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Trump moves to put his own stamp on Voice of America
President Donald Trump on Monday dispatched two aides to scope out the studios of Voice of America, heightening concerns among some longtime staffers that Trump may quickly put his stamp on the broadcasting arm that has long pushed U.S. democratic ideals across the world.
The arrival of the two aides â both political operatives from Trumpâs campaign â comes after Voice of America received blowback over the weekend for sending out a series of tweets about White House Press Secretary Sean Spicerâs claims about inauguration crowd size that looked to some like an endorsement of his false statements. The news outlet later deleted one of the tweets.
On the first Monday of his administration, Trump, who has flirted with the idea of launching his own TV network, deployed two âtransition officialsâ who will evaluate the managers and studios of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which has an annual budget of $800 million and includes Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcast Networks.
Voice of America director Amanda Bennett explained that she pulled a tweet on VOAâs official account that featured Spicerâs erroneous statement that âthis was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period â both in person and around the globe,â following blowback from the accountâs 905,000 followers, some of whom argued the agency shouldnât be promoting his comments without a fact check.
âIrony is that VOA's reason for existing was to provide truth to those who lived where the government controlled the press,â tweeted Stuart Stevens, a former advisor to Mitt Romneyâs 2012 presidential campaign, in response to the tweet.
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Let's say that again:
âIrony is that VOA's reason for existing was to provide truth to those who lived where the government controlled the press,â
And now Trump controls the world spanning "Voice of America". And they will use it. To put out such nonsense as Trump's inauguration was the largest in history and his inauguration was larger than the woman's march the next day and the women were paid by George Soros.
What comes next?
And someone was daring us to compare Trump to Hitler.
Trumps already made enemies with most of the world, except Russia. Trump loves Russia for some unexplained reason.
President Donald Trump on Monday dispatched two aides to scope out the studios of Voice of America, heightening concerns among some longtime staffers that Trump may quickly put his stamp on the broadcasting arm that has long pushed U.S. democratic ideals across the world.
The arrival of the two aides â both political operatives from Trumpâs campaign â comes after Voice of America received blowback over the weekend for sending out a series of tweets about White House Press Secretary Sean Spicerâs claims about inauguration crowd size that looked to some like an endorsement of his false statements. The news outlet later deleted one of the tweets.
On the first Monday of his administration, Trump, who has flirted with the idea of launching his own TV network, deployed two âtransition officialsâ who will evaluate the managers and studios of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which has an annual budget of $800 million and includes Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcast Networks.
Voice of America director Amanda Bennett explained that she pulled a tweet on VOAâs official account that featured Spicerâs erroneous statement that âthis was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period â both in person and around the globe,â following blowback from the accountâs 905,000 followers, some of whom argued the agency shouldnât be promoting his comments without a fact check.
âIrony is that VOA's reason for existing was to provide truth to those who lived where the government controlled the press,â tweeted Stuart Stevens, a former advisor to Mitt Romneyâs 2012 presidential campaign, in response to the tweet.
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Let's say that again:
âIrony is that VOA's reason for existing was to provide truth to those who lived where the government controlled the press,â
And now Trump controls the world spanning "Voice of America". And they will use it. To put out such nonsense as Trump's inauguration was the largest in history and his inauguration was larger than the woman's march the next day and the women were paid by George Soros.
What comes next?
And someone was daring us to compare Trump to Hitler.
Trumps already made enemies with most of the world, except Russia. Trump loves Russia for some unexplained reason.