The White House reporter for Voice of America was abruptly pulled from her beat after trying to question Secretary of State Mike Pompeo following a speech he gave at the government agency this week.
NEW YORK - The White House reporter for Voice of America was abruptly pulled from her beat after trying to question Secretary of State Mike Pompeo following
Federal broadcasting agency employees just proved that their agency needs reform Print this article
Anyone who doubts that the U.S. Agency for Global Media needs reform should read a
letter that was just sent by an anonymous group of its employees demanding that the U.S. secretary of state be censored.
What’s bizarre is that these people are supposed to be journalists, not taxpayer-funded activists.
The
USAGM includes the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio & TV Marti), Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Radio Sawa and Alhurra TV). All of these government-funded broadcasting outlets were created to provide balanced, accurate, and unbiased news and information about the United States and the world to international audiences in 62 languages.