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TheBlackAdder

(28,167 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 01:02 PM Jun 2020

A Really Fucking Stupid Non-National May Take Leadership Position in Voice of America

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Ex-Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka May Get Role Atop Voice Of America: Report
The pro-Trump mouthpiece is being floated for a U.S. Agency for Global Media job, fanning concern that the White House aims to build a propaganda empire.

Controversial right-wing radio host and former Donald Trump aide Sebastian Gorka may take a leadership role in the taxpayer-funded agency that supervises the Voice of America, CNN reported, citing a “well-placed” source.

Gorka, a divisive figure who departed the Trump White House in 2017, has emerged as a candidate for a role atop the U.S. Agency for Global Media, according to the cable channel.

The installation of a stridently pro-Trump mouthpiece would further shake the leadership ranks of Voice of America, the U.S.-funded international news agency with a record of independent reporting, and inflame fears that the White House aims to mold it into a propaganda empire. HuffPost couldn’t reach Gorka for comment.

Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker and friend of former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, is taking over as head of the Agency for Global Media after the Senate finally succumbed to White House pressure to confirm him.

The Voice of America’s top two editors ― both veteran journalists appointed during the Obama administration ― resigned on Monday, citing Pack’s arrival.

“As the Senate-confirmed CEO, he has the right to replace us with his own VOA leadership,” VOA director Amanda Bennett and deputy Sandy Sugawara wrote to staff on Monday.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/voa-cdc-trump-usgma-michael-pack-seb-gorka_n_5ee83716c5b693c5d0de3c18



Serb Gorka is one of the dumbest motherfuckers in the world, and based on his education, he attended some of the shittiest institutions there are. Normally, someone gets their Doctorate in a different university than their Masters, but this guy is probably so fucking stupid, no other Doctorate program would accept him. And, as a side note, he was almost charged in Hungary for a firearms violation.

Heythrop College (BA)
https://www.4icu.org/reviews/4701.htm
UniRank's 163th best university in the UK out of 166. 4th from bottom. The 5,007th best in the world.

Corvinus (MA & PhD)
https://www.4icu.org/reviews/9315.htm
UniRank's 7th best in Hungary. The 1,944th best in the world.


MAGA by making a foreign national take a leadership position in an American institution.

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A Really Fucking Stupid Non-National May Take Leadership Position in Voice of America (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Jun 2020 OP
This is what holding the Senate Majority means. maxsolomon Jun 2020 #1
Closer to Minitruth! Big Bother wants more love. Newest Reality Jun 2020 #2
"We're re-naming it the 'Voice of Hungarian Fascism'" struggle4progress Jun 2020 #3
No kidding. Gorka can wear his Vitezi Rend medal and uniform to work. tanyev Jun 2020 #6
Oh, FFS! I wouldn't let this incompetent imbecile bag my groceries. Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #4
Radio Free Nazi world wide wally Jun 2020 #5

maxsolomon

(33,251 posts)
1. This is what holding the Senate Majority means.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 01:05 PM
Jun 2020

The Senate is profoundly undemocratic and should be burned to the ground, but since that will never happen...

Please talk with your flibberdigibbet non-voting acquaintances and GOTV.

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