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Today, senior advisor for USAGM Kari Lake testifies before Congress. 🔍 We know you care about the truth - this is a fact check of Ms. Lake's lies and misinformation. 👇 👇 👇 savevoa.com/fact-check/kar…

📝 Per John Kiesewetter opinion this is not an isolated decision. He highlights the "smell of appeasing our authoritarian president". At VOA headquarters the lobby TVs have replaced VOA news reports with “the far-right One American News Network, the latter infamous for peddling…

“If you want to make America great again, don’t pull the plug on what has served it so well.” — Daniel Fried, former U.S. diplomat VOA helped win the Cold War. Silencing it only strengthens our adversaries. #SaveVOA #DanielFried #PressFreedom

“If Americans go silent, others will step in. But they won’t tell the story the way VOA does.” — Cameron Munter, former U.S. Ambassador VOA tells the truth- good and bad. Silencing it means surrendering the narrative. #SaveVOA #CameronMunter #PressFreedom

Amicus briefs filed to defend VOA’s independence. Supporters include ex-military leaders, ambassadors, VOA directors & press freedom orgs. They warn: weakening VOA aids authoritarian regimes. 🔗 savevoa.com/amicus #SaveVOA #PressFreedom #AmicusBriefs

Trump Sharpens Attacks on a Favorite Foe: The News Media Read more on NT: bit.ly/3GP96hF

“The Voice of America gave the world a voice they could believe in.” — Christopher Dell, former U.S. Ambassador For 80 years, VOA has stood for truth. Undermining it hands the narrative to authoritarian regimes. #SaveVOA #ChristopherDell #PressFreedom

“Without VOA, those fighting for freedom lose a vital resource.” — Thomas Countryman, former U.S. diplomat VOA is more than news; it’s a voice for democracy in authoritarian spaces. Don’t let it go silent. #SaveVOA #ThomasCountryman #PressFreedom #DemocracyMatters #VoiceOfAmerica

“If we silence VOA, we leave the field open to Russia and China… Why would we do this to ourselves?” — William Hill, former U.S. diplomat VOA is a pillar of U.S. soft power. Weakening it hands the mic to authoritarian regimes. #SaveVOA #SoftPower #PressFreedom #WilliamHill

“What happens when VOA is silenced? People accept other versions—see the U.S. as the great Satan.” —Omer Bartov, Prof. of Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Brown Univ. Without VOA, truth is replaced by propaganda. #SaveVOA #PressFreedom #VoiceOfAmerica #OmerBartov

USAID – the US Agency for International Development, which once supported many independent media outlets through grants – is practically no longer functioning; Voice of America has not published anything since March; Radio Free Europe has been facing a four-month funding…

VOA Acting Newsroom Director Barry Newhouse says publishing White House handouts and AI-generated content without balance violates the VOA Charter: “Only the White House’s perspective is represented.” #VOACharter #PressFreedom #SaveVOA #EditorialStandards

“Kari Lake’s use of White House handouts without context moves VOA closer to becoming an administration mouthpiece. It betrays our editorial independence.” —Patsy Widakuswara, lead plaintiff in Widakuswara v. Lake #SaveVOA #VOACharter #PressFreedom #NotStateMedia

⚖️ In his ruling, the judge ordered USAGM to timely disburse RFE/RL’s remaining congressionally appropriated funds for fiscal year 2025, concluding that the agency’s conditioning of funds on the imposition of onerous new grant terms and failure to engage in good-faith…

"(Marco) Rubio wants to cut the total budget for international affairs, including the department and its many programs, by 84%. He’s already shuttered the United States Agency for International Development. He’s all but taken America’s overseas broadcasters off the air, from the…

In this interview with @fcchk, @W7VOA talks about VOA's impact globally and the DOGE effect over an institution he believed "invulnerable to political interference" when he joined the agency. 📰 Read the full interview on page 12 👉 issuu.com/fcchk/docs/the…

“Shutting down VOA wouldn’t just silence America’s voice—it would give China and Russia the mic to shape the global narrative.” — Greg Delawie, Former U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo #SaveVOA #FreePressMatters #SoftPower #ChinaInfluence #RussiaNarrative

Trump’s cuts to foreign aid and his dismantling of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), have cut off US support for independent media abroad, prompting jubilation from authoritarian regimes who are seizing the opportunity to fill the void left behind. Read more 👇…

VOA Director Mike Abramowitz's statement to staff in response to media reports that a former employee has been indicted for making threats to a lawmaker.

At a House hearing, Rep. Bill Huizenga defended VOA Burmese Service, saying Burmese Americans rely on it to expose China’s influence over Myanmar’s military junta. Kari Lake called for eliminating USAGM and cutting “anti-American” content. #SaveVOA #VOABurmese #FreePressMatters

“𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘆?” - Senator @ChrisMurphyCT demanded answers from Waltz on the Trump administration’s decision to cede ground to Russia and China in the global information war by shutting down USAGM, the umbrella agency for American foreign…