Washington – Trump President riot The American voice funded by the government will give way to America’s opponents to have a greater impact on abroad, announcing the director of Michael Abramowitz Agency.
After the Lord Trump, after signing an executive command to make the largest international announcer, about 1,300 employees, including Abramowitz, were learning the weekend in the administrative leave, and another 500 contractors were completed. The Lord Trump accused him of the news agency, starting to broadcast in World War II, he began to spread the “radical propaganda”.
In an interview with CBS news, Abramowitz called “Very clearly called, the Oberthri would be” self-blow “to the National Security, because Voa’s news coverage helps to deal with the Chinese, Russian and Iranian disinformation.
“If America removes the game area and faces our opponents, then listen to people around the world and that cannot be American good,” he said. “They will hear a narrative against America. We have to fight for that.”
VOA reports the new US in 50 languages - carefully trained in the free press countries. According to the law, emissions do not have air within the US, but the news programming can be seen – about 360 million people a week with audiences around the world.
“We are reaching an audience that could hear the propaganda in a different way,” said Abramowitz, and many journalists Voa are from countries under authoritative controls. “Generally the main challenge in the United States is basically our lunch is actually our lunch. … So I really feel an organization, a unique, objective organization that understands the truth of America.”
“That’s never more important to the world who are happening around the world with a sea of liens and misinformation,” he added.
However, Abramowitz admitted that Voa has an annual budget of $ 270 million, which can be reformed and “not to change resistant”.
“I don’t say it should always be,” Abramowitz said. “It’s a great change. The change is necessary. The change is required.”
“I don’t personally believe that taxpayer’s money wasted,” he argued. “Does that mean a $ 270 million budget? Maybe it could be ($ 240 million), maybe ($ 200 million). Look, we are at one time Taxpayer He expects a lower, more modernized and facilitated government. ”
Voa Journalists defended them as a match and said any slopes, against totalitarianism, tyranny and authoritarianism.
“If you care for free LightIf you care for more openness ChinaIf you care about freedom in Russia, if you are in charge of freedom Venezuela And Nicaragua, then you have a very important tool to help push Voan on the back and do not have detailed and objective information, “he said.” It is very important. ”
