Kari Lake, acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, told Newsmax on Thursday that Americans should no longer subsidize programming that criticizes a NATO ally.
On “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” she explained the agency’s decision to stop funding Szabad Europa, the Hungarian-language service at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
“The American taxpayer is footing the bill for millions of dollars to do a kind of a radio that’s meant to not just disparage the Hungarian people but what’s happening in Hungary, the nationalist movement there,” Lake said.
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