The cuts targeted some managerial staff members and contracted journalists. Voice of America is a federally sponsored news organization that provides reporting to nations where media independence is limited.  ,
The now-fired editors may be required to leave the country next month because of their job. Abramowitz claimed that some of the reporters fired are from nations where independent journalists face harsh punishments.
Some of VOA’s most accomplished editors were [personal service contractors ]– many of whom had fled oppression in their home nations to tell the story of America’s freedom and democracy, he claimed.
According to Abramowitz,” I find this activity unfathomable, and to my understanding, USAGM has provided no justification for this choice.” In any and every manner we can, especially those who face a potential return to angry countries, will continue to work with individual PSCs during this challenging time.
In a notice to the afflicted people, the Trump administration cited” the government’s comfort” as a justification for the abortions. Voice of America has long been viewed as a useful tool for American soft power abroad, but Trump has referred to it as” the voice of radical America.”
The General Services Administration claims that the Wilber J. Cohen tower, which is located on Independence Avenue, has also been given up for rent on Thursday.
Republican Kari Lake, a senior director at Voice of America’s U.S. Agency for Global Media, claimed that the Trump administration acted within its purview with these layoffs.
CHINA CHEERS DEMISE OF VOICE OF AMERICA SIDED BY KARI River
” We are in the approach of rightsizing the company and reducing the federal government to meet administrative objectives,” Lake said. ” We may continue to reduce the clutter at U. S. A. G. M. and transform an ancient dragon into something deserving of American hardworking support.”
” Buckle up,” she continued. There are still more to occur.
