Silencing the Voice of America

压制美国之音

Today, Explained

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2025-03-19

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President Donald Trump has ordered the federally funded broadcaster to be “eliminated.” Longtime VOA correspondent Steve Herman explains why it will be missed. This episode was produced by Gabrielle Berbey and Travis Larchuk with help from Miles Bryan, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Further reading: Behind the White House Curtain. Trump tapped Kari Lake to run VOA. Then he dismantled it. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Longtime VOA correspondent Steve Herman in front of the White House. Photo by Sarah Silberger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Remember World War II?

  • Bad guys, Nazis, Good guys, not the Nazis.

  • It was during those simpler times that the United States launched Voice of America.

  • This is a voice speaking from America.

  • Its mission was to fight Axis propaganda with American propaganda.

  • But then that war ended and a new colder one began and Voice of America became an anti authoritarian tool for for the United States.

  • And it grew far beyond the radio.

  • Around the clock, the Voice of America broadcasts America's message of democracy to the world.

  • You can find Voice of America on the TV in dozens of languages.

  • And then over the weekend, after more than 80 years of broadcasting, Voice of America went dark on Today Explained it wasn't the Nazis or the communists who finally silenced Voice of America.

  • It was the President of the United States.

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