Read More 5 minute read Voice Of America Bosses Used Rare U.S. Visa For Ex-Russia RT Reporter From EU SpainAugust 11, 2020 USAGM – BBG Watch Commentary Liberal news mainstream media outlets in the U.S. have reported that a review…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America Forgets Legacy of Its Anti-Communist Refugee JournalistsAugust 9, 2020 USAGM – BBG Watch OPINION By Ted Lipien I am one of the many former Voice of America…
Read More 3 minute read Alleged Cronyism At USAGM Before Michael Pack Exposed By WhistleblowerAugust 8, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary A whistleblower made allegations of widespread cronyism at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
Read More 1 minute read Heritage scholar exposes VOA’s biased newsAugust 7, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, said in an article…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America acting director condemns biased VOA election coverageAugust 7, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Acting Voice of America (VOA) Director Elez Biberaj, a longtime VOA manager with links to…
Read More 29 minute read Communist secret police in Poland spied on Voice of America’s Willis Conover to shut down Radio Free EuropeAugust 7, 2020 By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Polish communist intelligence service and secret police spied on Voice…
Read More 1 minute read U.S. Agency for Global Media Statement: CEO Pack releases OPM report detailing long-standing USAGM security failuresAugust 4, 2020 CEO Pack releases OPM report detailing long-standing USAGM security failures August 4, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Agency for…
Read More 10 minute read HISTORY Warsaw Uprising Betrayed by Pro-Stalin WWII Voice of AmericaAugust 1, 2020 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary August 1, 2020 marks the 76th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw…
Read More 1 minute read Will Voice of America Biden Video Change How Muslim Americans Vote?July 28, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary This BBGWatch.com (USAGM – BBG Watch) video is about the Voice of America (VOA) Urdu…
Read More 4 minute read SARA CARTER Voice Of America Promoted A Pro-Biden Muslim Political Campaign Ad, Then Removed ItJuly 28, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Sara A. Carter , a national and international award-winning investigative reporter and Fox News contributor,…
Read More 1 minute read Former VOA Director Defends New USAGM Chief Against CriticsJuly 26, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary In an article written for The Stream, Robert R. Reilly, Voice of America (VOA) director…
Read More 4 minute read Former USAGM Management Ignored A Decade of Federal Security Agencies’ Warnings on Hiring Practices at VOA and Other USG Media EntitiesJuly 25, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Speaking on background, U.S. federal government sources told USAGM Watch journalists that former senior officials…
Read More 11 minute read Cancel Culture Silenced Conservative and Moderate Dissent at the Voice of AmericaJuly 19, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary by Ted Lipien There May Be Only One or Two Bari Weisses and Andrew Sullivans…
Read More 2 minute read USAGM Is Reviewing Journalist Visas For Compliance With U.S. Law; Countered NPR ReportJuly 9, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary According to a spokesperson for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the management is…
Read More 4 minute read 70 Years of Radio Free EuropeJuly 8, 2020 USAGM Watch History U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO Michael Pack said in a message to Radio…
Read More 2 minute read LIPIEN After a decade of extreme bias and foreign propaganda, Voice of America needs a fresh startJuly 6, 2020 OPINION Ted Lipien writes in an Washington Examiner op-ed that the Voice of America (VOA) suffered under the…
Read More 4 minute read Happy Birthday Radio Free EuropeJuly 4, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Happy Birthday Radio Free Europe! I had lived in communist-ruled Poland until…
Read More 48 minute read Federal Judge Rules in Favor of USAGM CEO Michael Pack, Tells Fired Officials Decision Belongs “At the Ballot Box”July 3, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Federal District Court Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell, appointed by President Barack Obama, ruled in…
Read More 1 minute read After Mass Firings, GOP Senators Threaten to Cut Funding if Trump Appointee Politicizes USAGM’s News BroadcastsJuly 2, 2020 USAGM Watch Media Review A comment from former Voice of America senior White House correspondent Dan Robinson: There…
Read More 6 minute read USAGM CEO Michael Pack Selected Temporary Acting Managers at VOA, OCB, RFA, MBN and RFE/RLJune 30, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Chief Executive Officer Michael Pack issued a press release…
Read More 72 minute read HISTORY Soviet Block Jamming of Western Freedom RadiosJune 30, 2020 By Ted Lipien for Cold War Podcasts Toward the end of the Cold War in the 1980s, the…
Read More 11 minute read USAGM Deep State Goes Full Tilt Targeting Pack, Trump PART TWOJune 29, 2020 OPINION USAGM Deep State Goes Full Tilt Targeting Pack, Trump by Dan Robinson Part Two: Full Tilt It’s…
Read More 8 minute read Is There a “Deep State” Supporting USAGM and VOA? PART ONEJune 26, 2020 OPINION Is There a “Deep State” Supporting USAGM and VOA? PART ONE by Dan Robinson Part One: …
Read More 11 minute read United States Agency for Global Media Arrivals and DeparturesJune 22, 2020 OPINION Analyzing US Government International Media United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Arrivals and Departures By The…
Read More 6 minute read HISTORY How Congress Exposed, Defunded and Stopped Domestic U.S. Government Propaganda in 1943June 22, 2020 During World War II, the federal government’s Office of War Information (OWI), where Voice of America (VOA) radio…
Read More 1 minute read USAGM CEO Criticized by Some Conservatives for Firing Jamie Fly and Alberto FernandezJune 19, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary – Review of Media Reactions Please note that USAGM Watch neither represents nor endorses any…
Read More 5 minute read MALONE, BORGIDA, ROBINSON, ANONYMOUS VOA on Letter to Editor About USAGM CEO Michael Pack and Voice of AmericaJune 19, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Two former Voice of America (VOA) reporters Jim Malone and David Borgida wrote in their…
Read More 7 minute read USAGM CEO Michael Pack’s First Days: Political and Media ReactionsJune 18, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary – Review of U.S. Political and Media Reactions Please note that USAGM Watch neither represents…
Read More 2 minute read Reassignments of Managers by New CEO Expected at USAGMJune 17, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, the newly Senate-confirmed CEO of the $800 million mismanaged U.S. Agency for Global…
Read More 6 minute read Current and Former Voice of America Journalists Look at Resignation of VOA Director Amanda BennettJune 15, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary By Current and Former VOA Journalists VOA Director Amanda Bennett and her deputy, Sandy Sugawara,…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett Resigned Amid Accusations of Failing to Stop China and Iran Propaganda in VOA ProgramsJune 15, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary UPDATE Voice of America Amanda Bennett and her deputy Sandy Sugawara have submitted their resignations…
Read More 6 minute read CDC and White House Are Right – Voice of America Has Repeated Chinese COVID-19 PropagandaJune 14, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett has objected in a statement to a Centers…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett Says ‘VOA’s protest coverage…nothing short of extraordinary’ as New CEO Starts WorkJune 11, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, President Trump’s appointee to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), was…
Read More 5 minute read U.S. Senate Confirms Michael Pack As Head of USAGMJune 4, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary By Former Voice of America Reporters The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Michael…
Read More 3 minute read Senate Votes to Confirm Michael Pack as USAGM CEOJune 4, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary In a vote nearly completely along party lines, the U.S. Senate confirmed today (June 4,…
Read More 2 minute read Senate Closed Debate on Michael Pack 53-39, Confirmation Vote to FollowJune 4, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Senate did not heed Senator Bob Menedez’s (D-NJ) calls and closed debate on the…
Read More 2 minute read Senator McConnell Scheduled Michael Pack USAGM CEO Confirmation Vote for Thursday, June 4June 3, 2020 Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has scheduled the Senate vote on the nomination of Michael Pack to become CEO of the…
Read More 2 minute read Majority Leader Advanced Senate Vote on Michael Pack for USAGM CEOJune 3, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has asked for waiving the mandatory quorum call on…
Read More 3 minute read JAMSHID CHALANGI Voice of America, or Voice of the ‘Mullahs in Iran’?June 1, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Jamshid Chalangi, one of the well-known and respected Iranian refugee journalists, has published an article…
Read More 3 minute read Journalist counters Tara Sonenshine on U.S. Agency for Global MediaJune 1, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary A journalist writing under open name whom we were able to identify as having decades…
Read More 2 minute read WHITE HOUSE on VOICE OF AMERICA (VOA) Why are US Taxpayers Funding a ‘Voice of the Mullahs’ in Iran?May 28, 2020 USAGM Watch Comentary West Wing Reads page on the WhiteHouse.gov official White House website has a link to…
Read More 2 minute read U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State Says Voice of America Is Letting Down Iranian PeopleMay 27, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Brian Hook, the U.S. Special Representative for Iran, Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of…
Read More 3 minute read Odd, Misleading and Marginal News on US Tax-Funded USAGM-Managed Voice of America English HomepageMay 22, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary We are not suggesting that U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) federally managed by the…
Read More 2 minute read Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Michael Pack for Full Senate Confirmation as USAGM CEO Over Objections by Committee DemocratsMay 21, 2020 USAGM Watch The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted today, May 21, along party lines to approve Michael Pack…
Read More 2 minute read President Trump said Voice of America is run in ‘a terrible manner,’ is ‘opposite of the Voice of America’May 15, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary President Trump has renewed his criticism of the Voice of America (VOA) which is now…
Read More 2 minute read Ranking Member Menendez Statement on Michael PackMay 14, 2020 STATEMENT BY SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ (D-NJ) Ranking Member Menendez Statement on Michael Pack May 14, 2020 WASHINGTON – U.S.…
Read More 18 minute read Voice of America English News Quoted Putin on End of WWII Anniversary, But Not U.S. Secretary of State and Central European Ministers — Will Michael Pack Fix It?May 14, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary When it comes to history, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is easily winning the propaganda war…
Read More 9 minute read Tax-Funded Voice of America Shows Almost No #MeToo Interest in Joe Biden and Tara ReadeMay 8, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Tax-Funded Voice of America Gave U.S. Voters A Barrage of Russian-style Reporting on Trump and…
Read More 1 minute read ALIREZA NADER Voice of America to Iran Has Self-DestructedMay 7, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Alireza Nader (@AlirezaNader), a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (@FDD), a…
Read More 21 minute read Amanda Bennett Is First Voice of America Director at War with Refugees From Communism and Iran EXCLUSIVEMay 4, 2020 USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY Amanda Bennett @abennett·Apr 9·16.7K Followers: “At the @VOANews, we love facts. The fact is Wuhan…