Kari Lake: Voice of America Winning ‘Information War’ Can Stop Trillion-Dollar Wars

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 would be very high,” Lake joked. “It won’t become Trump TV, but it sure as hell will not be TDS TV. You can find all the Trump Derangement Syndrome that you want over on CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ‘60 Minutes,’ The Washington Post, and The New York Times.”

Lake paid tribute to the Department of Government Efficiency efforts to cut government waste and bureaucracy in her speech, but she argued that the VOA has an important role in government. 

“The VOA is a soft power for America. Some people have suggested shutting it down, and with all of the corruption, I get it,” Lake said. “But I believe it is worth trying to save with a relatively small budget, along with honest reporting—we can spread the values of freedom all over the world and prevent trillion-dollar wars. I’m for that.”

Before entering Arizona politics, unsuccessfully running as the Republican candidate for Arizona governor in 2022 and U.S. senator in 2024, Lake had a 30-year career in journalism and was a well-known TV news anchor. 

“I walked away from a very high-paying job in the corporate news during COVID-19 because I just wasn’t willing to lie to the public,” Lake told the audience. “We had such lies going out toward the public, and I had to ask myself the question, Was this huge paycheck that I was earning worth the cost of my soul? And the answer was ‘no.’”

She went on to note that DOGE has found what she called scandalous government waste that included funding news outlets through pricey subscriptions for government agencies. The Trump administration directed agencies to cancel subscriptions to The Economist, The New York Times, Politico, Bloomberg News, The Associated Press, and Reuters.

“Our money is lining these swamp creatures’ pockets. We’re paying off their friends,” Lake said. “We’re funding the ‘fake news’ to broadcast this insane narrative across the globe.”

Rather than report on the waste, Lake said legacy media outlets are acting offended about the discovery of waste. 

“Thanks to President Trump’s radical transparency, we are learning some cold, hard facts about our government. I’ve never felt more betrayed by the government and, frankly, the media mouthpieces back in the fake news,” Lake said. “This is the biggest scandal of our lifetime, the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on humanity, and any real journalist would be dying to cover this story.” 

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