About this episode

The episode discusses allegations of the Trump Administration unlawfully using Voice of America for propaganda, featuring guest Steve Herman.

On today's 'BradCast': For more than 80 years, Voice of America was a beloved world treasure, broadcasting across the globe in 49 languages as a living example of a free press, free speech, and American 'soft power'. Former VOA White House Bureau Chief STEVE HERMAN explains new allegations by former VOA correspondents that the Trump Administration is unlawfully abusing the news agency to promote propaganda in violation of VOA's mission, handing 'a strategic victory' to America's adversaries in ceding the information space to ramp up their own global influence operations, and much more. Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, refused to say who won the 2020 election in his Senate confirmation hearing. Wisconsin election commission alleges billionaire Elon Musk committed criminal election fraud. Trump endorsed troubled 2020 election denier Mike Lindell for governor of Michigan.

People in this episode

Host: Brad Friedman

Guest: Steve Herman

Topics covered

• propaganda
• Voice of America
• Trump Administration
• election fraud
• global influence operations
• free press
• soft power

Keywords

• Voice of America
• propaganda
• Trump Administration
• Steve Herman
• election fraud
• global influence
• free press

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Voice of America, Wisconsin election commission, Mike Lindell

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