What is Voice of America? Trump wants Kari Lake to run network he tried to 'bulldoze'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : But Trump announced he wants Lake to run the network before he even named a nominee for the agency.
35% : Reilly had also pushed for using VOA to promote U.S. policy rather than offer a platform for independent media for global audiences -- as required under the law -- drawing concerns that Trump and his allies were trying to turn the nation's global news network into a propaganda wing for his administration.
25% : During his first administration, Trump and his allies were accused of trying to manipulate the network and the agency that runs it so he could use it as his own propaganda machine, turning outlets that promote the free flow of information around the world into built-in messaging platforms from the White House.
17% : Trump wants Kari Lake -- the failed Republican candidate for Arizona governor and U.S. Senate who pledged to be the media's "worst nightmare" -- to run Voice of America, the nation's oldest international broadcaster, reaching millions of people around the world.
13% : Lake will "ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media," Trump announced on December 11.
13% : Trump himself said of VOA in 2020: "The things they say are disgusting toward our country.

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