Michael Pack – BBG and USAGM Watch

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U.S. Agency for Global Media Statement: CEO Pack releases OPM report detailing long-standing USAGM security failures

August 4, 2020

CEO Pack releases OPM report detailing long-standing USAGM security failures August 4, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Agency for…

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Former VOA Director Defends New USAGM Chief Against Critics

July 26, 2020

USAGM Watch Commentary In an article written for The Stream, Robert R. Reilly, Voice of America (VOA) director…

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Cancel Culture Silenced Conservative and Moderate Dissent at the Voice of America

July 19, 2020

USAGM Watch Commentary by Ted Lipien There May Be Only One or Two Bari Weisses and Andrew Sullivans…

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VOA Managers Sudden Focus on Balance Coincides With Pack Arrival PART THREE

July 9, 2020

OPINION VOA Managers Sudden Focus on Balance Coincides With Pack Arrival PART THREE by Dan Robinson There was…

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70 Years of Radio Free Europe

July 8, 2020

USAGM Watch History U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO Michael Pack said in a message to Radio…

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LIPIEN After a decade of extreme bias and foreign propaganda, Voice of America needs a fresh start

July 6, 2020

OPINION Ted Lipien writes in an Washington Examiner op-ed that the Voice of America (VOA) suffered under the…

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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…

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After Mass Firings, GOP Senators Threaten to Cut Funding if Trump Appointee Politicizes USAGM’s News Broadcasts

July 2, 2020

USAGM Watch Media Review A comment from former Voice of America senior White House correspondent Dan Robinson: There…

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Is There a “Deep State” Supporting USAGM and VOA? PART ONE

June 26, 2020

OPINION Is There a “Deep State” Supporting USAGM and VOA? PART ONE by Dan Robinson Part One: …

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United States Agency for Global Media Arrivals and Departures

June 22, 2020

OPINION Analyzing US Government International Media United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Arrivals and Departures By The…

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USAGM CEO Criticized by Some Conservatives for Firing Jamie Fly and Alberto Fernandez

June 19, 2020

USAGM Watch Commentary – Review of Media Reactions Please note that USAGM Watch neither represents nor endorses any…

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USAGM CEO Michael Pack’s First Days: Political and Media Reactions

June 18, 2020

USAGM Watch Commentary – Review of U.S. Political and Media Reactions Please note that USAGM Watch neither represents…

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Reassignments of Managers by New CEO Expected at USAGM

June 17, 2020

USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, the newly Senate-confirmed CEO of the $800 million mismanaged U.S. Agency for Global…

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Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett Resigned Amid Accusations of Failing to Stop China and Iran Propaganda in VOA Programs

June 15, 2020

USAGM Watch Commentary UPDATE Voice of America Amanda Bennett and her deputy Sandy Sugawara have submitted their resignations…

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CDC and White House Are Right – Voice of America Has Repeated Chinese COVID-19 Propaganda

June 14, 2020

USAGM Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett has objected in a statement to a Centers…

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Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett Says ‘VOA’s protest coverage…nothing short of extraordinary’ as New CEO Starts Work

June 11, 2020

USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, President Trump’s appointee to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), was…