We saw what happened in APAC when the ABC shut down most of Radio Australia’s services, partly as the result of federal funding cuts. Then when Radio Australia ended its shortwave broadcast, China pounced and took over most of the frequencies.
Does Trump really want VOA and RFA to disappear?
Yeah, wasn’t VOA already a propaganda piece for the US?
The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) in the US has said it is “highly concerned” by the Trump administration’s decision to cut the funding of Voice of America (VoA) and suspend its employees.
The AIB said axing VoA has far-reaching and potentially “irreversible” consequences, including undermining media freedom, reduced access to credible information for hundreds of millions of people and damage to the global credibility of the US.
U.S. District Court Judge J. Paul Oetke granted a temporary restraining order to a group of VOA employees who brought the case.
The plaintiffs were joined in the litigation by other groups, including Reporters Without Borders, unions and the American Foreign Service Association.
The judge’s order bars the Trump administration from taking any further actions to “implement or effectuate” the executive order and a subsequent email that put much of the VOA staff on leave.