US EditionMusk calls for shutting down US-funded outlets Radio Free Europe, Voice of America
- Elon Musk called for shutting down U.S.-funded media outlets Radio Free Europe and Voice of America on February 9, arguing they waste taxpayer money.
- Musk criticized federal payments to media organizations, stating they are inefficient uses of funds and echoed Richard Grenell's opposition to government funding.
- The Trump administration has been scrutinizing government-funded media and has taken steps to halt subscriptions to outlets like Politico.
- Musk claimed, "It’s just radical left crazy people talking to themselves while torching $1 billion per year of U.S. Taxpayer money.
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What is in store for Radio Liberty and Voice of America? The opinion of music critic Artemy Troitsky
“Yes, close them. No one listens to them anymore. They're just crazy radical leftists,” Elon Musk, head of the US Department of State Effectiveness, wrote on social media X about Radio Liberty and Voice of America. Many people remember these “radio voices” from Soviet times, when it was possible to learn about what was happening in the world mainly through radio and often by overcoming the interference created by “jammers”.
·Vilnius, Lithuania
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‘Radical Left Crazy People’ - Elon Musk Calls for Closure of Radio Liberty and Voice of America
The newly appointed head of the recently established Department of State Efficiency (DOGE) criticized the use of taxpayer funds for media outlets that employ “far-left crazy people.”
·Kyiv, Ukraine
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