US EditionTrump Administration Lays Off Hundreds Of Voice Of America Workers
- The Trump administration is terminating over 600 employees from Voice of America and other government-funded broadcasters, reducing its workforce by 85% since March.
- President Trump accused Voice of America of spreading anti-American propaganda and signed an executive order to dismantle the news agency.
- Three Voice of America employees fighting the dismantling in court were among those receiving layoff notices, calling it the death of 83 years of independent journalism upholding U.S. ideals.
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On Friday, 639 employees of Voice of America and the US agency that oversees it were sent notice of dismissal, effectively shutting down the media that has provided news to countries around the world since World War II. Among them were employees of the Persian service of the VOA, who were suddenly suspended from administrative leave last week to transmit reports to Iran following the Israeli attack. Three Persian service journalists who left the…
Reporters for Voice of America and other U.S. networks fear what’s next
On Friday, the Trump administration issued mass layoff notices gutting the agency that owns the Voice of America and funds its sister news outlets.That same day, a correspondent arrested in Azerbaijan while working for one of those sister networks — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — was sentenced to nine years in prison on charges his bosses consider bogus.Given recent headlines about their employers, other journalists for the federally funded n…
Trump is hell-bent on silencing America’s voice
Donald Trump wants Voice of America to shut up—and he doesn’t care about the damage it will cause. On Friday, the Trump administration delivered mass termination notices to more than 600 employees at VOA and it’s oversight organization, the U.S. Agency...
Kahlschlag bei den US-Auslandssendern: The consultant appointed by President Trump has again announced more than 600 layoffs - it is particularly hard for Voice of America. According to observers, the station could stand before the end.[more]]>
More than 600 employees of the U.S. foreign channel, which was founded in the Second World War as a counterweight to Nazi propaganda, recently received notice of termination.
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