President-elect Trump has appointed Carey Lake as the new director of Voice of America, a state-funded US government broadcaster.
“I am pleased to announce that Carrie Lake will serve as the next director of Voice of America. She will be appointed by our next head of USAID, whom I will announce soon, and will work closely with him. Ensure that the American values of liberty and freedom “It is broadcast around the world fairly and accurately, unlike the lies spread by fake news media.”
Lake was a longtime broadcaster in Arizona and ran unsuccessfully for public office in 2022 and 2024.
Carrie Lake, former Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Arizona, speaks during the Argentina Conservative Political Action Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week. (Anita Bouchard Serra/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Voice of America is an influential radio channel that delivers news, information and cultural programming via the Internet, mobile phones, social media, radio and television.
The broadcaster serves in more than 40 languages.
