Read More 1 minute read Voice of America’s lame excuse for censorship | Washington Examiner Op-EdDecember 7, 2022 The censorship was outrageous, as was the nonchalant manner in which senior leaders in charge of upholding the…
Read More 2 minute read Black history hero Homer Smith fought racism at home and Soviet propaganda abroadFebruary 28, 2022 Smith should be recognized for his principled refusal to contribute to the manipulation of the Western media by…
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 2 minute read At Voice of America, history repeats itselfNovember 17, 2021 At Voice of America, history repeats itself because of poor USAGM leadership, partisan bias and violations of VOA…
Read More 2 minute read The Death of Democracy at USAGM, says Michael PackNovember 15, 2021 The death of democracy at USAGM is claimed by former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack.…
Read More 3 minute read How Zofia Korbońska, Voice of America refugee journalist, campaigned against communism, resisted German-Nazi fascismAugust 10, 2021 Zofia Korbońska, a Voice of America refugee journalist, was a remarkable Polish-American woman who fought against two of…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America report favored Castro regime in Cuba protests – The Washington Examiner op-edJuly 14, 2021 USAGM Watch Commentary An op-ed in The Washington Examiner analyzes an early Voice of America (VOA) central English…
Read More 2 minute read Biden can combat foreign propaganda by reforming Voice of AmericaJune 30, 2021 OPINION An op-ed in The Washington Examiner by a co-founder and supporter of USAGM Watch was written in…
Read More 2 minute read LIPIEN – Putin is blackmailing Radio LibertyMay 4, 2021 OPINION An op-ed by Ted Lipien, former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president, former Voice of…
Read More 2 minute read ‘Voice of One America’ on Voice of America is against US lawNovember 30, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien, who is a co-founder and…
Read More 2 minute read Dangerously naive VOA journalists make fools of themselvesOctober 8, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director (2006), who during his 34-year…
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 1 minute read An ahistorical Voice of America is dangerous for the nationAugust 6, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Media Commentary The Voice of America should be completely nonpartisan and objective as a…
Read More 1 minute read Failure of leadership at BBG and VOA on North KoreaJune 19, 2018 BBG Watch Media Washington Examiner OPINION Obama holdovers at VOA failed to broadcast the Singapore summit into North…
Read More 1 minute read WASHINGTON EXAMINER OP-ED: VOA’s Failure in Iran and ChinaJanuary 24, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former VOA acting associate director who is one of the co-founders and…
Read More 1 minute read The downhill slide of VOASeptember 17, 2017 BBG Watch Media In an op-ed published in Washington Examiner, Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 17 minute read Politico, Wash. Examiner pick up on WP description of BBG leadership as ‘regular bottom-feeder’ on employee moraleSeptember 21, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Update In the annual 2016 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS),…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America ignores White House statement on Holodomor genocide in 1930s Ukraine, as does RFE/RLNovember 8, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Someone worked at the White House this Saturday, November 7, but not at the U.S.…
Read More 5 minute read What’s the difference between the VA and VOA?September 30, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 7 minute read Blame the IBB, not the BBG Board, for making U.S. media outreach dysfunctional, says former VOA and IBB executiveApril 15, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Journalist, writer and former Voice of America (VOA) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive, Ted…
BBG Gone PravdaFebruary 23, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary An old Soviet-era joke went something like this: “This is Armenian Radio; our listeners asked…
Trouble at PNN – Voice of America to Iran – BBG blamedFebruary 21, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Several recent media reports point to serious problems at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
Read More 4 minute read U.S. taxpayers funding pro-Putin VOA programs – Ted Lipien in Washington ExaminerFebruary 20, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and co-founder of BBG…