Purge Of Senior Officials At Foreign Broadcast Agency Stirs Fear And Outrage
![A purge at the U.S. Agency for Global Media has fueled concerns that broadcasters like Radio Free Europe will be turned into distributors of propaganda on behalf of the Trump administration.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/08/15/ap_10011504186_wide-1d3e17d9c9436cf06dc61b93a664c164474849ab.jpg?s=600)
Half a dozen top executives at the U.S. Agency for Global Media were ousted this week, the latest in a shake-up that started with the arrival of a conservative filmmaker as the agency's new chief.
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