Name: 美國聯邦法官阻止川普關閉「美國之音」！DW 新聞 (US federal judge blocks Trump's shut down of international broadcaster Voice of America | DW News)
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A federal judge in the US has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to shut down international broadcaster Voice of America and to lay off more than a thousand of its staff members.

美國聯邦法官阻止了川普政府關閉國際廣播機構VOA並解僱一千多名員工的企圖。

Judge Royce Lambert has given the US Agency of Global Media, which oversees voa, one week to restore operations and bring employees back to work.

負責VOA的美國全球媒體總署，蘭伯特法官給了他們一週時間恢復營運並讓員工復職。

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VOA has been operating with a skeleton staff since last year, when Trump, a longtime critic of the publicly funded broadcaster, issued an executive order to shut it down.

自從去年川普，這位長期批評公共資助廣播機構的人，發布行政命令要關閉VOA以來，VOA就一直由精簡的員工運作。

VOA was founded in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda and has long been viewed as promoting US Values international.

VOA創立於1942年，旨在對抗納粹宣傳，長期以來一直被視為推廣美國價值觀的國際媒體。

現在加入我們的是Misha Komodovsky。

He's a DW correspondent based in our Washington, D.C. bureau.

他是DW駐華盛頓特區辦事處的記者。

I'm sure you've seen his reporting from all across the U.S.

我相信你一定看過他在全美國各地的報導。

but before Misha came to DW, he was the White House correspondent for Voice of America until President Trump started shutting down voa.

但在Misha加入DW之前，他是VOA的白宮記者，直到川普總統開始關閉VOA。

We asked you to come on the show tonight because there's been a big legal change of heart, if you will.

我們請你今晚來節目，是因為出現了一個重大的法律上的心態轉變，如果你願意這麼說的話。

A judge last night basically undoing the undoing of voa.

法官昨晚基本上撤銷了VOA的撤銷。

Your thoughts on this, this second life, maybe for voa?

你對VOA的這次「第二春」，或者說，有什麼看法？

Well, Brent, I definitely had spent six beautiful years with VOA and did my prominent reporting over there.

嗯，Brent，我確實與VOA共度了美好的六年，並在那裡做了我重要的報導。

When President Trump was hosting President Zelensky of Ukraine in the Oval Office and essentially yielded him something that we had never seen before and the January six insurrection, I was among a few reporters who got into the Capitol with the, with the crowd.

川普總統在橢圓辦公室接待烏克蘭總統澤倫斯基時，基本上給了他我們從未見過的東西，還有在一月六日國會暴動時，我是少數幾位跟著人群進入國會大廈的記者之一。

And I spoke to my former colleagues this morning and they are saying it's a huge win for them, this ruling.

我今天早上跟我的前同事們聊過，他們說這項裁決對他們來說是個巨大的勝利。

這是華盛頓特區的一家聯邦法院。

has ordered void to go back on air and bring back employees the government tried to cut last year.

命令VOA恢復廣播，並讓政府去年試圖解僱的員工回來。

And the deadline here is basically Monday, March 23rd.

而截止日期基本上是3月23日星期一。

And the decision covers more than 1,000 full time staff employees who were placed on administrative leave.

這項裁決涵蓋了超過一千名被行政留職的全職員工。

So essentially they were not officially fired here.

所以基本上他們在這裡沒有被正式解僱。

They were put on administrative leave and they were not allowed to do their jobs, even though they were getting paid for more than a year.

他們被行政留職，而且不能工作，即使他們領了一年多的薪水。

And it's still unclear how this will work in reality.

實際操作上會如何，目前還不清楚。

After VOA stopped broadcasting, the new leadership decided to essentially sell off the equipment.

VOA 停止廣播後，新領導層決定乾脆賣掉設備。

Equipment, cut off all the key systems in the building and keep employees out of this very building.

設備、切斷大樓裡所有的關鍵系統，並讓員工無法進入這棟大樓。

And the building itself was put up for sale and it's just blocks away from, from the Congress iconic view, iconic neighborhood.

大樓本身也被拿來出售，離國會標誌性的景觀、標誌性的街區只有幾個街區。

And it's, it is like trying to start a cold engine overnight.

這就像是試圖在一個晚上發動一臺冷卻的引擎。

It's nearly impossible to bring it back in a heartbeat.

想要瞬間讓它恢復幾乎是不可能的。

I want to talk about the future of VOA in just a moment, but

我想馬上談談 VOA 的未來，但是

maybe if you could tell our viewers a little bit about your story.

也許你可以跟我們的觀眾分享一下你的故事。

How did you find out that your job, voa, was on the chopping block?

你是怎麼知道 VOA 的工作不保的？

Did you have face to face conversations with Trump ally Carrie Lake?

你有跟川普盟友 Carrie Lake 面對面談過嗎？

She basically served as the head of VOA's oversight agency.

她基本上是 VOA 監督機構的負責人。

Well, Brent, I was actually fired twice, believe it or not.

嗯，Brent，說出來你可能不信，我其實被開除過兩次。

I worked as a contractor with the Voice of America, and

there were a lot of administrative mistakes in how the termination paperwork was served to us.

而且在我們收到解僱文件時，有很多行政上的錯誤。

And a few days before the new administration returned to power, it was the day when President Biden, former President Biden, was delivering his final speech.

而且在新政府上任前幾天，前總統拜登當時正在發表他的最後一次演講。

I did have a chance to briefly speak with Carrie Lake.

我有機會跟 Carrie Lake 短暫聊了一下。

It wasn't a long or particularly detailed conversation, but

談話時間不長，內容也不算特別詳細，

my impression, to be honest, was that she wasn't openly talking about shutting down or dismantling VOA altogether.

但說實話，我的感覺是她並沒有公開說要完全關閉或解散 VOA。

Instead, she seemed very focused on reshaping the organization and essentially putting her own stamp on it.

反而是她似乎非常專注於重塑這個組織，並打上她自己的烙印。

And there was also a lot of speculation internally about her plans.

而且內部對她的計畫也有很多猜測。

Some people believe that she might even get her own show.

有些人認為她甚至可能會擁有自己的節目。

And she has a strong background in broadcasting and clearly feels comfortable on camera.

她在廣播領域有豐富的經驗，而且明顯在鏡頭前很自在。

She does live hits almost daily for conservative media here in the United States.

她在美國的保守派媒體幾乎每天都會進行現場連線。

So at that point, the expectation among many of us wasn't that VOA was going to be silent or silenced.

所以那時候，我們很多人預期VOA不會保持沉默或被噤聲。

We thought that it would go undergo significant changes in direction and leadership.

我們認為它會經歷方向和領導層的重大轉變。

And looking back, though, the way everything unfolded was far more chaotic than anyone expected, anticipated, especially for contractors like myself, because we ended in a kind of, like, gray zone, without clear protections or communication.

但回顧過去，事情的發展遠比任何人預期的都要混亂，尤其是對我這樣的約聘人員來說，因為我們最後陷入了一種灰色地帶，沒有明確的保護或溝通。

And, you know, your former colleagues at VOA, who will be going back into the office basically next week, I mean, that they say that's a victory, but

而且，你知道，你在VOA的前同事們，他們下週基本上就要回辦公室了，我的意思是，他們說這是個勝利，但是

I mean, this is not going to be a complete undoing of what the Trump administration has already done to voa.

我的意思是，這不會是川普政府對VOA所做事情的徹底撤銷。

But not all of them will be coming back to the office.

但不是所有人都會回到辦公室。

And fellow journalist, a good friend of mine, she had to get back to Ukraine, for instance, where the war is still going on and many people had to go back to their own countries with wars and imminent threats.

還有我一位好朋友，也是同行，她就得回到烏克蘭，因為那裡的戰爭還在繼續，很多人都得回到自己正經歷戰爭和迫在眉睫威脅的國家。

And if we're talking about reset, no, it's not going to be a full reset immediately.

而且如果我們說的是重置，不，這不會是立即的徹底重置。

Even with the court decisions involving the Voice of America.

What's been done over the past year can't simply be undone over overnight.

過去一年所做的事情不可能在一夜之間就完全撤銷。

And the ruling may force the government to restore broadcasting and bring back full time staff again.

而且裁決可能會迫使政府恢復廣播並再次聘回全職員工。

Again, equipment has been sold off, teams broken apart, and

再說，設備已經賣掉，團隊也已經拆散，

many experienced people, especially contractors, are no longer there.

而且許多經驗豐富的人，特別是約聘人員，已經不在了。

In some cases, entire parts of the operation would need to be rebuilt from scratch.

在某些情況下，整個營運部門都需要從頭開始重建。

So what we're likely to see here is not a return to what we used to be, but, but

所以我們在這裡很可能會看到的是，不是回到過去的樣子，而是

And even under the best case scenario here, it would take very, a little bit, a little bit of time, a little bit of resources and political will to rebuild something close to what it was once.

而且就算在這裡是最好的情況，也需要一點時間、一點資源和政治意願，才能重建出接近過去的樣子。

The Persian language service has been rebooted somewhat with the war now in Iran.

隨著伊朗戰事開打，波斯語服務也已經有所重啟。

But is it able to do what it otherwise would have been able to do, which is reaching the people of Iran who at the moment are living in an Internet information blackout?

但是，它還能做到以前能做到的事嗎？也就是接觸到目前生活在網路資訊封鎖中的伊朗人民嗎？

Iran's connectivity is being throttled to single digit, single digit percentages here and pushed toward a whitelist model.

伊朗的網路連線被限制在個位數百分比，並朝向白名單模式推動。

And it does make access to outside news extremely, extremely constrained.

這使得獲取外部新聞的管道變得極度、極度受限。

And that's what View is actually good at, really good at.

這正是 View 真正擅長的地方，非常擅長。

It's a short wave satellite, VPN friendly and social media distribution.

它是短波衛星、VPN 友善且透過社群媒體發送。

They could have one of, they could have one of few ways Iranians could get censored coverage.

他們可以透過少數幾種管道之一，讓伊朗人獲得被審查的報導。

And some argue that that restored Persian service operation is not enough and that the world needs voa, especially in Iran these days as never before.

有些人認為，恢復波斯語服務的運作還不夠，尤其是在現今的伊朗，世界比以往任何時候都更需要 VOA。

I know that VOA represents US soft power that has not enjoyed favor in the Trump administration.

我知道 VOA 代表著美國的軟實力，這在川普政府時期並未受到青睞。

What do you think the fate of VOA means for other international broadcasters such as dw?

你認為 VOA 的命運對 DW 等其他國際廣播公司意味著什麼？

I mean, can the rest of the democratic world, in your opinion and its media outlets, fill the void of voa?

依你看，民主世界的其他國家及其媒體，能否填補 VOA 的空缺？

Well, it's definitely a cautionary tale for international broadcasters like us.

嗯，這對我們這樣的國際廣播公司來說，絕對是一個警惕的故事。

VOA has long been a key instrument of US soft power, showing the world American values, American culture and American perspectives.

VOA 長期以來一直是美國軟實力的重要工具，向世界展示美國的價值觀、美國文化和美國觀點。

And under the Trump administration that role wasn't prioritized as we see.

而在川普政府時期，這個角色並沒有被優先重視，正如我們所見。

And the disruptions over the past year made that vulnerability very, very clear.

過去一年來的幹擾，讓這種脆弱性非常、非常明顯。

For other international broadcasters like Deutsche Welle, it sends a signal that even well established state backed media or public backed media can be undermined by political shifts at home.

對於 DW 等其他國際廣播公司來說，這傳達了一個信號，即使是根基深厚的國家支持媒體或公共媒體，也可能因國內的政治變動而受到損害。

And the rest of democratic world can partially fill the void, especially in areas where VOA has been weakened.

而民主世界的其他國家可以部分填補這個空缺，尤其是在 VOA 已經削弱的地區。

我們可以做到，但無法完全做到。

But a diminished view leaves a gap in the United States representation and influence.

但一個被削弱的形象，會在美國的代表性和影響力上留下一個空缺。

It's about shaping the global narrative here and maintaining trust with audiences that rely on independent reporting.

這關乎在這裡塑造全球敘事，並維持與依賴獨立報導的觀眾之間的信任。

And literally a month ago, I bumped into some people in Istanbul who recognized me, thanked us for our reporting here, but

就在一個月前，我在伊斯坦堡遇到了一些人，他們認出了我，感謝我們在這裡的報導，但是

他們對 VOA 沉默感到非常難過。

They were like, well, we had to switch to DW at this point.

他們說，我們現在不得不轉向 DW 了。

But they really hope that it would bounce back.

但他們真的很希望 VOA 能重振旗鼓。

And it's yet to be seen if it's going to turn into reality.

而這是否會變成現實，還有待觀察。