Voice of America top directors resign amid Trump clash

Deutsche Welle ^ | 06.15.202 | Darko Janjevic

[Olog-hai]

Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett and her deputy Sandra Sugawara jointly quit on Monday following sharp criticism from President Donald Trump and the confirmation of his ally, Michael Pack, as the new head of the organization which oversees the US media outlet.

The state-funded broadcaster is directed at audiences outside the US and produces news in 47 languages.

Bennett and Sugawara said Pack has the right to name his own team of leaders as he prepares to take the reins at the US Agency for Global Media. The two veteran journalists did not address the conflict with Trump, which saw the White House accuse VOA of promoting foreign propaganda. […]

Pack, a one-time associate to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, has been proposed for the position by President Trump. The Senate confirmed Pack earlier this month despite resistance from Democratic lawmakers.

Some Trump aides have long viewed VOA as an element of a “deep state,” according to the AP news agency. However, the conflict between Trump’s aides and VOA went public in April, when Trump’s social media adviser Dan Scavino slammed a Twitter post by VOA as “China’s very own propaganda” and a “DISGRACE!!!” …

[Vaduz]

Need not be many women have done great things and still are.

[Vaduz]

Outer edges of swamp get drained.

[Oatka]

"Same goes for the Department of Education. If you can't eliminate it, use is as a weapon. Use it to wipe out the Marxists in Education, and the Anti-American propaganda they spew. Bring back History and Civics. Bring back the pledge of Allegiance. Don't like it? Lose all federal funding. This is what the Left does. You want to destroy the Left? Use their tactics against them. Trump is doing it, and it works."

Sounds nice, but where in L is Betsy DeVos? Each time President Trumps appoints a new department head, everyone here cheers (including me), and yet NOTHING seems to get done. What has SHE done lately to advance our agenda?

[SunkenCiv]

Bennett and Sugawara said Pack has the right to name his own team of leaders as he prepares to take the reins at the US Agency for Global Media.

IOW, AP is a POS.

Partisan Media Shills update.

[SunkenCiv]

• Explosion of cheers from Iran and China dissidents (on booting Obama holdovers at VOA)

[mbrfl]

I’m not a big Bannon fan either, but this is not Bannon. The article describes Pak as a “one time associate” of Bannon’s. He could have split from Bannon for any number of reasons, including disagreeing with him.

[9YearLurker]

I hope that is so, in a good way.