🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 'United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is excited to announce a partnership with One America News Network (OAN) to provide newsfeed services to USAGM networks, including Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), Radio Martí, and Voice of America (VOA). This idea came about after OCB suggested we explore OAN as a newsfeed option for the Miami-based, U.S. Government-funded news operation broadcasting to Cuba. At their suggestion, I reached out to OAN, and they offered to provide their newsfeed and video service free-of-charge. This is an enormous benefit to the American taxpayer, who is the sole-source of funding for USAGM's news outlets, which broadcast only to international audiences. In my current role as Senior Advisor to USAGM, I don't have editorial control over the content of VOA and OCB programming, but I can ensure our outlets have reliable and credible options as they work to craft their reporting and news programs. And every day I look for ways to save American taxpayers money. Bringing in OAN as a video/news source does both. OAN is one of the few family-owned American media networks left in the United States. We are grateful for their generosity.' —Statement from Kari Lake, Senior Advisor at USAGM
| Claim | Result | Source Reference | Source Quote |
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| United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is announcing a partnership with One America News Network (OAN) to provide newsfeed services to USAGM networks, including Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), Radio Martí, and Voice of America (VOA). | inconclusive | ||
| OCB suggested exploring OAN as a newsfeed option for the Miami-based, U.S. Government-funded news operation broadcasting to Cuba. | inconclusive | ||
| OAN offered to provide their newsfeed and video service free-of-charge to USAGM. | verified | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/voice-of-america-journalists-trump | On Tuesday night, she announced on X that the One America News Network (OAN), which has perpetuated conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and was sued by voting-machine companies for promoting claims of election fraud, will provide VoA’s “newsfeed and video service free-of-charge”. |
| OAN offered to provide their newsfeed and video service free-of-charge to USAGM. | inconclusive | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/voice-america-one-america-news | |
| This is a benefit to the American taxpayer, the sole source of funding for USAGM's news outlets, which broadcast only to international audiences. | inconclusive | ||
| Kari Lake is Senior Advisor at USAGM and does not have editorial control over the content of VOA and OCB programming. | inconclusive | ||
| OAN is one of the few family-owned American media networks left in the United States. | inconclusive | https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/business/oan-troubles.html | |
| OAN is one of the few family-owned American media networks left in the United States. | inconclusive | https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/media/one-america-news-trump |
🤖 Conclusion [30/100]: The central claim—that the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has announced a partnership with One America News Network (OAN) to provide newsfeed services to its networks, including OCB, Radio Martí, and VOA—remains largely unsubstantiated by available sources. While there is a verified claim that OAN offered to provide its newsfeed and video service free-of-charge (cited by The Guardian), none of the provided references confirm that such a partnership has been officially announced or agreed upon by USAGM, nor that it will directly supply newsfeeds to USAGM networks as stated. Additional claims about internal discussions, the family-ownership of OAN, the taxpayer benefit, and the precise role of Kari Lake are all listed as inconclusive given the lack of supporting evidence from the sources cited. Therefore, the overall truthfulness of the statement scores low, with only a minor factual basis (OAN’s offer) and no official confirmation of a formal partnership.