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Official Statement

VOA newsroom director says Lake is violating VOA charter

VOA’s Acting Newsroom Director Barry Newhouse says USAGM special adviser Kari Lake is violating VOA’s charter by publishing videos on America’s history that were directly provided by the White House. Newhouse, who is on administrative leave along with most VOA employees, says that the White House videos that Lake is publishing also contain content generated by AI, which is a violation of VOA’s own policies.

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Headlines

Trump urges Congress to ‘kill’ Voice of America as its leader defends gutting it

In a heated hearing, Kari Lake, the Trump ally in charge of the federally funded international broadcasting network, called the media agency “a rotten piece of fish” that should be defunded. (The New York Times | June 25, 2025)

Editorials

The slashing of Voice of America left a void Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is happy to fill (MSNBC)As U.S. Dismantles Voice of America, Rival Powers Hope to Fill the Void (The New York Times)

“To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.”

Portrait of Edward R. Murrow.

Edward R. Murrow, Director of the US Information Agency