{"id":97060,"date":"2020-11-21T17:29:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T11:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/court-injunction-bars-usagm-from-editorial-interference\/"},"modified":"2020-11-22T04:50:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T22:50:53","slug":"court-injunction-bars-usagm-from-editorial-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/court-injunction-bars-usagm-from-editorial-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Injunction Bars USAGM From Editorial Interference"},"content":{"rendered":"
A federal district court in Washington on Friday granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting officials from the U.S. Agency for Global Media, including its head, Michael Pack, from interfering with the editorial independence and First Amendment rights of the journalists at Voice of America and the other networks it oversees.<\/p>\n
The ruling, issued by Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ordered that a request for preliminary injunction by the plaintiffs be partially granted. The order was a stopgap measure to prevent further actions laid out in a complaint until a trial can be held.<\/p>\n
The ruling relates to a complaint filed by five USAGM officials placed on administrative leave in August and VOA Program Director Kelu Chao, who argued actions taken by the new head of the USAGM were unlawful and violated the First Amendment and the statutory firewall set up to prevent outside interference.<\/p>\n