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F'rinstance, back in May Lake announced that One America News would feed content to VOA after a judge blocked her efforts to defund/destaff the servic e [link to our coverage]... can I get an *oy vey*?: https://www.npr.org/2025/

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The VOA Chas continued to be the only thing like a credible nes source in many countries. I think its role has been more important in recent decades than during the Cold War, when its reporting always had a sent of US propaganda. The DOGE attack on government has very little to do with efficiency.

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Tom Wolper Date: 6/29/25 08:39 (GMT-08:00) To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: Voice of America All But Dead In a number of political podcasts I listen to, the guest would be a former employee of a federal agency or governmental organization that just got oblite

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I am in total agreement with Melissa on this. There are always ways to improve efficiency, but eliminating entire departments and agencies without bothering to review what they do is jackassery. And putting bobble heads in charge who shouldn’t be allowed outside without supervision is moronic. I

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We seem to be listening to different groups of former federal employees, (1) perhaps because I live in the DC area and news coverage of damage done is all day and all night, and (2) I am particularly focused on the science community because that's where I spent 30 years working for the federal gove

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In a number of political podcasts I listen to, the guest would be a former employee of a federal agency or governmental organization that just got obliterated, and the guests always said, “We knew we were inefficient due to all of the regulations we got from Congress but eliminating the agency wasn

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I had the opportunity to chat with (former) Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman a couple of weeks ago -- and suggested that VOA move its operations to Canada. I wasn't the first person to make that suggestion, but he questioned its feasibility. Another workaround we need: the vaccine appro

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We figured that out, thanks. B Mark Jeffries, to moi, June 24th: And of course, I meant over 80 years for VOA. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

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And of course, I meant over 80 years for VOA. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Setting the stage for loyalists in the communications industry to come up > with a privatized solution (if the equa