VOA Executive Acted Unconstitutionally In Pursuing Bias Claims, U.S. Judge Rules

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A federal judge has ordered the CEO over the Voice of America to stop investigating its journalists for anti-Trump bias, saying his actions led to “self-censorship and the chilling of First Amendment expression.”

, firing and suspending top executives, reassigning Voice of America's top standards executive and initiating investigations of journalists for individual stories about the political campaign between Trump and Joe Biden, now the president-elect. Several contractors were dismissed; an editor was suspended.

, perhaps its most prominent journalist. They claimed, among other things, that Herman's tweets of people relaying criticism of the president betrays bias. Herman remains on the job.— protections for the newsroom from political interference. The regulation was written just before he took over by concerned agency officials to codify longstanding traditions that were also invoked by earlier federal laws.

Former diplomats, USAGM officials and VOA journalists have told NPR that by calling its journalists biased and launching investigations, Pack had undermined its reporters abroad, giving despots license to dismiss or repress its reporting. Kelu Chao, who functions as Voice of America's managing editor and is the news service's top nonpolitical executive, joined the lawsuit against Pack and the agency filed by several suspended USAGM executives. And she said in a sworn court document that journalists at VOA"have been have been excessively cautious, slow to produce stories, and afraid to run down important stories and leads — particularly about politically sensitive topics, no matter how important.

 

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A picture of the judge is not necessary. It’s divisive and distracting at best.

Glad someone is calling the Fascist out.

The face of arrogance & vindictiveness before the God of all creation. Not a good place to be mam.

To all born again Jesus & freedom loving Christians God's way be not vendictive as U see Marx DEMS are & have been for decades. Vengeance is mine, I will repay says God. Leave it in God's hands. The souls of those murdered for being Christian cry out to God day & night. HE hears.

Deep state biased judge rejects prophet Trump. God says to all Marx Dems. Ye stiff-necked & uncircumcised in heart & ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? Acts 7:51. God will avenge.

But google FB and Twatter are pure as the driven snow

Yet the entire media is denying Donald Trump and all his supporters their First Amendment rights?

Looks like Joe and Kamala will have to root out another Fox in the Henhouse. He’s got a long list to get changed back before his second term in 2024.

Wow, congrats to NPR for approaching the subject of media bias against Trump and TrumpDerangementSyndrome. Are you becoming self aware or regretful? J/k. I know its neither . You fools are locked in an going down with the rest of LegacyMedia. Buh Bye

NPR? Lord help us from this insanity from this republican administration!!

Fact checking this administration is like shooting fish in a barrel, they lie about everything.

Michael_AW77 Unless they're writing opinion columns freedom of expression should've be an issue. Journalists should report the news factually and without bias for either side.

The CEO is a right wingnut propagandist installed by trump. Thank you to this judge.

Trump put this crap into place a while back. He's playing Goebbels on media, propaganda. He is a plague on democracy. Pay attention people! He's been working toward a dictatorship all this time. While many of you might think that would be okay, believe it - YOU WILL LOSE FREEDOM!

Typical judge installed by the George Soros-funded hologram of Hugo Chavez.

NPR--Why was Juan Williams fired?

readwiseio save tweet

Bigot

'We must make lists of Trump supporters.' ~ AOC 'I like lists.' ~ V Beria

I can only imagine that antitrumpbias involves promoting scientific reasoning, anti-authoritarianism, social justice, math, unity, or the idea that no one is above the law.

trump is anti-American, so anti-trump bias is appropriate.

Pretty sure that was the goal! JoeBiden put Voice Of America on you very long list of things that need to get fixed!

They don’t even know why it’s so important. Just some random rule to be broken with the rest of the social contact.

Trump now attempting to subvert the first amendment.. he’s a treasonous President ... Congress and the Justice department please act

Finally! Thank goodness.

I don’t think it’s wrong to be critical of any president - the press is another check & balance for government. It’s being soft that the issue - which we see in almost all coverage of Biden.

A Trump appointee acting illegally? I'm shocked, so shocked! Hopefully he'll be on the street January 21.

Good news.

Good that it has come out

This judge does not belong in the judiciary. The irony is inconceivable

Free speech must always be protected... but for what amounts to shouting fire in a crowded theatre. Regardless, we need responsible fact-checking or just require a label to be added - 'opinion.'

The Biden administration is going to trample all over that first amendment right

That's the job he was given. Trump's dreams of being another Kim Jung Il seem to be fading.

Donnie Small Hands drained the swamp and made it a sewer.

It really should be the Editor's job to root out bias in reporting.

When you open a door anyone can walk through.

this is terrible news

Ironic that this is being reported by NPR, who did the opposite 5 years ago and never looked back.

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