Tonight, the voice of America is silent. The Storied Butture was launched in 1942 to the propaganda owner but two weeks ago President Donald touches the congression congressed and has signed an executive order effectively effectively The Financed Taxpayer Broblems for what the White House calls “radical propaganda.” Friday, a federal judge puts any other action from the administration on hold. Over the deficiencies Voa projected US values, and for hundreds of million was located the field based on the world. Everything arrived in hunting in a single day.
Steve Herman: When I heard that 1.300 of my worst was suddenly to pay in an email that you couldn’t do any more pok to the build-able to that point the voice of America will get very soon.
Steve Herman is national head for America’s voice and perhaps their best known. Americans do not recognize from Vo voa prohibited by law by transmission in the United States.
Steve Herman: People “Indhi”, Oh, enrolling, is archaic, it is obsolete. “Because felons passing so many money and transmits in radiate deciences? I know that. Vood is probably the best bang for our buck we have regarding public diplomacy.
After joined Voa in 2002 as a foreign foreign corresponding, Herman passed the globan for the Voa flag to postpo the independence give their specificors.
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Steve Herman: I have called, saying to your creep, saying, they listen to it and it is given to the United States, that they must be in the propaganda. Because that’s what their transmitors do. And then they heard of America, green and everyone. They are found by reporting their own country, and I don’t care about that you didn’t tell him. And a chandelier passes when they understand what is like the media in the United States. That you can criticize your own government, have the opposition of politicians on the air. That does not happen anywhere in the world.
Patsy Wernakushara: Our term has never been to introduce the administration history. Our sent was always introducing America’s story.
Patsy WernakushA is the white bureau of Voa’s Bureau. A native of Indonesia, she started working for voa in his indonesian service in 2003. Growth in the President Suharto’s dictation, lay the valley value.
Bill Whitaker: What’s the audience size?
WolakSwara Pays: All the world, it’s 360 million weekly shot.
Bill Whitaker: Listen and watching Voa?
Patsy wolakuswa: multi-platform television, radio, digital, social media.
And 86% of their world hearing says the chollers are found to be trusted vane. Two weeks ago, those millions of viewers and listeners were getting news everyday in 49 languages.
Turn Voa today, get this … on a loop.
Steve Herman: Bill, you and I have two states in fighting countries. And if you are in a country and all of a sudden television or radio refusals from regular programming to music, you know something else.
Bill Whitaker: So what do you think he says to your listeners and viewers?
Steve Herman: I think they would make them wonder, “what the hell is going on in the United States?
The voice of America talked his first words in the World War, German Supervisory of German language in Germany nazi at counter Hitler. During the cold war strapped at the Eastern Union, the Soviet Union the Communist Discateration with our highs and lows, the American Johican John F. Kennedy
The President John F. Kennedy: Compete with the other means one of the communication of the aumnation, of those who are our opponents you say only to the good stories. But things that go wrong in America, you should say too.
With the Biparsan support, Vo Green to spread American news and values through the globe.
The President Ronald Ronald: My world’s comatnutans, this is Ronald Reagan, US President, I was talking to the site of the Site in Washington, DC
VOA told Chinese people on the military crackdown on Tiananmen Square and the dead fire in Wuhan when her own government would not be. He blows report in the Iran’s promises in 2009, he told the North Korea’s people and Russians on the Otraine in Ukraine. Voa has been supported by any president since 1942 – Republicload and Democrat … all but one.
President Trump: If you have heard what comes from America’s voice, it’s disgusting. What things say they are disgusting toward our country.
May the President Trump in 2020. He complained the coverage of the Chinese Pavida pavida. Two weeks ago, the White House published a statement called “the right doie’s voice, as the ranges of white privileges and white privileges.
Kari Lake: They have national security risks in this agency. The Rot is so bad is like having a farewell and trying to find the small portion you can eat. Is, it is not salvable now.
In February, President Trump installed Kari lake of Arizona, a Form of I persuate you two political races of task, as the counsel for the Courts for the juveniles that overseas, asian, the medium East and Cuba. She says they are raised too great.
Kari Lake: We are to be slimming this agency, go, go on a ozempic diet.
Voa balance is $ 267 million a year. The lake is now going to implement the executive of the President of Trump to eliminate the BroadCaster to the “Maximum point with consistent with the applicable law.”
We asked Lake for an interview to discuss their results and plans for Voa. She has declined, answer: “I will not have an interview with a departable news departure like 60 minutes.”
The President has a well-known animon to picture but he seems to hold special despair for America’s voice. Under their administered, Steve Herman has been investigated for their pigeons of socially, including this link to a criticism of the sober-softener
Bill Whitaker: What do you say people you say your Twitter activity, your social student of the third, technician attainment of your obtained?
Steve Herman: I wasn’t criticing the President. Does not criticize their policies. I was citing people who did not enjoy those policies. But I also put what the President says, verbatim. We put links to the executive orders of the President. Does that mean that you support me or praise these statements or policies? No. I think any reasonable observer understands that.
The 12th of this month, patsy widakuswara – his white household, barefoot’s first-minister the illand the question of the President Presencies Trump found impertinent.
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Patsy Wolakuswara: And the President’s plan to expel Palestinians out of Gaza? Is discussing that with him and giving your position?
President Trump: No one expelled from any Palestinians. I’m not … who are you?
Patatsy widakuswara: they are with america voice, sir.
President Trump: Oh, without wonder. Voice of America.
Bill Whitaker: So when the President turns and says, “Who are you,” What do you think?
Patsy WernakushA: Honestly, my heart stays a little bit.
Two days after the President signed that executive order all but deleting voa. How time, Kney, Karne Lame r and opening a tests, and the sincuate transmes = were transmission. For the first time in 83 years, the voice of America was smashed.
Bill Whitaker: Do you think your question had something to do with that?
Patsy Wernakushara: I think it’s impossible for me to know the answer to that question. This happens to all federal agencies. Honestly, when was the oval office, it was – it was just the instinction of my reporter and I didn’t think about anything. It was alone …
Bill Whitaker: Just do your work.
Patsy wernakushara: two world leaders in front of me. What do I want to do if you don’t do the questions?
Steve Herman questions if the executive action of the President is legal.
Steve Herman: There are those who want the voice to America the President’s voice. Now, that is not up to the government executive branch. Came to the Congress. We followed the laws that Congress is past.
Republic CongressWoman Kim in California is a Korean South Immigrant, a Trump Support, and a Voice Squirrel and Radio Free Asia.
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Rep. Young Kim: I encourage the President Trump to reconsider its executive order.
Kim is one of the only Republican members of Congress to challenge the administration on Voa.
Rep. Young Kim: When we are in a war of information and stop transmitting in those governments and repressive societies, they don’t miss the truth. Because you give our sweet power that helps us stand as a whole world’s head. We are playing right in the hands of xi jinping.
Bill Whitaker: Since your executive order of Trump, the media in China and Russia have been celebrated.
Rep. Young Kim: oh yes. (ride) are not surprised.
Bill Whitaker: That’s bothering you?
Rep. Young Kim: I’m concerned because we lose that information war.
Bill Whitaker: So we pulled back. Who do you compose the nest?
Rep. Young Kim: China. Ayatollahs. Kim jong una. Dictators. And we are not to counteract that the disinformation.
Patsy Wernakusha is the bond in a law enforcement that you will resemble Voa, but she is having the damage has already been done.
Patsy Wernakushara: If all the next weekly, what kind of New York How can we continue to report without fear or favor with this attached to us? Shall we only report about the things you like President? It’s not something I signed up.
Produce from jack weingart and gradam messick. Transmission insurance, Mariah Johnson. Edited by Matthew Lev.
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