Kari Lake blasted the legacy media Friday but vowed a “golden age in journalism” as President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Voice of America.
“VOA has been telling America’s story to the world for 83 years this Monday. Now, sometimes the coverage has been incredible and sometimes it’s been pitiful,” the former TV journalist and former Republican gubernatorial candidate said during remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. “We are fighting an information war and there’s no better weapon than the truth, and I believe VOA can be that weapon.”
Lake said if she leads VOA, it will not become a pro-Trump network.
“I told President Trump when he called me and asked me to lead the Voice of America that we will focus on accurate and honest reporting. It won’t become Trump TV, although I think the ratings…
