Summary
China’s state media praised Trump’s decision to cut funding for Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA), calling them “propaganda” outlets.
The move put 1,300 VOA staff on leave and drew criticism from press freedom advocates, who warn it benefits authoritarian regimes.
VOA and RFA have long reported on human rights abuses in China, North Korea, and other restricted regions.
RFA’s CEO condemned the cuts as a “reward to dictators,” while the Czech Republic has asked the EU for support to keep Radio Free Europe running.
state sponsored propaganda established to erode all communist ideas in order to erode authoritarian communism (along the way propping up classic fascism, a side mission of creating VoA). the problem is that VoA wasn’t authoritarian enough for the new american government’s fascist stance. not enough people are realizing the dissolution of VoA is not something for us anti-authoritarians to celebrate because what’s coming to replace it will be much worse
Pretty sure they’re gonna replace it with some privatized bullshit, which will be “worse” but also way less effective because it’ll be cost-cut to shit.
the replacement is probably just death squads