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'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks

2:05pm March 15, 2025

Federal officials placed 1,300 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.

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U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack dismissed the heads of all its broadcasters when he took office in June.

U.S. Agency Targets Its Own Journalists' Independence

9:06am October 27, 2020

by David Folkenflik

In a late-night move to assert editorial control, the CEO of the U.S. international broadcasting agency rescinded a rule which established a "firewall" between the newsroom and political appointees.

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U.S. Broadcasting Agency Will Not Extend Visas For Its Foreign Journalists

2:33pm July 09, 2020

Dozens of foreign nationals working in the U.S. for Voice of America may have to leave the country, putting some at risk of retribution from their nations' governments.

The Voice of America building, shown Monday, in Washington, D.C. VOA has increasingly been a target of the Trump administration.

Trump's New Foreign Broadcasting CEO Fires News Chiefs, Raising Fears Of Meddling

1:57pm June 18, 2020

by David Folkenflik

On Wednesday, President Trump's new appointee as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media dismissed the directors of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and other government outlets.

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