Kari Lake Reveals Plans for Voice of America
American Thought Leaders
Jan Jekielek
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🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
At Turning Point USA’s AmFest conference in Phoenix, I sat down with former TV anchor Kari Lake, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head Voice of America (VOA).
VOA is an international broadcaster funded by Congress that releases content in nearly 50 languages to more than 300 million people weekly around the globe.
It was founded in 1942 to combat Nazi propaganda and share the “policies of the United States clearly and effectively.” VOA later played a major role in the ideological fight against communism during the Cold War.
The director of Voice of America is officially nominated by the head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. After Senate approval, the candidate must also be approved by a majority vote of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board.
What would Voice of America look like under Kari Lake?
Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
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| 0:00.0 | Somebody said to me, you're just going to turn it into Trump TV. No, that's not what I want. |
| 0:05.0 | I don't believe that's what President Trump wants. I don't think the American people want that. |
| 0:09.6 | At Turning Point's Amphast Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, I sat down with former TV anchor Carrie Lake, |
| 0:16.0 | Trump's pick to head Voice of America. I asked her about her approach to journalism and what Voice of America |
| 0:22.1 | will look like once she takes over. This is American Thought Leaders and I'm Yanya Kellick. |
| 0:29.6 | Carrie Lake, so good to have you back on American Thought Leaders. I'm happy to be here. I've loved |
| 0:34.5 | your work. This is such an important show and I've enjoyed the interviews you do. So I'm honored to be here. I loved your work. This is such an important show, and I've enjoyed the interviews you do. |
| 0:38.3 | So I'm honored to be here. |
| 0:39.3 | Well, you've said that with the VOA, which is of course your new appointment or nomination by President Trump, |
| 0:47.3 | that you're going to be a, it's going to become a nightmare for fake news, if I recall that correctly. |
| 0:53.3 | Well, I think I would like to make sure that VOA, Voice of America, is doing an exemplar job |
| 0:59.0 | telling the story of America to the world. |
| 1:02.0 | And I've seen some really great pieces that I've been looking at in the last few days that have come out of VOA. |
| 1:08.0 | And I want to make sure that we're doing all really top-notch journalism. |
| 1:12.1 | And I believe that we will be doing that. I want to go in and improve it and make sure that |
| 1:17.0 | the product is more compelling so that it's actually reaching more people around the globe. |
| 1:21.6 | We can change hearts and minds around the globe, bring information and journalism to |
| 1:26.5 | people in countries that don't have access to a free press. |
| 1:30.3 | And we should be telling a true story of what America is and make sure that we're not doing in a biased fashion, |
| 1:36.3 | but in a way that is fair and accurate. |
| 1:38.3 | That's all we want. |
| 1:39.3 | Somebody the other day, because they know that I have a close relationship with President Trump, |
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