Formal federal investigation finds Trump CEO’s over Voice of America repeatedly abused power – my story for NPR https://t.co/MfhRWRNDf4
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) May 21, 2023
A federal watchdog says Michael Pack, former President Donald Trump's pick to oversee the parent agency of the Voice of America, expenditure of $1.6M to investigate his internal critics was a gross waste of taxpayer funds
— NPR (@NPR) August 20, 2022
https://t.co/4snZtd6zNI
Trump has politicized the VOA like he has done to much of the government. It’s disgusting.
Details on the @StateOIG report regarding the previous politically-appointed @USAGMgov CEO who was accused of attempting to politicize @VOANews and other US-funded broadcasters. https://t.co/iyQFKYf32u https://t.co/iK33BwE2x8
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) July 8, 2021
Eight current or former staffers say the agency has broken down in many ways under Michael Pack — as staffers were swept away and standard budgets weren't approved.
— NPR (@NPR) September 2, 2020
Officials even say they were unable to fulfill orders for toilet paper for a facility.https://t.co/jhMVrrWXFJ
We send this letter with the utmost respect, out of love for @VOANews and our profession. https://t.co/TkcwC1bQNb
— Patsy Widakuswara (@pwidakuswara) August 31, 2020
It isn't the biggest thing in the news but Trump's purges at Voice of America keep getting worse: https://t.co/fCnBM03tOd
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) August 15, 2020
"driving out honest, skilled, talented long serving professional public servants on trumped up charges and replacing them with people of no qualifications whose only attribute is loyalty.
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 13, 2020
McCarthy couldn’t have done it better.”
3/3https://t.co/oQJy4mfHda
Taxpayer-funded news outlet Voice of America promotes Mike Pence propaganda in response to Joe Biden’s announcement that Kamala Harris is his running mate. https://t.co/K3J5Zv0Wy3
— Alexandra Chalupa (@AlexandraChalup) August 11, 2020
The new CEO of Voice of America, the federal government’s broadcasting agency, will not extend the visas of the dozens of foreign journalists who work there, NPR reports https://t.co/HSFzVgtQzT
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 10, 2020
The gutting continues. There is no rationale, other than xenophobia, for this move. https://t.co/RHjYe9xelt
— Laura Rosenberger (@rosenbergerlm) July 9, 2020
Federal media agency announces new interim heads after firings by Trump appointeehttps://t.co/tDXlZyDYSe
— Axios (@axios) June 30, 2020
I’ve been trying to learn who is running Voice of America for past 10 days. No luck.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 25, 2020
Today, a source tells me, at routine morning call, staff asking Qs about firewall were told there *is* an acting VOA director but his/her identity is "unannounced."
Can you do that in gov’t?
The heads of four organizations overseen by the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) were all dismissed Wednesday night — a move likely to heighten concerns that new Trump-appointed CEO Michael Pack means to turn the agency into a political arm of the administration.
— Michael Holmes (@holmescnn) June 18, 2020
Sad! 