WASHINGTON: Trump administration has commenced the process of mass layoffs in US-funded Media from Sunday (16th March, 2025).

According to details employees working on contractual basis at VoA received an email informing that they were being dismissed as of 31st March, 2025: “you must cease all work immediately and are not permitted to access any agency buildings or systems.”

Earlier, all the 1300 employees were put on paid leave. Though full-time workers of VoA were not sacked, they too had been asked not to join office to work. Savants at the helm of affairs insinuate that Trump administration was assaulting the Freedom of Press.

Cynics go haywire drawing a parallel between Trump’s move and the ongoing deportation of people sans papier. It is pertinent to mention here that VoA (that was launched during WWII) had employed non-Americans to broadcast in 49 languages.

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