and a visualised version of #TheGlobalJigsaw episode on Trump’s assault on #VOA & RFE/RL #RFERL has just landed, for your viewing/listening pleasure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G6YdLTS1wk&list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fK2XXqsOE-zcX_7R7gOklU&index=1
If you have ever listened to the Voice of America #VOA, Radio Free Europe, Radio Svoboda #RFERL, Radio Free Asia then you might want yo listen to #TheGlobalJigsaw as we assess the damage after Trump's funding cuts https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv6
Cc @w7voa
Reports from Africa, LatAm, Russia, Central Asia, China, the Middle East, Ukraine and Iran bring home what 'the chainsaw approach' really means for audiences around the world
Radio Free Europe Sues Overseer USAGM To Block Termination Of Federal Grant
https://www.rferl.org/a/33352384.html
This is probably the kind of radical reporting the Trump administration wants to stop. RFE/RL still going strong.
Exclusive: 'A Catastrophic Blow' As US Shuts Unit Investigating War Crimes In Ukraine
https://www.rferl.org/a/33351956.html
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFERL) e Voice of America, vittime dei tagli di Trump, sin qui si occupavano di informare anche i russi e i cinesi di ciò che avviene nel mondo esterno.
https://www.rferl.org/
https://www.voanews.com/
EU To Look Into RFE/RL Funding As Europe Slams Cuts / by Rikard Jozwiak, RFE-RL
https://www.rferl.org/a/czech-eu-rfe-funding-europe-slams-trump-cuts/33350379.html
#BBCNews - 'Discarded like a dirty rag': Chinese state media hails Trump cuts to Voice of America
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgwzmj9v34o
#VOA #RFERL
The termination of RFE/RL funding silences a vital source of truthful reporting and a platform for underrepresented voices in Central Asia, with far-reaching consequences for global understanding and accountability https://timesca.com/opinion-what-the-loss-of-rfe-rl-would-mean-for-central-asia/ #CentralAsia #MediaFreedom #RFERL #TruthfulReporting #UnderrepresentedVoices
NYTimes: As Voice of America Goes Dark, Some Broadcasts Are Replaced by Music
As Voice of America Goes Dark, Some Broadcasts Are Replaced by Music https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/business/voa-trump-dismantle.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4k4.JtIR.wmB0SGOfI3O1&smid=nytcore-android-share
After Trump moved to pull the plug on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Czech foreign minister hopes the EU can keep the broadcaster ‘at least partially’ on air.
VoA and RFE/RL are being destroyed by the Trump administration because they spread radical propaganda?
The Voice of Radical America – The White House
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/the-voice-of-radical-america/
Here is an example of the kind of reporting that will no longer be financed, as it seems.
Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan's Border Agreement: Deal Of The Century?
https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-tajikistan-border-deal-historic-peace-agreement/33345668.html
Here is more on the termination of financing for RFE/RL.
If you want to know more about 'meat assaults' by the Russian army in the #UkraineWar - we discussed it on #TheGlobalJigsaw https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6r7s and #RFERL has spoken to an army medic who deserted https://www.severreal.org/a/ya-ni-o-chyom-ne-zhaleyu-kak-voennyy-medik-dezertiroval-iz-rossiyskoy-armii/33255404.html
U.S. Announces $2.5 Billion Aid Package To Ukraine As Biden Term Nears End
U.S. Announces $2.5 Billion Aid Package To Ukraine As Biden... #ukraine #war #us #foreignaid #rferl"Briefing #2: Georgia Is The Big Loser In The Latest EU Enlargement Report"
https://www.rferl.org/a/orban-eu-summit-budapest-jozwiak-wider-europe/33187672.html
#BBCNews - #Russian-US journalist jailed for 'false information'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn08d7j1qj5o
Russian-American journalist #Alsu #Kurmasheva has been jailed for 6.5 years by a court in the central city of #Kazan on a charge of spreading false information about the Russian army
#FreeAlsu #AlsuKurmasheva #RFERL #JournalismIsNotACrime