Pack and a top deputy who handles the press did not respond to questions from NPR shortly after the release of the order rescinding the regulation. It was posted on USAGM's website, accompanied by a more formal policy statement that spelled out the justification for the decision.
In private-sector newsrooms, including NPR, policies preclude or strongly discourage the involvement of non-news executives in specific news coverage. NPR CEO John Lansing preceded Pack at the USAGM. Under NPR's protocols, Lansing, corporate executives and top news executives do not review coverage of USAGM, including this article, before it is published.
"Mr. Pack's attempt to repeal the regulation confirms the allegations in our suit," Boutrous wrote in a statement."Rather than protecting these cherished media outlets, their independence, and their credibility, Mr. Pack is trying to break the firewall down brick by brick. At the very least, Mr. Pack is now being honest with the public about what he has been doing all along, taunting independent journalism and violating the First Amendment.
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True leaders lead by example. His examples are tragic. Drunk on power. Time for him to dry out. There is no I in team. We the people need to vote him OUT. Let’s GO TEAM!!!!!!
anneapplebaum Make him suffer the consequences in 2021....
Vote 💙 and stop all this!!!
See! Trump really wants to be a dictator. No kidding.
anneapplebaum Vote!!!
. & especially MorningEdition lobbied heavily to defeat Clinton & elect Trump. You assholes made your own bed.
anneapplebaum Trump is going to go all out autocrat either for the next 80 days or the next 4+ years. If he gets re-elected I doubt American democracy will look very much like it does now in 4 years time
anneapplebaum another thing to rescind as soon we as dump these apparatchiks
Guess what: they're against everything else that makes our regime distinct from repressive regimes. That's because they believe in complete Freedom—for the Leader, which his followers get to enjoy vicariously, much more than they can enjoy 'mere' civil liberties.
'Surely they wouldn't (insert outrageous thing here)..' Yes, yes they would.
anneapplebaum We are no longer to be considered a democracy. We are an autocracy run by a dictator who has taken over with a bloodless coup, except that 200,000+ people have died, in a genocide, so to speak.
anneapplebaum ETTD
Disturbing news considering how the current highest levels of American government constantly (and dishonorably) attack the media. At best, it’s gross negligence and a failure to understand the consequences of such a move. At worst...it’s a specific fascist move to control media.
Just what do they purport to be independent of?
There is NO LIMIT to trump corruption.
Did anyone else see Obama’s Fossil Fuel rally? All the cars and trucks with their engines running so they could have their air conditioners going! What a bunch of hypocrites!
Stunned? Really? I haven't been stunned about cult45 for at least 3 years. Trump will lose the election and will be handed the Presidency by the stooges he's placed on the scotus. Mark my words. Stunned?! Lol!
In response to the request of the United States Department of Justice that RT register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, Russia's Justice Ministry labeled Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as foreign agents in December 2017.
Does this stun you too?
I aM StuNNeD!!!
Y’all should stop being biased then. It’s obvi and annoying at least
GOP Senators & Congressmen :The Presidential Oath: “ I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United
It was obvious from the start trump would try this. Especially nearing a possibile second term. Dictators always take absolute power during their second term.
Nothing surprises ever since journalists and news outlets from around the world failed to come to JulianAssange’s rescue as he is held in prison for PUBLISHING THE TRUTH about U.S. military. 😞
how can anyone actually be 'stunned' that Trump has made a destructive-to-democracy, completely authoritarian, move?
If he's truly stunned then he was never paying attention in the first place. This was always the plan, Trump wants a media empire he can control. Pack was put in place specifically to enact Trump's will, every step he's taken since being appointed is to that end.
Republicans.... celebrating.
Since VOA is a broadcaster of a repressive regime, there is no cause to be stunned.
Sadly this should scare the shit out of Americans, but the ones that need to don't get it! How can the republican party continue to allow not condone this trumpism!
Why are they stunned? Trump runs a repressive regime. Did he miss that?
How TF is any American ok with this whatever your political affiliation?!?
It is a political agency.
Shameful
Defund NPR and VOA. Problem(s) solved.
Protect the newsroom? They are peddlers of more politics and sucking in massive influxes of political cash faster that they can spend it.
Heil trump!
Slipping toward an authoritarian regime, slowly but surely.
We should all refrain from using the word 'stunned' in relation to this administration. It's lost all frame of reference.
He is going to burn it all down on his way out.
Send Michael Packing. VOTE BidenHarris2020
Vote because Trump asks What do we have to lose? Our Lives, Our Loved Ones Lives, Our Jobs, Our Homes, Our Savings, Our Economy, Our Freedoms, Our Way of Life, Our Moral Compass, Our Justice System, Our Government, Our Country, Our Right to Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness
Vote.
That's ridiculous.
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RockShrimp I liked him in Alf
Yeah, that’s not scary. None of these things are scary. If you’re reading them in a fictional novel, that is. WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY SCARED. AND VOTE
This is a topic about the need for objective reporting on the part publicly funded entities. I’ve seen your Twitter feed. You need to sit this one out.
If they're going to turn VOA News into one-sided political 'fake news' overseas, Congress should just shut it down in the next budget.
SenToddYoung SenatorBraun RepJimBaird you are such a disappointment 😞
this administration is corrupting everything. it's an affront to all Americans with integrity
Need to find away to silence the FakeNews and ElectionInterference from NPR DefundNPR
BrynnTannehill Enjoy your last days in that office, Chump. We’ll fix the damage when you’re gone.
BrynnTannehill I’m wondering how many of the Authoritarian advances are ever going to be rolled back, even with a change in Administration. Power, once taken, does not get given back.
There are lot of China virus deniers in the MSM. Many virologists also side with CCP & 石正丽. These people may be initially fooled by the fake evidence that Covid19 virus came from nature but not anymore. The lack of compassions in the science community is SHOCKING and IMMORAL.
Is VOA in the Executive Branch? Why do we need federally funded media npr
Sure there is no interest in original intent with this administration, And I’m not even talking about the constitution
Well, you’re no longer journalists so there really is nothing to protect.
Putin smiles, Stalin, Kruschev, and Goebbels dance in their graves
We're becoming more and more of a banana republic every day.
The GOP is a crime syndicate.
If the US, outside of a time of declared war, cannot be fully transparent because of its conflict or stark contradiction to a political party and its narrative, demanding loyalty over transparency, THEN the US has lost; its moral compass and place as an example of true democracy
Voice of America IS political interference...
IndivCincy Both sides though, right, ?
It really takes some chutzpah for NPR, a publicly funded media office for the Democrat Party, to say anything about journalistic independence.
The brazenness, to me, is utterly breathtaking. Where does the Trump administration FIND these people? And not even a peep of bipartisan outrage from a single member of the GOP Congress proves that the work of the Lincoln Project will need to continue far into the future.
Voice of America should sound like America.
That is because our news lies all the time. You are no longer trusted.
If you don’t think trump is going to steal this election you’re naive. Does he control NPR and PBS Simple yes or no ... does he?
every thing Trump is doing is eroding the institutions that make America a better country.
The VOA exists to broadcast American ideals of freedom and democracy to the world. To the extent that it's sending messages that conflict with that, it needs to be brought back under control.
That lady has weirdly long earlobes.
90% of news about covid and trump
Trump 'appointee.' Translation: Trump lap dog Like Barrett, Barr, and Rattcliffe. Trumps criminal enablers.
NPR is decent. Your twitter arm is... unprofessional and slanted beyond legitimacy. It’s ok to have a left bias but not as a news agency that is spouting hyperbole and non factual party talking points.
C'nt utter c'nt
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