Firings at U.S. funded media agency spark concerns of politicization as Trump-appointee takes helm
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Dozens of leaders at Voice of America, a U.S. funded global media agency, have been fired or forced out as the agency comes under the leadership of Trump-appointee Michael Pack, a conservative film-maker who calls Steve Bannon his mentor. Rick Stengel joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the potential impact on the journalistic independence of the networks run by the agency.June 22, 2020
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