More than 1,300 staff placed on administrative leave as White House accuses VOA of being anti-Trump, "radical" and "leftist".

US President Donald Trump has signed an order to strip back the federally-funded news organisation Voice of America, accusing it of being “anti-Trump” and “radical”.

A White House statement said the order would “ensure taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda”, and included quotes from politicians and right-wing media railing against the “leftist”, “partisan” VOA.

  • Intergalactic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2214·
    15 hours ago

    It was mostly a propaganda machine against socialist movements. I’m glad it is gone, but it should have been gone way before Trump. Because he doesn’t deserve credit for shit.

      • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        134·
        12 hours ago

        “Socialist” movements like:

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        People’s Republic of China with its draconian:

        • One Child Policy that almost got me killed because they were trying for force my mother to have an abortion against her will (since I was the second child)
        • Rich people and high-ranking party members get away with crimes (as long as they do not go against the paramount leader)
        • If you want treatment, you have to wait a long time, and you have to pre-pay, even if its an Emergency Room life and death situation
        • 户口 (Hukou, Household Registration) System that confines you to where you’re born, and you cant even to move to other parts of your own country, and if you tried you are treated as a second-class citizen, essentially Casteism

        Such “Socialism” aka: State-Capitalism

      • EmpireInDecay@lemmy.mlEnglish
        77·
        12 hours ago

        Every single one of them since the end of World War 2. Voice of America, Radio for Europe, Radio Free Asia they’re all arms of US imperialist propaganda.