Trump Mencabut Aliran Dana untuk Global Media AS #voiceofamerica #radiofreeasia

The Trump administration ordered a large-scale funding cut for the US body in the global media. The organization hired media outlets Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, both of which received funds from the US government. Radio Free Asia is one of the agencies that has to do PHK. About 200 out of 300 US-based employees received news on Wednesday that they had to take a non-payment leave this week. This happened after the Trump administration announced a funding cut. Radio Free Asia, known for its broadcasts of authoritarian countries such as Communist China and North Korea, has been broadcasting in Asia since 1996. Its operations are entirely dependent on state funds. A spokesman said they would take legal action against what he called a government decision that was not based on law to stop the funding. The head of global media, Kerry Lake, did not agree. He accused Radio Free Asia of being used as a tool to push the narrative of one of the parties, saying it was impossible to reform. Lake blamed the insiders for working with what he called a left-wing radical group to make the body anti-Trump. The president of Radio Free Asia said the US government's suspension would benefit the Communist Party of China. A new special advisor for the US body in global media, Kerry Lake, saw this from a different perspective. He said he was working to get rid of what he called embezzlement and corruption. This is what he said about the new building that was rented by the body in Washington, D.C. for Voice of America. I'm sitting here on the 13th floor of the new skyscraper that is shiny and beautiful, which uses a lot of money from you, taxpayers. The people of the Biden administration who operated this body before leaving office have signed a new lease for this building for 15 years, which will cost taxpayers almost $4 billion. But listen to this. They already have their own building that they rented and paid for. More than 1,300 Voice of America employees were fired. And according to Director Michael Abramowitz, that's almost all of his employees.