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Fri, Oct 16th 2020 12:05pm — Mike Masnick Back in July, we wrote about how Trump had appointed a Steve Bannon mentee, Michael Pack, to head the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the organization that oversees a bunch of independent media organizations, including the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Broadcasting. The plan was to turn them into a state-sponsored Breitbart. That process has begun, including the recent attempt to investigate Voice of America journalists for impure thoughts about Dear Leader. But, perhaps much more troubling t...

Happy prof. news, I'm back to cover the WH for @voanews. My reassignment on Jan. 11 after I pushed to question Mike Pompeo on the Capitol riots has been canceled, following the change of leadership in @USAGMgov, incl. VOA Dir. Robert Reilly & Dep. Dir. Elizabeth Robbins. The agency had a chaotic four years under former President Trump ADVERTISEMENT That pushback came to a head earlier this month when some reporters protested the live broadcast of a speech by Pompeo at the outlet’s headquarters.  Reporters were not allowed to ask questions at the event, and many viewed the broadcast as a f...

2021/01/22 12:27 Kelu Chao is the former program director for Voice of America. (Voice of America website photo) Kelu Chao is the former program director for Voice of America. (Voice of America website photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday (Jan. 20) named Kelu Chao (趙克露), a Taiwanese veteran journalist at Voice of America, as acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Following the departure of former USAGM head Michael Pack on the first day of Biden's presidency, Chao has been nominated...

Joe Biden's moves appeared to be an attempt to stop, what critics said, was the attempted formation of a propaganda machine under former President Donald Trump and his administration, per The Washington Post.

Taiwan News Quick Take Nara to visit for exhibition Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara yesterday said he would visit Taiwan for his first solo exhibition in the nation. “My movements will be restricted for three weeks, but I have to go because I want to be involved in the preparations for the exhibition,” Nara wrote in Japanese on Twitter, a week after the exhibition was announced. Nara was referring to Taiwan’s 14-day quarantine and a seven-day self-health management period, during which people are advised to avoid visiting public spaces and wear a mask when they go out. Nara did not discl...