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

[DrLove]

This is former Sloppy Steve Bannon protege. Donald shall now spread his propaganda abroad not unlike Vladimir Putin. So if you Trumpublicans want to be Russia, congrats ... You're well on your way!

President Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Michael Pack, showed up to work Wednesday for the first time after being approved by the U.S. Senate two weeks earlier.​

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His words to staff were affirming. His actions were anything but.​

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Pack swiftly sidelined most of the agency's senior leadership by stripping them of their authority. He also fired the chiefs of the government-sponsored broadcast networks for foreign audiences that his agency oversees, including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Radio Free Asia; Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which oversees Radio and Television Martí; and Middle East Broadcasting Networks, which runs Alhurra and Radio Sawa.​

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The two top officials at Voice of America resigned days earlier in anticipation of Pack's arrival.​

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Pack dissolved advisory boards over each of the networks and placed his own aides above them. He gave no reason for his actions other than his authority to do so, according to two people with direct knowledge of the day's events.​

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Several staffers, who spoke to NPR on condition they not be named, said that effectively shut down the agency.​

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

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.

www.npr.org

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Shut down NPR! Glory be that's wonderful news. He should have done that on day one.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

He gave no reason for his actions other than his authority to do so

That's all the reason he needs.

 

[okfine]

This is former Sloppy Steve Bannon protege. Donald shall now spread his propaganda abroad not unlike Vladimir Putin. So if you Trumpublicans want to be Russia, congrats ... You're well on your way!

President Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Michael Pack, showed up to work Wednesday for the first time after being approved by the U.S. Senate two weeks earlier.​

​

His words to staff were affirming. His actions were anything but.​

​

Pack swiftly sidelined most of the agency's senior leadership by stripping them of their authority. He also fired the chiefs of the government-sponsored broadcast networks for foreign audiences that his agency oversees, including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Radio Free Asia; Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which oversees Radio and Television Martí; and Middle East Broadcasting Networks, which runs Alhurra and Radio Sawa.​

​

The two top officials at Voice of America resigned days earlier in anticipation of Pack's arrival.​

​

Pack dissolved advisory boards over each of the networks and placed his own aides above them. He gave no reason for his actions other than his authority to do so, according to two people with direct knowledge of the day's events.​

​

Several staffers, who spoke to NPR on condition they not be named, said that effectively shut down the agency.​

Lots more mind-numbing content:

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

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.

www.npr.org

Trump would love to make public broadcasting illegal and anyone he disagrees with an enemy.
Sounds just like authoritarian governments.

 

[DrLove]

Trump would love to make public broadcasting illegal and anyone he disagrees with an enemy.
Sounds just like authoritarian governments.

That's because we ARE officially now an authoritarian government. Sad

 

[Polishprince]

The Voice of America is supposed to be the voice of the US government led by Donald J. Trump. If the previous people in charge didn't understand that, the current people do.

BTW, in the event that Sleepy Joe were elected this fall, do you really think that Bite Me's handlers would allow Mr. Pack to continue in his job and position VOA as a provider of opposition propaganda trying to defeat the Biden Radical Agenda?

 

[my2¢]

If it was up to me I would do away with U.S. Agency for Global Media completely.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

If this keeps up we may have a free press someday. The only freedom our press embraces is the freedom to lie.

 

[Care4all]

He gave no reason for his actions other than his authority to do so

That's all the reason he needs.

Right.... And you would say the same for Obama if he had done the same, only for Obama's purpose of spreading propaganda favoring himself....

 

[TheParser]

RE: Thread title

You used the word "chief."

I have just read that the mayor of Duluth has just decided that the word "chief" cannot be used for the titles of various government positions.

Why?

Well, because it is offensive to Native Americans, that's why.

 

[DrLove]

He gave no reason for his actions other than his authority to do so

That's all the reason he needs.

Right.... And you would say the same for Obama if he had done the same, only for Obama's purpose of spreading propaganda favoring himself....

If Obama had pulled a tenth of the crap the Orange Mob Boss has, he'd have been impeached and deported to Kenya.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Trump would love to make public broadcasting illegal and anyone he disagrees with an enemy.
Sounds just like authoritarian governments.

That's because we ARE officially now an authoritarian government. Sad

If we were, yer ass would be in a camp somewhere.

 

[DrLove]

RE: Thread title

You used the word "chief."

I have just read that the mayor of Duluth has just decided that the word "chief" cannot be used for the titles of various government positions.

Why?

Well, because it is offensive to Native Americans, that's why.

Well, that seems a bit silly now doesn't it?

 

[DrLove]

Trump would love to make public broadcasting illegal and anyone he disagrees with an enemy.
Sounds just like authoritarian governments.

That's because we ARE officially now an authoritarian government. Sad

If we were, yer ass would be in a camp somewhere.

Yep, I am part of the Deep State. He'd build gulags or flat out kill anyone who said anything mean about him.

Xi told Trump last year that China was building concentration camps for the mass detention of Uyghur Muslims, Trump said Xi should go ahead building the camps, "which he thought was exactly the right thing to do."

 

[Mac-7]

This is former Sloppy Steve Bannon protege. Donald shall now spread his propaganda abroad not unlike Vladimir Putin. So if you Trumpublicans want to be Russia, congrats ... You're well on your way!

President Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Michael Pack, showed up to work Wednesday for the first time after being approved by the U.S. Senate two weeks earlier.​

​

His words to staff were affirming. His actions were anything but.​

​

Pack swiftly sidelined most of the agency's senior leadership by stripping them of their authority. He also fired the chiefs of the government-sponsored broadcast networks for foreign audiences that his agency oversees, including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Radio Free Asia; Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which oversees Radio and Television Martí; and Middle East Broadcasting Networks, which runs Alhurra and Radio Sawa.​

​

The two top officials at Voice of America resigned days earlier in anticipation of Pack's arrival.​

​

Pack dissolved advisory boards over each of the networks and placed his own aides above them. He gave no reason for his actions other than his authority to do so, according to two people with direct knowledge of the day's events.​

​

Several staffers, who spoke to NPR on condition they not be named, said that effectively shut down the agency.​

Lots more mind-numbing content:

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

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.

www.npr.org

Why do you think trump did this?

 

[Polishprince]

Trump would love to make public broadcasting illegal and anyone he disagrees with an enemy.
Sounds just like authoritarian governments.

That's because we ARE officially now an authoritarian government. Sad

If we were, yer ass would be in a camp somewhere.

Yep, I am part of the Deep State. He'd build gulags or flat out kill anyone who said anything mean about him.

Xi told Trump last year that China was building concentration camps for the mass detention of Uyghur Muslims, Trump said Xi should go ahead building the camps, "which he thought was exactly the right thing to do."

Since when does Ambassador Bolton have any credibility with you libs?

 

[DrLove]

Why do you think trump did this?

To stifle free speech, the free press and to assert a state controlled, Trump-friendly media abroad. DUH?

 

[Mac-7]

Why do you think trump did this?

To stifle free speech, the free press and to assert a state controlled, Trump-friendly media abroad. DUH?

North koreans and iranians cant vote in our elections

but they do need to hear a point of view thats different from their state controlled media

since you say trump stifles free speech what do you call the message coming from CNN or NBC?

they only present ideas that the management approves of

 

[DrLove]

Why do you think trump did this?

To stifle free speech, the free press and to assert a state controlled, Trump-friendly media abroad. DUH?

North koreans and iranians cant vote in our elections

but they do need to hear a point of view thats different from their state controlled media

bit since you say trump stifles free speech what do you call the message coming from CNN or NBC?

they only present ideas that the management approves of

You're not grasping what Trump is doing here. He's doing EXACTLY what Putin, Erdogan, Baby Kim and Rouhani are doing.
It's called P-R-O-P-A-G-A-N-DA from a Dear Leader, state run media.
Can you say PROPAGANDA? I knew you could!

 

[Mac-7]

Why do you think trump did this?

To stifle free speech, the free press and to assert a state controlled, Trump-friendly media abroad. DUH?

North koreans and iranians cant vote in our elections

but they do need to hear a point of view thats different from their state controlled media

bit since you say trump stifles free speech what do you call the message coming from CNN or NBC?

they only present ideas that the management approves of

You're not grasping what Trump is doing here. He's doing EXACTLY what Putin, Erdogan, Baby Kim and Rouhani are doing.
It's called P-R-O-P-A-G-A-N-DA from a Dear Leader, state run media.
Can you say PROPAGANDA? I knew you could!

Nonsense

the propaganda is being waged within the communist/socialist/progressive nations that we are broadcasting to

which was the reason for Radio Free Europe and Radio Free China to begin with