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Voice of America says it won’t become Trump TV

Had President Trump lost the election, he might have launched a media company. When he won, he didn’t have to — because he inherited one.

What really bears watching is how Trump fills the chief executive’s office and how his pick manages Voice of America. A provision tucked into a defense bill that passed in December essentially took that authority away from the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The power of the part-time, bipartisan body that was in charge of Voice of America (plus Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcast Networks) was consolidated in the role of a full-time chief executive.

For now, Trump has assigned two former campaign aides, New Hampshire state director Matthew Ciepielowski and Wisconsin communications director Matthew Schuck, to do the job on a temporary basis. Schuck is a former staff writer at the conservative website Daily Surge; Ciepielowski is a former field director at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a conservative advocacy group founded by Republican mega-donors Charles and David Koch.

By Callum Borchers

Full Story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/26/voice-of-america-says-it-wont-become-trump-tv/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.5a92ad676b18

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