The U.S. agency responsible for broadcasting the “voice of freedom” to the world is being outspent by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), prompting a dire warning from the agency’s CEO.
Amanda Bennett, head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), urged senators to approve its $944 million funding request for 2024, saying: “If we miss this opportunity to make strategic investments now, we may run the risk of losing the global information war.”
USAGM’s networks—Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Asia, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and the Open Technology Fund—are supported by the federal government but operate under strict rules to maintain editorial independence….