President Trump said Voice of America is run in ‘a terrible manner,’ is ‘opposite of the Voice of America’
USAGM Watch Commentary President Trump has renewed his criticism of the Voice of America (VOA) which is now…
Ranking Member Menendez Statement on Michael Pack
STATEMENT BY SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ (D-NJ) Ranking Member Menendez Statement on Michael Pack May 14, 2020 WASHINGTON – U.S.…
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?
USAGM Watch Commentary When it comes to history, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is easily winning the propaganda war…
Tax-Funded Voice of America Shows Almost No #MeToo Interest in Joe Biden and Tara Reade
USAGM Watch Commentary Tax-Funded Voice of America Gave U.S. Voters A Barrage of Russian-style Reporting on Trump and…
ALIREZA NADER Voice of America to Iran Has Self-Destructed
USAGM Watch Commentary Alireza Nader (@AlirezaNader), a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (@FDD), a…
Amanda Bennett Is First Voice of America Director at War with Refugees From Communism and Iran EXCLUSIVE
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY Amanda Bennett @abennett·Apr 9·16.7K Followers: “At the @VOANews, we love facts. The fact is Wuhan…
Voice of America White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman in Dispute with Vice President Mike Pence’s Staff Previously Banned U.S. Reporters from His VOA Twitter Account
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY Voice of America (VOA) White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman, who was accused by Vice…
Chinese Immigrant Objects to Voice of America Imitating Beijing’s Anti-U.S. Propaganda
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY We have been contacted in the last several days by a young Chinese immigrant who…
From ‘Dysfunctional’ and ‘Defunct’ to ‘Disgusting’ and ‘Disgrace’
COMMENTARY By The Federalist US Government International Broadcasting – US Agency for Global Media – Voice of America…
GEOFFREY COWAN AND JAMES K. GLASSMAN LAT OP-ED: ‘Trump’s war on Voice of America is all about him’
OPINION Geoffrey Cowan and James K. Glassman Are Wrong to Defend Mismanaged Voice of America. Their Misguided Defense…
Voice of America Continues to Spread China COVID Disinformation, Makes It Respectable
USAGM Watch Commentary As of this morning, April 21, 2020, the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) managed by…
Voice of America Ignored Katyń Anniversary and the Menendez Resolution
OPINION By Ted Lipien The Voice of America (VOA) had a particularly bad but still hidden history of…
‘Disgusting and Disgraceful’ Mismanagement — Voice of America Reporter Responds to WP Defense of VOA Director
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY A Voice of America (VOA) news reporter currently employed by the U.S. Agency for Global…
President Trump: What Voice of America Says About America Is “Disgusting”… “A Disgrace”
USAGM WATCH During his April 15, 2020 White House press briefing, President Donald Trump said that what is…
Former BBG Governor Accuses VOA Director Bennett of Misusing Resources
In two articles on his public diplomacy blog, MountainRunner.us, Matt Armstrong, former Republican member of the Broadcasting Board…
Clifford May: U.S. Broadcasting Worldwide Needs Major Housecleaning
OPINION Clifford D. May, founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) wrote a column…
Here We Go Again – A Two-Minute VOA Video of Pure Chinese Propaganda
COMMENTARY By The Federalist Is the Voice of America (VOA): “a service of the People’s Republic of China…
Former BBG Board Member Reacts to Voice of America Foreign Propaganda Videos During Pandemic
American radio host and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita Cullum has criticized the Voice of…
Trump White House: Voice of America spends your money to speak for authoritarian regimes
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY The official Trump White House newsletter 1600 Daily has accused U.S. government-funded Voice of America…
Voice of America Keeps Cheering for WHO
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY By Ted Lipien The U.S. taxpayer-funded, U.S. government-managed Voice of America (VOA) in the $800…
U.S. Tax-Funded Voice of America Accepts China’s COVID Propaganda and Spreads It with Its Own Graphics for Better Impact
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY The U.S. tax-funded, U.S. government-managed Voice of America (VOA) in the $800 million U.S. Agency…
Voice of America Doctor Who Brought AIDS Information to USSR and Saved Lives
By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum At one time during the Cold War, the taxpayer-funded, U.S.…
Clean House
OPINION COVID-19 Reaches the Agency By The Federalist The COVID-19 virus outbreak has been felt inside the hallways…
Steady Stream of Good China News Propaganda from Voice of America
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY While posting a few short reports in recent days on how the communist China uses…
Former U.S. Senator Tom Coburn Who Called BBG ‘Most Worthless’ Dead At 72
Tom Coburn, former Republican U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Oklahoma and a medical doctor who in a…
Voice of America Polish Service Broadcaster Irene Broni Resisted Nazis and Communists
By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Irena Radwańska Broni: Returning to the U.S. citizenship oath ceremony…
Trump Nominates USAGM Board Chair Ken Weinstein To Be Ambassador to Japan
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY President Trump announced his intent to nominate Kenneth R. Weinstein to be U.S. Ambassador to…
Voice of America Follows IRE Example on COVID-19 Privacy
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY The senior management of the Voice of America (VOA) in the U.S. Agency for Global…
VOA Director’s Internal Emails Reveal First Confirmed Coronavirus Staff Illness
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY USAGM Watch has learned that Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett informed VOA staff…
Repeating Beijing Propaganda, Voice of America Still Gets Targeted by China
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY This morning (March 17, 2020) the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the U.S. Agency…
Second NICAR20 attendee tests presumptively positive for coronavirus
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY Hopefully senior Voice of America (VOA) management has stopped by now all non-essential travel to…
1949 QSL Card from Voice of America in New York
USAGM WATCH HISTORY When Mr. Ingvar Nyberg, a shortwave radio listener in Lund, Sweden, requested a QSL card…
Voice of America Service Apologizes for False VOA Serbian Coronavirus Death News After Criticism by President Vučić
BGG – USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY As of early afternoon March 13, 2020, Voice of America VOA English News…
NICAR20 Conference Attendee Tested Positive for COVID-19
Hopefully senior Voice of America (VOA) management has stopped all non-essential travel to prevent exposure to the COVID-19…
Voice of America WWII News Editor and Future Stalin Prize Winner Howard Fast Died on This Day in 2003
Howard Fast, best-selling American author, Communist Party USA member, and journalist who in 1943 was the chief writer…
VOA Director Needs Firm Rules for Meeting Foreign Politicians
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY Recent media reports from Nigeria and social media posts by Nigerian government officials shed an…
One-Sided Voice of America Tweets Help Spread China’s Message
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary One-sided tweets are still common on the Voice of America (VOA) official Twitter…
Impact of Voice of America (VOA) on 2016 U.S. Elections Still Unprobed
In violation of its Congressional Charter, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) had posted several hit pieces on…
Illegal Targeting of Americans with Facebook ads by Voice of America
The review by former Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), the former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and…
Iran scholars criticize Voice of America management
With increasing frequency and frustration, Iran scholars and journalists based in the West, as well as anti-regime activists…
Voice of America Director Denied Pressure from China Led to Shortening of Whistleblower Interview
Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, denied there was pressure from the…
Boris Nemtsov Defended Radio Liberty Journalists
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary We can report with some satisfaction that Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
Trump Re-Nominates Michael Pack to be CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), formerly BBG
BBG – USAGM Watch According to a White House announcement on February 25, 2020, President Trump has re-nominated…
Censorship and Propaganda Threats from China
The internet has no room for tyrants | Column The United States and its allies must act…
Kirk Douglas on Radio Free Europe and Voice of America
By Ted Lipien As Putin’s propagandists are again spreading lies around the world and trying to undermine American…
Broadcaster and former BBG Governor Blanquita Cullum interviews Trump’s USAGM nominee Michael Pack about Clarence Thomas movie
BBG Watch – USAGM Commentary Blanquita Cullum has interviewed for her radio program Hard Question on WCGO…
Former top advisor to former U.S. media agency head reports to prison
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Haroon Ullah, former top official in the U.S. Agency for Global Media…
Voice of America tweeted false accusations against Covington students but failed to report on CNN settlement
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded and U.S. government-managed Voice of America (VOA) English-language news website…
Memorial service in Prague for former Radio Liberty senior Russian commentator Lev Roitman
BBG – USAGM Watch A memorial service for journalist, publisher and lawyer Lev Roitman, a former Radio Free…
HISTORY Russian propaganda at WWII Voice of America
BBG – USAGM Watch History Russian propaganda influence in the United States is not new. “I established contact…