Trump’s shuttering of global media agency endangers reporters, staff say (www.theguardian.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 24 Mar 22:28
https://lemmy.world/post/27352774

Summary

The Trump administration’s decision to defund the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) threatens foreign journalists at outlets like Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, putting them at risk of deportation to countries where they face imprisonment or death.

The move has especially received praise from authoritarian states like Russia and China.

Protesters and federal workers have filed a lawsuit to reverse the decision.

Critics argue the shutdown endangers press freedom and US foreign policy, likening it to abandoning Afghan interpreters after the US withdrawal.

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Mrkawfee@lemmy.world on 24 Mar 22:55 collapse

If Russia was funding “independent media” in the West we would quite rightly call it propaganda.

Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works on 24 Mar 23:36 collapse

I wish someone would fund journalists airing my governments dirty laundry… seriously anyone. Instead I have to donate directly and Russia just promotes fringe bullshit on Facebook or whatever.