Voice of America Journalist Speaks Out On 'Silencing' by Trump Admin: 'Will Be Celebrated by Communists, Autocrats [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Mar 16th, 2025, 7:55 am


Voice of America journalist Carla Babb spoke out Saturday on what she said is the “silencing” of the government funded organization by President Donald Trump, saying it will “be celebrated by communists, autocrats and ayatollahs whose lies we shed light on.”

Trump signed an executive order Friday slashing the budgets and staffing of multiple governmental entities, including the US Agency for Global Media, which is the parent of the global news service Voice of America.

The White House published a statement on Friday to accompany the executive order labeling the VOA as “The Voice of Radical America” and writing that Trump’s decision “will ensure that taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda.” As the cuts went into effect on Saturday, former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, whom Trump appointed as Special Adviser to the USAGM, posted on X that employees should “check their email.”

Among those affected was Carla Babb, the outlet’s Pentagon correspondent, who spoke out later in the day. “Today I, like virtually every other full-time employee at VOA, was placed on administrative leave indefinitely. I’m not allowed to report the news to our hundreds of millions of viewers at this time,” she wrote in a post on X. “Let’s hope this is temporary.”


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