Voice of America, which is funded by Congress, operates in nearly 50 languages and reaches an estimated 354 million people weekly across the globe.
Trump's White House took the unprecedented step... of openly attacking VOA in public statements over its perceived failures to explicitly blame the Chinese government for the pandemic.
A free press is central to VOA's mission: it aims to bring unfettered reporting to places that do not have it, and show political debate and dissent in the U.S.
Trump wrote that Lake and his as-yet-unnamed agency leader will 'ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY...'
...his administration's efforts to strip the network and its parent agency of their independence were found later to be illegal and unconstitutional.
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