A Censored Voice of America Persian Just Got a Second Chance |
Last weekend, federal judge Royce Lamberth—a Ronald Reagan appointee—ruled that Kari Lake had no legal authority to serve as acting Senior Advisor of the US Agency for Global Media. Lake was never Senate-confirmed for the role, instead assuming it through a backdoor delegation that the judge found violated both the Constitution and federal law.
For those unfamiliar with what Lake has been doing since losing her Senate race to Ruben Gallego, she was handed control of the USAGM—the parent agency of Voice of America, the country’s government-funded international broadcaster. Her mandate was part of the administration’s broader push to slash federal spending and bureaucracy, and USAGM was seen as an easy target: The agency had long been criticized as bloated, overstaffed, and home to people touting an anti-American message for audiences abroad.
One of Lake’s first moves at VOA was to clean house on the whole operation, including putting nearly the entire staff on indefinite leave. Once she hollowed the place out, she announced a partnership with One America News to fill the void. The network is known for many things, but their coverage of the Middle East isn’t one of........