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Another Nail in Democracy's Coffin

These are Perilous Times for Freedom of the Press

President Trump's Executive Order that shut down government-funded Voice of America resulted in the firing of 1,300 journalists who reported actual news.
His action is straight out of the authoritarian playbok: control the narrative and replace facts with propaganda by supportive media that he alone sanctions.
This is another nail in democracy's coffin.

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