USAGM Publishes Rule to Prevent Outside Interference as Trump Ally Takes Helm

Michael Pack speaks at his nomination hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Sept. 19, 2019. Screenshot of hearing video/U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) published a rule on Monday to fend off potential intervention from the White House into newsrooms operated by the USAGM.

According to the rule, firewalls exist between the newsroom of a USAGM network, everyone else in the organization, and the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government.