The federal regulation granting editorial independence was introduced in June by an outgoing board of governors that used to oversee the U.S.-funded broadcasters. Thein a party-line vote as CEO of the U.S. Global Media Agency , the parent agency for Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other federally funded broadcasters.
In announcing his decision Monday night, Pack argued that the regulation wrongly described the U.S.-funded outlets as equivalent to private news organizations and maintained that VOA and the other broadcasters have a mission to promote U.S. foreign policy interests, unlike private-sector media. “Not only was this rule based on flawed legal and constitutional reasoning, it made the agency difficult to manage and less able to fulfill its important mission to inform, engage and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy,” Pack said in his statement.
Press freedom groups, lawmakers from both parties, former executives at the agency and current and former journalists at the U.S.-funded outlets have blasted Pack’s tenure as CEO, saying he has tarnished the reputation of the broadcasters and hurt America’s image abroad as a champion of a free press.
What I’m seeing Trump do reminds me very much of Hitler in the ‘30’s.
Was I the only one who thought for a moment that OrvilleRedenbacher was testifying before Congress?
Undermine, rewrite, distort, and abuse powers and our National average security is defective and by this indication, any person that cannot be restrained and made responsible for actions we are in a bad place and that path will put we the people under the bus.
Every day of every week there’s a new assault on democracy and freedom from this admin, and it’s more than any watchdog group can keep up with. VoteThemOut
Because of Trump's failed responses to the deadly Covid Pandemic, Trump's losing the Presidential election and his Regime is trying to create Fake News to change the subject. Trump won't be in office after January 2021, so he won't be able to implement these policy changes.
Unfortunately as media outlets like NBC, CNN, and others continue to peddle talking points and cover for the CCP's interests to get a cut of the Chinese market, y'all have no one to blame for situations like this but yourselves.
1st amendment rights are null and void if the executive branch says so. The constitution party in action. 🕵️ SCOTUSblog nprpolitics ACLU
Wow
Trump doesn’t have a foreign policy he has burned that bridge
The gradual oxidation of democracy is revealed only when there is structural failure. The support system for democracy has been severely compromised. The affected areas need to be removed and replaced with new, before it is to late to save the system.
If these past 4 years were a terrible slide towards fascism, imagine what another 4 years of Trump would like.
VOA and other Government funded new media have gone ultra liberal and should be brought under control
SRuhle Sounds like an invitation to DEFUND the whole operation--- unless Congress turns the regulation into a law.
SRuhle Tick tock. Time is rapidly running out for Trump and his team of traitors.
Donald Trump is the enemy of the people and must be kicked out of the White House.
Biden will be busy signing exec orders day 1.
They are just going Nazi at full force
Here comes the Somalia, Eritrea, Chad, Bolivia and Russian American! Once a beacon of hope,now a dictatorship backwater !
Gilead welcomes you.
its all up for grabs now, and 6-3 says there's no power on gods green earth to stop it
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