Read More 1 minute read Ukraine is the area of decision between Russia and the Free WorldMarch 19, 2022 Ukraine is today “the area of decision between Russia and the Free World” and “the one big problem”…
Read More 2 minute read Symbolic Justice for Stalin’s Victims, But Not Yet From Voice of America ManagementDecember 25, 2021 Commentaries about Stalin’s victims, Voice of America By Ted Lipien (Tadeusz Lipień) In my Washington Examiner Christmas Day…
Read More 14 minute read Different Names of the Voice of AmericaDecember 5, 2020 Cold War Radio Museum By Ted Lipien The U.S. taxpayer-funded and U.S. government-operated international radio broadcaster established in…
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 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 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 5 minute read Voice of America Doctor Who Brought AIDS Information to USSR and Saved LivesApril 3, 2020 By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum At one time during the Cold War, the taxpayer-funded, U.S.…
Read More 53 minute read HISTORY Voice of America? – Why The Question Mark from Congress in 1948?July 24, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary In 1948, Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate charged that Voice of…
Read More 2 minute read HISTORY Collusion: How the State Department tried to save Voice of America from Soviet influence in WWIIMay 13, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The history of the Voice of America has been written around the false…
Read More 5 minute read Does he listen to Radio Free Europe? A question from “Cold War” 2018 movieJanuary 10, 2019 OPINION By Ted Lipien Cold War – Clip: I’ve Been Ratting On You | Amazon Studios I was…
Read More 45 minute read HISTORY 1953 CIA Source: People Died in Czechoslovakia Because of Pro-Communist Propaganda from Voice of AmericaJanuary 3, 2019 OPINION AND ANALYSIS Cold War Radio Museum 1953 CIA Source: People Died in Czechoslovakia Because of Pro-Communist…
Read More 8 minute read HISTORY | President Eisenhower condemned biased Voice of America officials and reportersDecember 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Cold War Radio Museum Voice of America Then and Now Historically, partisanship at the…
Read More 11 minute read Vice President George H.W. Bush interviewed for Voice of America by Ted Lipien and Wayne Corey in 1987December 1, 2018 Reposted from Cold War Radio Museum Cold War Radio Museum Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service director…
Read More 4 minute read Cold War Lessons for Voice of America in China — Plight of VOA Mandarin FiveOctober 21, 2018 BBG Watch Guest Commentary This article is reposted from the Cold War Radio Museum – coldwarradiomuseum.com – website.…
Read More 16 minute read Pro-Stalin Voice of America Propaganda Revealed in 1984 VOA Interview with Józef Czapski – Cold War Radio MuseumSeptember 4, 2018 BBG Watch History A Cold War Radio Museum article points out official bias and censorship in Voice of…
Read More 4 minute read RFE/RL targeted Americans with a pro-Kremlin Facebook ad EXCLUSIVE NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTING NYT REPORTJuly 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has obtained screenshots showing that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a…
Read More 1 minute read HISTORY Voice of America 1990July 11, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The Cold War Radio Museum has published audio, video and photos depicting the Voice of…
Read More 10 minute read History for Voice of America: General Eisenhower accused WWII VOA of ‘insubordination’May 14, 2018 OPINION By Ted Lipien Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett left out some critical information when she…
Read More 3 minute read HISTORY How a refugee journalist exposed Voice of America censorship of the Katyn MassacreApril 17, 2018 BBG Watch History Commentary This Cold War History Museum presentation shows how officials in charge of the Voice…
Read More 1 minute read HISTORY Senator Taft’s early warning of Soviet propaganda in WWII Voice of AmericaApril 2, 2018 HISTORY Cold War Radio Museum Could a foreign power such as Russia try to infiltrate the Voice of…
Read More 6 minute read HISTORY: JFK on VOA’s Mission – 20th Anniversary of the Voice of America 1962March 28, 2018 Cold War Radio Museum President John F. Kennedy speaks at a celebration of Voice of America’s twentieth year…
Read More 10 minute read Voice of America 1951 – Presidents’ Day and Debates on VOA’s FutureFebruary 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Wishing all of our readers and contributors Happy Presidents’ Day, we repost the latest article…
Read More 86 minute read SOLZHENITSYN Target of KGB Propaganda and Censorship by Voice of AmericaNovember 7, 2017 OPINION Cold War Radio Museum How Voice of America Censored Solzhenitsyn SOLZHENITSYN, Target of KGB Propaganda and Censorship…
Read More 14 minute read How Voice of America Censored SolzhenitsynOctober 30, 2017 OPINION Cold War Radio Museum How Voice of America Censored Solzhenitsyn Russian Propaganda and U.S. Politics Today By…
Read More 3 minute read Zbigniew Brzezinski took action against censorship at Voice of America in 1978May 31, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski who died last week at age 89 showed keen interest in U.S.…
Read More 3 minute read Zbigniew Brzezinski in 1989 Voice of America and Polish TV program on fall of communismMay 29, 2017 BBG Watch History Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981, died on…
Read More 2 minute read VOA had a brief AP report after Zbigniew Brzezinski’s death; RT posted a full obituaryMay 27, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary One of the major American planners of the Cold War victory over the Soviet Union,…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America Interview with Future PopeOctober 16, 2016 BBG Watch History This is a reposting of Cold War Radio Museum article “Voice of America Interview with…
Read More 3 minute read NYT got it wrong on VOA being a Cold War relicOctober 10, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary In a news analysis article, “
Read More 1 minute read Natan Sharansky mentions Voice of America in a 4th of July StoryJuly 4, 2016 BBG Watch History A Fourth of July Story Independence Day is doubly special for the legendary refusenik…
Read More 8 minute read LIPIEN OP-ED: Robert E. Sherwood on avoiding election coverage bias at Voice of AmericaJune 15, 2016 OPINION Robert E. Sherwood on avoiding election coverage bias at Voice of America By Ted Lipien I disagree…
Read More 6 minute read Even when ‘Federal websites can spill over into propaganda’ – BBG is ignoredJune 5, 2016 BBG Watch Media “Websites operate in broadcast fashion: We publish, you read. We’ll allow feedback at our discretion.…
Read More 22 minute read McKinney Russell (1929-2016) – diplomat, Radio Liberty reporter, Voice of America managerFebruary 22, 2016 BBG Watch History McKinney Russell (1929-2016). Family courtesy photo. McKinney Russell (1929-2016) – diplomat, Radio Liberty reporter, Voice…
Read More 3 minute read Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce on urgent need to reform BBGJanuary 11, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) continues to argue for splitting different elements…
Read More 3 minute read Deeper propaganda analysis sometimes missing even from otherwise excellent RFE/RL reportsDecember 21, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists are capable of excellent reporting. “In Forgotten…
Read More 3 minute read Martial law Poland – Kirk Douglas and Voice of AmericaDecember 12, 2015 By Ted Lipien A few Voice of America English newsroom correspondents and some VOA managers who…
Read More 3 minute read How Kirk Douglas and Radio Free Europe countered Soviet propagandaDecember 11, 2015 By Ted Lipien Despite gasps of indignation from the Kremlin and quite a few Western fellow travelers who…
Read More 8 minute read Robert Conquest and Voice of America’s intellectual declineAugust 7, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Robert Conquest (left), who died on August 3, 2015, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America History – Communist Infiltration During World War IIJuly 28, 2015 BBG Watch History During World War II, the Voice of America (VOA) operated within a mega propaganda agency…
Read More 12 minute read WWII Voice of America aired Stalin propaganda to cover up his role in Katyn massacreJune 24, 2015 BBG Watch History Former Voice of America broadcaster and acting associate director Ted Lipien posted on his private…
Read More 1 minute read Jolyon Naegele, VOA – A voice of the West for many Czechs in the 1980sDecember 29, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Prague (Radio Praha) recorded an interview with Jolyon Naegele, a Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America ignores Obama’s statement on Berlin Wall anniversary, U.S. contributionsNovember 8, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary November 9 marks the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Mismanaged, U.S.…
Read More 13 minute read White House on VOA-RFE/RL Russian TV, controversial VOA – Russia TV project not mentionedSeptember 19, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In the “FACT SHEET: U.S. Support for Ukraine,” the White House has announced a…
Read More 5 minute read McCain wants to fight and kill, Russian TV says in joint program with Voice of AmericaSeptember 16, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary McCain wants to fight and kill, Russian TV said in a joint program with Voice…
Read More 1 minute read America’s international broadcasters are losing the air wars, analysis in Sacramento BeeJune 25, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary One of the most thoughtful analyses of U.S. government/taxpayer-funded international media outreach was written by…
Gulf News columnist says Voice of America lost much of its relevanceSeptember 3, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In a column for Gulf News, a leading English language newspaper of the Gulf region,…
Read More 8 minute read When America embraced U.S. government broadcasts for freedomJuly 25, 2013 When America Embraced U.S. Government Broadcasts for Freedom Commentary by Ted Lipien Former Director of Security at Radio…
Polish TV to air film about Radio Free Europe and its contribution to freedomApril 30, 2013 Commentary by Ted Lipien Polish Television will air next weekend a five-part documentary film about the Polish Service…
60 RL: The Radio Station Known as Radio LibertyFebruary 24, 2013 BBG Watch is posting under its “60 RL” series historical and current news to commemorate the 60…
Read More 20 minute read Beware of Central Bureaucracy for USIBFebruary 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary This BBG Watch commentary on the “21st Century Vision for U.S. Global Media” paper by…