This is what happens to you in Trump's America, for countering Russian disinformation in countries that have no free press - you get "dismantled".
Even before this, Donald Trump tapped a right-wing former TV news anchor and Republican nominee, Kari Lake, to run Voice of America. Even before she arrived, the broadcaster began discouraging its journalists from saying or writing things that could be construed as critical of Mr. Trump — part of an attempt that its leaders hoped would help fend off attacks by the president.
However, under federal law the Voice of America’s director must be approved by a bipartisan board that oversees the Agency for Global Media, and the board has not voted on Ms. Lake’s nomination.
It would be easy to guess that Trump doesn't trust any bipartisan board would accept his extremely biased political appointments, so he's just dismantling the entire organization.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/voa-cuts-trump-director-michael-abramowitz-interview/
#uspol #fascism #authoritarian
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