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Rhiannon12866

(233,607 posts) Wed May 7, 2025, 10:21 PM Wednesday

'Disturbing': Trump admin tapping right-wing MAGA outlet OAN for taxpayer-funded news network - The Beat - MSNBC

Voice of America will start airing content from the right wing-outlet One America News. It marks a dire shift for the broadcaster, which was founded during the Cold War to counter Communist propaganda. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent at Voice of America. - Aired on 05/07/2025.

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'Disturbing': Trump admin tapping right-wing MAGA outlet OAN for taxpayer-funded news network - The Beat - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Wednesday OP

What a fucking horrible mess. Klarkashton Wednesday #1

The worst possible fate for a service that has been broadcasting the Truth worldwide for 80-plus years! Rhiannon12866 Wednesday #2

This will all be reversed some day with extreme prejudice. Klarkashton Wednesday #3

Good point, but in the meantime VOA will be broadcasting propaganda to those worldwide who have no other world news Rhiannon12866 Wednesday #4