Trump starts ripping up government-funded media giants branding them 'propaganda'
(whatever)"The Trump administration has completely dismantled a federally-funded media giant that it has blasted as 'radical propaganda.'
On Friday, the president signed an executive order that commands the dismantling of seven federal agencies, including the US Agency for Global Media - which serves as the parent of Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
As a result, some 1,300 journalists, producers and support staff found themselves suddenly unemployed - with many showing up to work on Saturday only to find they were locked out of the studios, according to NPR.
Those workers then discovered they had received emails telling them their jobs have been terminated, but they will continue to receive full pay and benefits until otherwise noted.
The White House now says the executive order 'will ensure that taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda.'
The US Agency for Global Media and Kari Lake, whom Trump appointed to serve as Voice of America's chief in December, similarly released a statement Saturday saying the agency is 'not salvageable'.
'From top to bottom, this agency is a giant rot and burden to the American taxpayer - a national security risk for the nation - and irretrievably broken,' it said, Fox News reports.
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The US Agency for Global Media was founded in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda. Its broadcasters and their sister networks covering the Middle East and Cuba now reach 420 million people in 63 languages and more than 100 countries each week. [MORE]:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14505203/Trump-executive-order-US-Agency-Global-Media-Voice-America.html
