewall violations culminated in the reassignment of one
   of VOA's most high-profile reporters.

   A statement shared publicly Thursday accuses director Robert Reilly and
   his deputy director, Elizabeth Robbins, of violating VOA's journalistic
   code by giving a senior government official "a free platform to speak
   live on our channels" by arranging a live broadcast of Secretary of
   State Mike Pompeo and then removing VOA's White House correspondent
   after she tried to question the outgoing secretary.

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