POLITICS_ Controversial broadcasting agency head says 'fully committed' to independent reporting

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Controversial broadcasting agency head says 'fully committed' to independent reporting

By Tyler Olson | Fox News



Controversial broadcasting agency head says 'fully committed' to independent reporting
Michael Pack, the new CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), told employees he is committed to the agency's mission of independent journalism in a Thursday memo.


Michael Pack, the newly confirmed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Voice of America (VOA) and other taxpayer-funded international broadcasting outlets, told employees he is committed to the agency's mission of independent journalism in a Thursday memo.

The message from Pack, a Trump appointee with ties to the president's former strategist Steve Bannon, came as Democrats in Congress have made their suspicion of him very clear, and soon after Pack fired three of the agency's network heads.

The director and the deputy director of VOA also resigned this week. Pack struck a conciliatory tone in the letter to his staff Thursday.

"I am pleased and excited to be joining all of you here at the U.S. Agency for Global Media as Chief Executive Officer," he said. "I think we all agree the agency has an important mission, and we are being called on to perform it at an historically important time."


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Pack also added later in the letter that he plans to honor the directive for VOA, signed by former President Gerald Ford, that the outlet "be accurate objective and comprehensive" and "represent America, not any single segment of American society."

"I am fully committed to honoring VOA’s charter, the missions of the grantees, and the independence of our heroic journalists around the world," Pack said.

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