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NYT: Under Trump, Voice of America Journalists Fear Politicization
NYT - Under Trump, Voice of America Journalists Fear Politicization (free link)
Donald J. Trump’s choice of Kari Lake to lead Voice of America goes against recent efforts to shield the federally funded news organization from politicization.
By Katie Rogers
Katie Rogers is a White House correspondent. She reported from Washington.
Dec. 12, 2024, 6:06 p.m. ET
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice of Kari Lake to serve as the director of the federally funded broadcaster Voice of America sent a chill through the ranks of the organization, where journalists expressed anxiety about Ms. Lake and what the future could hold.
Several of them said they were concerned about this statement in particular: “Under my leadership, the VOA will excel in its mission: chronicling America’s achievements worldwide,” Ms. Lake wrote on social media late Wednesday evening.
There is one problem, they noted: That is not the mission of Voice of America.
The organization’s charter, signed into law in 1976 by President Gerald Ford, says that Voice of America will “be accurate, objective and comprehensive,” and would represent the whole of the country, not one segment of it.
Mr. Trump’s thoughts about the news media are clear: He calls reporters enemies of the people, derides critical news coverage of him as fake and muses about stripping broadcasters of their licenses. In his quest for control over an independent press, he has chosen Ms. Lake, a 55-year-old former television anchor who, in her post-news career, has lost political campaigns and often disparaged the press.
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Donald J. Trump’s choice of Kari Lake to lead Voice of America goes against recent efforts to shield the federally funded news organization from politicization.
By Katie Rogers
Katie Rogers is a White House correspondent. She reported from Washington.
Dec. 12, 2024, 6:06 p.m. ET
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice of Kari Lake to serve as the director of the federally funded broadcaster Voice of America sent a chill through the ranks of the organization, where journalists expressed anxiety about Ms. Lake and what the future could hold.
Several of them said they were concerned about this statement in particular: “Under my leadership, the VOA will excel in its mission: chronicling America’s achievements worldwide,” Ms. Lake wrote on social media late Wednesday evening.
There is one problem, they noted: That is not the mission of Voice of America.
The organization’s charter, signed into law in 1976 by President Gerald Ford, says that Voice of America will “be accurate, objective and comprehensive,” and would represent the whole of the country, not one segment of it.
Mr. Trump’s thoughts about the news media are clear: He calls reporters enemies of the people, derides critical news coverage of him as fake and muses about stripping broadcasters of their licenses. In his quest for control over an independent press, he has chosen Ms. Lake, a 55-year-old former television anchor who, in her post-news career, has lost political campaigns and often disparaged the press.
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It's basically RT in a different country. 
That's what the fucker does.. so does that dried up Lake. 
