Mass resignations and attacks on the Voice of America have raised fears of co-option
The bodies continue to pile up at the nation’s government-funded but editorially independent news services, raising fears that they will soon become a propaganda arm of the Trump administration.
The respected Voice of America and its affiliates are all part of the US Agency for Global Media, which earlier in June came under the leadership of Donald Trump appointee Michael Pack. Pack is a conservative filmmaker and ally of former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, with whom he has done several film projects.
Senate Democrats sceptical about Pack’s commitment to that mission — and concerned about a still-pending investigation of his business dealings by the attorney-general of the District of Columbia, managed to hold up his confirmation for nearly two years. In April, however, the White House turned up the heat, berating the Voice of America for being pro-China in its coverage of the coronavirus outbreak there.on May 15, saying “Voice of America is run in a terrible manner.
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