What Trump's silencing of Voice of America means for listeners worldwide | 60 Minutes

That's a war on journalism, press, and free speech. Period. And it's the opening scene to something bigger and much more frightening than people realize.

THANK YOU 60 minutes for covering this critical story

What another tragic loss. VOA was the voice of democracy. This government is a disgrace.

i spent my childhood in a free country and i shall spend my golden years under a dictatorship. But NOT without a FIGHT

Supported by every President since 1942. Every. President.

The Nazis also silenced the press and burned books in 1933

I grew up in a dictatorship and VOA was the window to the democracy!❤ What a pity that it's ending😢

As an American living abroad i listened to VOA on shortwave radio for 20 years. It's powerful transmitters could be heard anywhere in the world. It was a beacon of trusted information to listeners all over the world who could not get world news otherwise. Shutting it down is an absolute shot in the foot by the myopic amateurs surrounding trump who i bet have never heard a minute of it's programming.

Have worked in media on four continents, and always admired the quality of VOA production both in terms of form and content. This is a major loss for world media.

We are living in scary times. Thank you for your brave reporting.