U.S. and International Media
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 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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BBG Watch Commentary A Twitter poll, launched on March 21, 2019 by Radio Farda personality, political satirist, actor and TV and radio host Kambiz Hosseini (RFE/RL Radio Farda photo on his Facebook page), seems to confirm that Iran audience claims…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp Increases By Dan Robinson A former analyst for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees taxpayer-funded broadcast and online media directed at…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Domestic Propaganda Cold War Radio Museum has posted on its website an article about early efforts by members of Congress to protect the U.S. taxpayer-funded and government-run Voice of America (VOA) from…
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OPINION Government International Media: Meet The USAGM PR Flash Meister By The Federalist John Lansing. He is the chief executive officer of the United States Agency for Global Media or “U-SAG-M” as we like to call it….
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The Trump administration’s proposed Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2020 calls for a significant cut of $180 million in the FY2020 budget of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) which…
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