MAGA outlet OAN to provide content for hollowed-out Voice of America, says Kari Lake
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Having access to OAN content is a big step toward turning the Voice of America into the Voice of Trump — an outcome that VOA staffers have feared.
Voice of America is off the air for now, having been gutted by President Donald Trump, but it may soon return — partly as a vessel for one of his favorite MAGA propaganda outlets. One America News (OAN), the amateurish far-right TV outlet best known for promoting Trump’s 2020 election lies, is going to provide “newsfeed services” to VOA and other US-funded international broadcasters, according to Kari Lake, the MAGA loyalist Trump picked to run a hollowed-out VOA. In a late-night X post, Lake said the idea originated from the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which beams Radio Martí into Cuba. OAN will provide “their newsfeed and video service free-of-charge,” she wrote, portraying it as a win for taxpayers. Lake noted that she doesn’t currently have editorial control over VOA, so the immediate impact may be negligible. But having access to OAN content is a big step toward turning the Voice of America into the Voice of Trump — an outcome that journalists at the network have feared. VOA’s networks and websites are currently offline, but a handful of employees were called back to work on Tuesday. Staffers told CNN they sense that Lake wants to reboot the network as a shell of its former self. The goal, they believe, is to terminate most of the employee base but keep enough of the network intact to satisfy the federal judges who are scrutinizing the shutdown.
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