Kari Lake says she has no intention of turning Voice of America into "Trump TV"
Source: CBS News
December 21, 2024 / 11:38 PM EST
Kari Lake said it's not her intention to turn the government-funded news outlet Voice of America into "MAGA TV," but that she wants to see a return of politically neutral journalism. "I'm sure they're doing some great stuff already. I've been looking a little bit here and there," Lake said in an interview with CBS News Saturday. "I'm not there to make it Trump TV and MAGA TV. That's not what this is about. That's not what Voice of America is."
Lake, a former broadcast journalist who unsuccessfully ran for governor and for a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, is President-elect Donald Trump's selection to head the international broadcaster.
VOA, which is part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, broadcasts news internationally in 49 languages on radio, television and online to an audience of an estimated 354 million people per week, according to its website. It is run by an independent federal agency.
Lake on Saturday was sharply critical of non-conservative media outlets during remarks on stage at AmericaFest, a political gathering in Phoenix hosted by the far-right group Turning Point USA, saying "the fake news -- the mainstream media -- has just become obsolete." "They're good for one thing," she told the crowd. "They're kind of like a barometer. If you see the fake news attacking someone, what you should do is say: I've got to support that person."
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It'll become RT2.0, running Sputnik News reports. In other words - "VOR".
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... I think we should expect the same level of honesty and trustworthiness we've come to expect from Kari Lake.
