Senior presidential adviser Kari Lake says Voice of America will rely on coverage from the far-right OAN network. OAN has offered unwavering support of President Trump.
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Awful, right-wing, conspiracy “news” OAN is not “Voice of America” content, and is instead no coverage at all… so, change VOA’s name to “Voice of White Supremacist America,” then, senior crazy advisor Kari! Now you can represent the crazed part of America, “VOWSA”
Nobody takes Kari Lake seriously. The people of Arizona spoke loud and clear - she failed miserably running for Governor and the Senate. She is nothing more than an older used up version of Laura Loomer. Ick.
I don't know what it is about her, but she is just heinous. It comes off as a show, that she will give away any morals or values to get in front of Trump. It's gross. MTG and that other woman are just outright pieces of shit, but Lake....
Please, mock these propagandists ruthlessly. They are clowning up the US government to make it resemble North Korea's or Russia's. This is a tragic loss to human rights in the world.
I don’t know that is the point though, i think they believe their propaganda will earn them support from other countries (and sadly it might, people are pretty easily misled)
Voice of America *is* a propaganda network. That was the entire purpose of its founding. Until the 2013 NDAA it was illegal to broadcast inside the US for that reason.
A bit yes (it is pro-America). A bit no (because it does in cases provide news and information that other governments are hiding from their own people). But I get your fair point. (Still unhappy that now it will be a propaganda network only for the maniac Donald Trump and his warped vision.)
My understanding is that VOA was founded during WW2 to broadcast anti-Nazi messages to occupied Europe. I'm really good with that! Still, your point is fair in reference to the Cold War period.
And the end result will be that VoA will be seen around the world as the same as Pravda - a worthless stream of lies, distortions and propaganda drivel.
I guess Kari Lake is too STUPID to know VOA came about to BATTLE NAZI PROPAGANDA NOT TO SUPPORT IT LIKE SHE DOES! There will probably be a jail cell for you, too, Sister! Disgusting HAG!
I prefer the Gaddafi treatment. All dictator lives should end at the hands of an angry mob wielding a sharp stick violently applied to where the sun don’t shine.
The republicans are getting very “let them eat cake”-ey. Their greedy corrupt policy has started directly impacting his base now, and we know they have a guillotine to put up outside the White House since they already did it.
You folks still think free and fair elections will be a thing when Mid-terms are scheduled. There is active takeover of media, dismantling educational stalwarts, complete destruction of federal departments and likely a huge loyalty test being administered to military and policing resources!
Yea, she's the voice of America.
Isn't anyone on either side of the aisle going to do their elected duties and use the voice we gave you to stop the insanity?
This is how you get people to turn off VOA. The world knows what propaganda radio sounds like. Everyone's heard to Hanoi Hannah by now. VOA will become it's sister in broadcast filth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4WpWpltZAg&t=17s
It’s cute that people are upset that the USian empire’s propaganda network is spewing out another form of shitty propaganda and not that we have one on the first place
If the OAN supports the far right Trump government then, people like Kari Lake and others, should be prepared to accept the responsibility of the total destruction of the American democracy!
Other Countries must make sure they cannot air in their countries. This will just be propaganda factories designed to destroy democracies just as they have done in the USA. Time to jettison USA media.
You continually platform and uncritically amplify trumpy Republican liars. You present false equivalency so as to be "fair." You helped build all of this.
Well, I see Ms Whackadoodle from Arizona/Mar a Lardo, is proposing that the VOA will report their coverage through OAN? WTF does she think VOA and PBS are?
Pathetic!
How is it legal for a Government organization funded by congress to have it's congress approved and funded mandate and charter thrown out and supplanted by a privately owned organization that spews hate right wing BS to the world? We the People need to Stop it Now. NPR faces as similar fate. FTRUMP
So, a question, as one of the we the people, what is it you would be willing to do to stop this? Are you willing to lose your job? Your house, your safety, your security, your financial future? Because that may be what it takes. If you're ready, let's go.
Apart from the obvious problem of OAN’s bias, its news coverage (like most American media’s) leans heavily domestic. VOA listeners are interested in the U.S., yes, but on how we engage with their country, their region, or the world generally. Feeding any domestic U.S. outlet to VOA misses the mark
Sure, every day Kari Lake looks every day for ways to save taxpayers money. That's why her attorneys have been sanctioned numerous times for filing frivolous pleadings. WTF?
#nottheonion Y'know just once I want information regarding this administration that is uplifting. He died. A bird attacked RFK sensing easy prey in his worm. I know it's not that type of worm, but it'll drive them nuts!
All of Batman's arch enemies have now been recruited for his administration and are in house. Their crazed antics have just begun, and may include much insane, demonic laughter...and space lasers.
Voice of America radio broadcast American views on democracy & world news into the Soviet Union.
For a very long time, it was the only way anyone behind the Iron Curtain could know what was happening in the real world, outside of Communist propaganda.
What you are describing is more Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, for which my father helped build the radio stations in the cold war. The Voice of America was much more global than that. They used to broadcast in over 20 languages to every region of the world. I grew up listening to them for my news
Back when shortwave broadcasting was a big thing and I lived overseas for a few years, I would have a daily routine of listing to the English broadcasts of Voice of America, the Voice of Free China, Radio Nederland, the Deutsche Welle, HCJB 'The Voice of the Andes', the BBC, Radio Peking, and AFRTS.
The ironic part is, when I was growing up in Europe, I found AFN/AFRTS to be fricking annoying, because we got everything late by months or years
What I didn’t realize as a kid, was that it also meant I saw stuff that many Americans missed, like the Starman tv series, Call to Glory, & Shadowchasers
Well yeah, but in common parlance, to me VOA and Radio Free Europe (and AFRTS, for that matter) amount to the same thing, precisely for the reason you mentioned – it was the only way folks behind the Iron Curtain could hear the rest of the world, via shortwave radio, or blackmarket radios.
Oh thank god. And here I thought that she was irrelevant and only had nonsense to spew. To think that I could have not been updated on her political opinions. Completely necessary article, guys. Keep doing the lords work.
For real. Just yesterday they posted how they're standing up to the Trump administration, in spite of the administration trying to shut that down, yet here they are again down playing what's going on trying to be neutral. It Is shameful.
Voice of America should just continue using whatever source they think is truthful/facts. The Trump regime are idiots who don’t listen to talk radio anyway. If OAN tattles on them, VoA can all walk out with a big middle finger.
Doesn't Kari Lake realize the meaning of 'Voice of America'? The small percentage of people who watch and agree with OAN does not in the slightest represent America.
I’m sorry, “Senior Presidential Advisor Kari Lake”? What?
She’s a failed AZ Gubernatorial candidate, and an 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 whiney former news Twinkie, whose résumé consists entirely of “read words out loud”. Back home in Phoenix, she’s a bad joke. What’s she doing, ‘advising Presidents’?
As usual, where Lake and the Rump are involved, LIES ARE SURE TO FOLLOW!
They will not destroy another avenue of democratic values!!
The Voice of America should NOT be from vile OAN.
Kari Lake and OAN as the ‘Voice of America’ only adds more comedic fodder for the world. No need to worry about damage to America’s credibility, that was destroyed in November 2024. As more pain befalls Americans, the world will watch with popcorn popped.
Shoulda seen that coming.
After all, VOA was established as a pro-US propaganda outlet, and a thin plurality selected the wrong propagandist in November
If the writers of Succession had ATN becoming the source for VOA, that would have been so improbable as to be laughable. But here we are, with OAN now poised to stream to the world as the voice of America.
The rest of the world is smarter than the US and they know exactly what we are and the US the world knew is gone. It is wrong what they are doing in installing a right wing propaganda station, but the world does not like Trump, it might back fire.
Trump Administration: It's snakes and moles, all the way down. If OAN is "free", it means someone else is paying for it. Who? Well, who benefits?
Can't believe I'm saying this, but it would be better to abolish the entire agency rather than air a failure like OAN. Restart VOA when sanity returns.
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Maybe Voice of Amerikkka would have been more appropriate.
... but at least what comes out of my garden is edible.
I am still horrified how many voters are supporting him as he rips apart all the good things about our government.
Lake is nothing more than an American "Hanoi Hannah".
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/04/hanoi-hannah-vietnam-war-propaganda-radio-presenter-dies-aged-87
John Oliver did a segment on it on his show
Isn't anyone on either side of the aisle going to do their elected duties and use the voice we gave you to stop the insanity?
Not surprising.
Pathetic!
Fascism needs to be eradicated before it's too late.
Otherwise I don’t want to know anything about it.
For a very long time, it was the only way anyone behind the Iron Curtain could know what was happening in the real world, outside of Communist propaganda.
That’s why Putin wants Trump to destroy it.
What I didn’t realize as a kid, was that it also meant I saw stuff that many Americans missed, like the Starman tv series, Call to Glory, & Shadowchasers
Stop using neutral words.
Say it.
one would think these maggots Trunts would run outta gas ...
+ oan
= total bogusness
BTW you didn't vote for her ever.
OAN (right wing fascism) was exactly what VOA was created to oppose.
She’s a failed AZ Gubernatorial candidate, and an 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 whiney former news Twinkie, whose résumé consists entirely of “read words out loud”. Back home in Phoenix, she’s a bad joke. What’s she doing, ‘advising Presidents’?
They will not destroy another avenue of democratic values!!
The Voice of America should NOT be from vile OAN.
1. Fire the working staff at an agency, as cost reduction.
2. Then, hand a fat contract to a private company owned by a friend.
This is how a functioning government is turned into a kleptocracy like Russia after the collapse of the USSR.
This is a first clear example.
#FAFO #AmericanMediocrity
After all, VOA was established as a pro-US propaganda outlet, and a thin plurality selected the wrong propagandist in November
Can't believe I'm saying this, but it would be better to abolish the entire agency rather than air a failure like OAN. Restart VOA when sanity returns.