"Trump said legally operating news outlets do things that are "totally illegal"...
#Trump handpicked people to run #DOJ "that will not say no to him," attorney and Temple University law professor Donte Mills said on "NewsNight" Friday. "So, if he says, 'here's what I think should be illegal, go find a way to make it illegal and to punish these people,' it's going to happen."
https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1742215314850852cfe93a996/raw
LOLOL. Of course he does!!!!
Trump Praises Bezos’ Makeover of the Washington Post
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-praises-jeff-bezos-makeover-of-the-washington-post/
"Africa Faces Diabetes Crisis"
This article has a publication date of 14 March 2025. Don't expect more like it, however, since the trump Administration has shut down the source, Voice of America.*
https://www.voanews.com/a/africa-faces-diabetes-crisis-study-finds/8010779.html
*https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvge4l109r3o
#PublicHealth #diabetes #Africa #journalism #VOA #FreePress #journalism #censorship
Trump may not be Hitler but he sure is using his playbook.
@w7voa about the sad #VOA Situation:
„I am speaking here in my personal capacity and not as a representative of any agency or organization, past, present or future…
My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America’s story to the world — honestly, fairly and with an unwavering commitment to the truth, are being silenced this weekend. The de facto destruction of the Voice of America — is nothing less than a betrayal of the ideals that gave birth to the institution and made it relevant throughout World War II, the Cold War and in the decades after the collapse of the Berlin Wall.“
more here: https://www.steveherman.press/p/requiem-for-the-voice-that-carried
I'm ashamed of being an American #journalist today and if you call yourself a journalist or are in the media and are silent over the dismantling of #VOA,
#freepress, shame on the #UnitedStates.
#Journalism
Everything I was told about our Nation was a lie.
@w7voa 
Thank you for your excellent work, Steve. We hope you’ll find a way to continue sharing news on Mastodon. "It took decades to build this goodwill and an audience of hundreds of millions every week. Seeing arsonists just set fire to it all is awful.” https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5329244/bloody-saturday-voiceofamerica-radio-free-asia-europe-trump-kari-lake #NPR #VoiceOfAmerica #SteveHerman #FreePress #Journalists #Integrity
National Press Club Statement on Mass Suspensions at Voice of America #NationalPressClub #FreePress #USA #Trumpism #Propaganda https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-press-club-statement-on-mass-suspensions-at-voice-of-america-302402447.html
Trump freezes US-funded media outlets including Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, and others » Political Press
In addition to #USAGM, #Trump's order also targeted the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service [#FMCS], the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars [#WilsonCenter], the Institute of #Museum & #Library Services [#IMLS], the US Interagency Council on #Homelessness [#USICH], the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund [#CDFIfund], & the Minority Business Development Agency [#MBDA] for cuts.
Some #Republicans have accused #VOA & other publicly-funded #media outlets of being biased against *conservatives* [liars, criminals & extremists]. Last month, billionaire #ElonMusk, who is spearheading #Trump's government *downsizing* [destruction] effort, called for VOA & #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty to be shut down in a post to social media.
The Paris-based #ReportersWithoutBorders also blasted the move, w/its director general, Thibaut Bruttin, saying that it "threatens press freedom worldwide & negates 80 years of American history in supporting a free flow of #information."
The president of the #NationalPressClub in Washington, Mike Balsamo, released a statement on social media objecting to the moves at #VOA.
"For decades, #VoiceOfAmerica has delivered fact-based, independent #journalism to audiences worldwide, often in places where press freedom does not exist," Balsamo said.
The decision, he said, "undermines America's commitment to a free & independent press."
On its website, #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty notes that it has been declared an "undesirable organization" by the Russian govt & warns readers in #Russia & Russia-occupied #Ukraine that they could "face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us."
The #USAGM also terminated funding for #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty, which broadcasts to countries in #EasternEurope, including #Russia & #Ukraine, as well as for #RadioFreeAsia, which broadcasts to #China & #NorthKorea, acc/to letters seen by Reuters.
Multiple workers at #VoiceOfAmerica, an international #media broadcaster that operates in >40 languages, shared w/Reuters an email that placed them on administrative leave w/full pay & benefits "until otherwise notified."
The emails, sent by a HR executive at the #US Agency for Global Media, the #VOA's parent agency, instructed them not to enter their work premises or access internal systems.
Employees at #VoiceOfAmerica were placed on paid leave on Saturday & funding for 2 US #news services that broadcast to #authoritarian regimes was slashed, one day after #Trump signed an #ExecutiveOrder gutting the govt-funded #media outlets' parent & 6 other #FederalAgencies.
#VOA #FourthEstate #FreePress #journalism #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-signs-order-gut-voice-america-other-agencies-2025-03-15/
"Fellow Americans, Rise Up! Our country is under attack by the Trump regime. Please repost if you agree!“
- Aure
The Beginning of the End of Free Speech & Free Press in America!
March 14, 2025
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #BreakingNews #Breaking #freepress
