Steve Bannon praises Trump's pick of Kari Lake to lead Voice of America: “Edward R. Murrow, you're stepping into his shoes”
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From the December 12, 2024, edition of Real America's Voice's War Room
STEVE BANNON (HOST): I want to bring in — one of the most hallowed institutions in our government is Voice of America. It's been there since World War 2 as the anti-communist network that over years and years and years helped us, at the end of the day, win the Cold War — become victorious in the Cold War. It was particularly cherished by President Reagan. Announced yesterday as the new head of it is Kari Lake.
Kari, thanks for joining us. I couldn't think of a more perfect fit and I couldn't think of a platform that needs the energy, the dynamism, and really the urgency and the patriotism of Kari Lake so congratulations ma'am.
KARI LAKE (GUEST): I'm really looking forward to it. I'm excited, honored, obviously, to be serving in this administration. And, Steve, we've got a great story to tell, and over the next 4 years, we're gonna have an even better story to tell. And I'm looking forward to telling, the — of the renewal of America to the world and looking forward to making sure that we're covering what's happening with this administration in a fair and accurate manner as we should as journalists. So I'm looking forward to getting in there, at the end of January and, starting to get busy with Voice of America.
BANNON: This is why I think it's so great. People — because we've kinda lost as you've been running these tough political fights down in Arizona with the elections and board and all that. But just — what's your curriculum vitae? I mean, you are and this is why it's such a perfect fit. You need, I might remind you that Edward R. Murrow, the great Edward R. Murrow, was the head of Voice of America under a guy named Jack Kennedy.
That's how important President Kennedy thought because President Kennedy was probably, I think, next to Reagan, our greatest cold warrior. And he put Edward R. Murrow over there who was arguably the greatest of the — that generation that came out of World War 2. Cronkite was just kind of a grundoon compared to Murrow. They were called Murrow's boys, the the guys in London during the blitz. Edward R. Murrow, you're stepping into his shoes.
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LAKE: Well, I think I'm a a great communicator, and I understand the importance of information in this, moment in history particularly. It's incredibly important. You know, we've seen how false information, bad information, lies, and the media's slant has affected a whole generation of people here in America.