American International broadcasting and its long tradition of independent journalism only barely survived Donald Trump. Last year, the then-president managed to install a partisan extremist as head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). That executive proceeded to fire the professionals heading such outlets as the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and replace them with Trump loyalists. Fortunately, the Biden administration, with bipartisan congressional support, has moved quickly to remove the MAGA hacks and undo much of the damage.
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The new headquarters of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is pictured shortly after the official opening of RFE/RL's new headquarters on May 12, 2009, in Prague.
