Voice of America and One America Network

I woke up to this and will forgive if alarms do not immediately go off in your head. After all, most Americans are not that familiar with Voice of America or its role over the decades since the Second World War. And unless you monitor the far right, even in passing, OAN will be a weird thing you might have never heard of.

I don’t expect OAN’s usual watchers to be regular readers of my content. By the way, they are also down the road from where I live. They have never liked critics and have a pretty secure compound. Recently, they were added to the White House press corps. You can find them on cable or online.

So with no further:

Voice of America to Continue as Pro-Trump Media Relay

The American public radio company Voice of America (VOA) will begin broadcasting programs from the ultra-conservative One America News Network (OAN), which supports the policies of US President Donald Trump. This was reported by Cary Lake, senior adviser to the Agency for Global Media (USAGM), of which VOA is a part. According to her, OAN will provide VOA with its news feed, content and technical support free of charge. “This is a huge benefit for the American taxpayer, who is the sole source of funding for USAGM news agencies that broadcast exclusively to an international audience,” Lake wrote on her page on the social…