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Trump global media chief probes VOA video package featuring Joe Biden

Agency for Global Media chief Michael Pack said Thursday his staff is looking into the segment that it called pro-Biden and weighing disciplinary action against those responsible

President Donald Trump stops to speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House as he returns to the White House on Marine One in Washington. Photo: PTI

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4 min read Last Updated : Jul 31 2020 | 11:32 AM IST

The head of US-funded global media has ordered an investigation into the posting of a video package featuring former Vice President Joe Biden on a Voice of America website and affiliated social media accounts.

Agency for Global Media chief Michael Pack said Thursday his staff is looking into the segment that it called pro-Biden and weighing disciplinary action against those responsible.

The content, which appeared on the VOA's Urdu-language website and its Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts this month, has since been removed and may have violated federal law, the agency said.

Pack has drawn criticism from both Democrats and

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