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Without fail, every time a Trump nominee gets closer to a Senate confirmation hearing to head the International Broadcasting Bureau, the media pounces and sounds the alarm.
At his April 15 press conference, President Donald Trump launched into a fierce attack on the Voice of America, the U.S. government’s broadcasting entity that reaches out to the world in 47 different languages and is a part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. The president called the VOA’s coverage of the COVID-19 crisis “disgusting” and a “disgrace,” and accused it of bias and of spreading Chinese propaganda about the coronavirus.
The U.S. Senate Thursday approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the federal agency that oversees Vo
Amanda Bennett was director of Voice of America from 2016-2020
Lawmakers and union officials have been concerned recently about slashing staff at the Office of Cuba Broadcasting.