More than 1,300 staff placed on administrative leave as White House accuses VOA of being anti-Trump, "radical" and "leftist".

US President Donald Trump has signed an order to strip back the federally-funded news organisation Voice of America, accusing it of being “anti-Trump” and “radical”.

A White House statement said the order would “ensure taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda”, and included quotes from politicians and right-wing media railing against the “leftist”, “partisan” VOA.

  • KazumaraEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Isn’t Voice of America like the USA’s equivalent of Deutsche Welle?

    Basically a vehicle for internationally transporting news from the US American perspective?

    Trump really hates any and all soft power the USA have available.