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The muzzling of US-funded global media
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The muzzling of US-funded global media

Silencing America's voice to the world speaks volumes about what America is becoming.

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Elise Labott
Mar 17, 2025
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When the Voice of America staff arrived at work on Saturday morning, they found they had been locked out and could not access their email accounts. Radio stations in remote corners of the world that had depended on VOA for decades suddenly went silent or turned to playing music. The message was clear: America's voice to the world had been silenced.

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