A Good Sign For the VOA?
3/11/202614 min
Recently a surprising ruling came down from U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth. The Reagan-appointed judge found that Kari Lake - (formerly best known as the loser of two state-wide races in Arizona), had acted unlawfully in running the United States Agency for Global Media, the body that oversees Voice of America and the handful of other government-assisted media outlets.
Kari Lake, wrote the judge "satisfies the requirements of neither the statute nor the Constitution," potentially making all of her actions this past year null and void. Lake, who once described herself to a gaggle of reporters as "your worst fricking nightmare" told NPR that she would appeal the ruling.
Last spring February when Lake started slashing and burning the 80-year old service, Micah spoke to Nicole Hemmer, a historian at Vanderbilt University to learn about the history the VOA.
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Hey, you're listening to the On the Media midweek podcast. I'm Micah Loewinger. [gentle music] On Saturday, a surprising ruling came down from US District Court Judge Roy C. Lamberth. The Reagan-appointed judge found that Carrie Lake, formerly best known as the loser of two statewide races in Arizona, had acted unlawfully in running the United States Agency for Global Media, the body that oversees Voice of America and the handful of other government-assisted media outlets. Here's a recap of some of what she's done so far.
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