Discussion

• Vox Alex Ward on x

  Joe Biden ousts the man who tried to reshape US global media

• @alexwardvox Alex Ward on x

  Biden already made a big foreign policy move: Ousting USAGM's Michael Pack https://www.vox.com/...

• @nycjim Jim Roberts on x

  *As one of his first orders of business, President Biden asks for and receives the resignation of Michael Pack as head of the Voice of America. *Pack had effectively turned the VoA into a propaganda arm of the Trump administration. https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/…

• @muhammadlila Muhammad Lila on x

  This is a big signal for how the Biden administration intends to conduct itself. Pack oversaw the exodus of some of the agency's top journalists, who refused to bow to the Trump administration's demands. Welcome news for journalists everywhere. https://twitter.com/...

• @waltshaub Walter Shaub on x

  Good riddance to a Bannon associate who tried to create a nationalist propaganda network. https://twitter.com/...

• @inkling61 @inkling61 on x

  Pack carried out purges & hired Co's to investigate employees he wanted to remove. https://twitter.com/...

• @5_2blue Nita Cosby on x

  In his first foreign policy act, Biden followed through on promise to fire the head of the US Agency for Global Media, who abused his 8 months in power trying to turn the US government-funded international media agency into a pro-Trump propaganda machine.https://www.vox.com/ ...

• @simonmarksfsn Simon Marks on x

  Important move this one...both on its merits, given Pack's disgraceful attempts to strip @VOANews of its independence...but also because it shows the Biden team isn't going to waste time overturning Trump's attempts to tie its hands. https://twitter.com/...