April 2020

The White House launched an extraordinary attack on Voice of America, saying the federally funded but independent news service had promoted Chinese government propaganda in its reporting about the coronavirus outbreak.

The language on the Federal Communications Commission’s website seems simple enough. According to a “pledge” signed by the nation’s cable and internet providers, for the next two months, there will be no termination of “service to any residential or small business customers because of their inability to pay their bills due to the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.” Turns out, the pledge does not appear to apply to TV.  That was news to Kimberly Martinez Malo, a Broward resident, who d