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OAN's far-right coverage will fuel Voice of America

Kari Lake, a senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, struck a deal to have One America News Network supply content to Voice of America. Lake says the deal with the far-right network won’t come at any taxpayer cost.

Veterans of the agency that funded VOA have slammed the decision.

We get the latest with NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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