U.S. and International Media
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary On April 27, 2019 Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan (2018 photo) spoke in tribute to Harry Wu, the late CUSIB Advisory Board member and founder of the Laogai Museum, and…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary “A Western voice has tilted toward post-Soviet authoritarian leader in Central Asia, say diplomats and the network.” This is how Jessica Donati who covers foreign affairs and the State Department for the Wall Street Journal…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A Voice of America (VOA) correspondent felt the need to tweet Wednesday about the warning to the United States from Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif: “There’ll be consequences if US prevents #Iran…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE A just released study by the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) concludes that the track record of Iran media reform at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), previously known as the Broadcasting Board…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Conservative African American activist Candace Owens (Photo by Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons), who defends President Trump, has been ignored by the Voice of America (VOA). The U.S. tax-funded…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART THREE NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS CHUMPS, AND DONALD TRUMP READ PART ONE READ PART TWO By Dan Robinson How one of the worst federal agencies perpetuates itself…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART TWO NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS CHUMPS, AND DONALD TRUMP READ PART ONE READ PART THREE By Dan Robinson How one of the worst federal agencies perpetuates…
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BBG – USAGM Guest Commentary RFE/RL from Headline to Impact By Ted Lipien How a U.S. taxpayer-funded media entity achieves a pro-Iran regime “Hate America” impact. Scandal-ridden Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) seems to have…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART ONE NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS CHUMPS, AND DONALD TRUMP READ PART TWO By Dan Robinson How one of the worst federal agencies perpetuates itself…
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OPINION The USAGM Numbers Game Numbers of Convenience Without Consequence By The Federalist The audience numbers game played by the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM or, U-SAG-M) is one of our favorite topics. And the agency never…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary America’s top expert on Kremlin propaganda Paul Goble has commented on the controversy over Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service which, he wrote, “has been criticized for being too cozy with Dushanbe and whose leadership has now been…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A March 5, 2019 screenshot of a 2016 post, showing a dog and “F*ck Trump” graffiti, which appears on a personal Facebook page linked to a Voice of America (VOA) reporter who has other similar…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A screenshot taken on November 19, 2017 of an anti-Trump meme reposted on Facebook May 7, 2016 by a VOA reporter during the U.S. presidential election campaign. In the last several years, U.S. tax-funded Voice…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary In his appearance on March 27, 2019 before the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs to discuss the Department of State Budget Request for FY 2020, Secretary of State Michael…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The e-mail reposted below with some minor editing was sent to BBG Watch by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists in September 2016. BBG Watch is now called BBG – USAGM Watch. The…
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BBG – USAGM Watch According to an e-mail seen by BBG – USAGM Watch, a top lieutenant to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) holdover CEO John F. Lansing is blaming the former president of Radio Free Europe /…
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