VOA and Radio Free Europe “used to be” the actual people who promoted freedom and American values overseas.
The hiring of questionable foreign nationals using this visa sleight-of-hand began in 2009 and continued through the Biden admin, and :
“Lake argued that Chinese journalists being brought to America on the taxpayer’s dime and pushing “pro-CCP propaganda” to the “detriment” of the country, contradicted the original purpose of the VOA, which was formed during World War II to combat Axis propaganda and later used during the Cold War to promote Western and American values abroad.
The senior advisor, who has been tasked with dismantling the USAGM and VOA, additionally noted that the issue extended beyond China to impact coverage of Russia as well. Those stories, she lamented, were largely pro-Russia and “anti-American.”
Lake confirmed that the agency would be ending the J1 visa program used by prior leadership to hire and retain foreign journalists, as Just the News reported on Tuesday.” ...