Daily Caller: Special Adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Kari Lake announced Friday that Voice of America (VOA) will terminate its contracts with The Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse.
VOA, an international broadcasting state media network, is funded by USAGM, with former President Joe Biden requesting in March 2024 a budget increase for the 2025 fiscal year to further support the radio network. In an X post on Friday, Lake announced USAGM will end its “expensive and unnecessary newswire contracts,” adding that some of the major agreements included “tens-of-millions of dollars in contracts” with AP News, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.
“USAGM is an American taxpayer funded News Organization with an 83-year history. We should not be paying outside news companies to tell us what the news is—with nearly a billion-dollar budget, we should be producing news ourselves,” Lake wrote. “And if that’s not possible, the American taxpayer should demand to know why.” more
Wow, Great move Kari Lake !!!
I’d like to see NPR closed down.
Just another outlet the Leftists won’t be able to get their unbiased news from.
Why in the HELL should outlets like AP, Reuters be payed by the Taxpayers to produce news?
@Cynic — Nauseating Putrid and Rebarbative
Anything that stops funding the left narrative is a win for America.
I hope DOGE is taking a hard look at all the consulting/contracting firms that are robbing the US Taxpayers.
The Fed. gov’t lets out these billion dollar contracts and I suspect rarely audits them to assure that we’re getting value for what we’re paying for.
Great Job Kari Lake.
“USAGM is an American taxpayer funded News Organization with an 83-year history. We should not be paying outside news companies to tell us what the news is—with nearly a billion-dollar budget, we should be producing news ourselves,” Lake wrote.
But Mz. Lake, that would require them to work, eh?
“Copy and paste Democrats.”
Man she would have been a great Gov for AZ.