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Chinese whistleblower Guo Wengui being interviewed by the Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service in April 2017. VOA senior management ordered the shortening of the live portion of the interview after the Chinese communist government and its Embassy in Washington demanded the canceling of the VOA program to China with Guo Wengui.
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U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission findings on Guo Wengui and Voice of America

  • November 25, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission‘s findings on Guo Wengui and Voice of America…
Amanda Bennett being sworn as VOA Director by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing, April 18, 2016. Kelu Chao, a longtime VOA senior executive and later acting CEO of USAGM (BBG's name since 2018) is also in the photo.
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Voice of America director informed in June 2016 about obscene Facebook posts by VOA reporters

  • November 20, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary As early as in June 2016, Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett was informed…
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Private emails may hamper any OIG investigation of Voice of America Guo Wengui incident

  • October 12, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned that at least until recently some Voice of America (VOA)…
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Do Voice of America and BBG officials have conflicts of interest in China?

  • October 3, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, a U.S.-based international human rights group that opposes forced abortion…
Chinese whistleblower Guo Wengui being interviewed by the Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service in April 2017. VOA senior management ordered the shortening of the live portion of the interview after the Chinese communist government and its Embassy in Washington demanded the canceling of the VOA program to China with Guo Wengui.
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Members of Congress request OIG investigation of VOA and BBG handling of Guo Wengui interview EXCLUSIVE

  • September 30, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Four members of the U.S. Congress who serve on committees in the U.S. Senate…
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Video critical of Voice of America director gets thousands of views in China

  • September 20, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary Changqing Cao, a U.S. based independent Chinese journalist and political commentator who has a wide…
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Chinese Americans give money to defend suspended VOA journalists

  • August 13, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary A few days ago, a young Chinese American girl wrote a check made out to…
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The Resistance of VOA Newsroom and BBG Bureaucracy

  • July 24, 2017
OPINION   The Resistance   US Government International Media Information War: Lost and Corrupted   By The Federalist  …
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Voice of America hints Trump may be ‘mentally unstable’

  • July 5, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary A news report on the U.S. taxpayer-funded ($221 million FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA)…
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Questions for Frank Sesno to ask BBG CEO John Lansing

  • April 30, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has drafted some questions which we hope former CNN correspondent Frank Sesno will…
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TIMMERMAN America Has Lost Her “Voice”

  • April 4, 2017
BBG Watch Media A longtime critic of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), New York Times best-selling author,…
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  • 11 minute read

A ‘Dear Leader’ Moment at Broadcasting Board of Governors

  • March 25, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary A ‘Dear Leader’ Moment at Broadcasting Board of Governors   Voice of America director Amanda…
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VOA reporter says journalists complain of being fed ‘manure’ by the White House

  • March 16, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary Steve Herman, who was recently named White House bureau chief for the U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224…
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Tax-funded VOA posts more one-sided attacks on Trump

  • March 3, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary There have been more one-sided attacks on President Trump in recent Voice of America (VOA)…
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Former director decries bias, partisanship, lack of vision at Voice of America

  • February 18, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary Amanda Bennett, Obama administration holdover director of U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 million) Voice of America (VOA),…
Amanda Bennett being sworn as VOA Director by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing, April 18, 2016. Kelu Chao, a longtime VOA senior executive and later acting CEO of USAGM (BBG's name since 2018) is also in the photo.
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Voice of America director’s e-mail, one-sided panels set tone for partisan attacks on Trump

  • February 10, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary A July 8, 2016 e-mail from Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett to her…
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Writer for Voice of America posts on social media on ‘American imperialism’ and Obama as ‘no friend’ of the Middle East and American people

  • January 12, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary A journalist who writes for the U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY2017) Voice of America (VOA) Persian…
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Some Voice of America reporters broke new hate speech ground in 2016

  • January 6, 2017
BBG Watch Commentary Unprecedented use of hate speech, use of an F-word, a vulgar and sexist sex joke…
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Voice of America reporters demean Ivanka Trump, fail to report on plane harassment incident

  • December 26, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary A few days ago, Voice of America (VOA) newsroom reporters, editors and managers, who are…
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Obama signs off on reducing status of Broadcasting Board of Governors

  • December 23, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary President Barack Obama has signed into law S. 2943, the “National Defense Authorization Act for…
In 2016 Voice of America (VOA) produced this graphic to illustrate reports on Fidel Castro’s death. It was used as the VOA Spanish Service Facebook Cover image.
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Many Voice of America services late on Castro’s death, Trump calling him “brutal dictator,” VOA journalists complain

  • November 26, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary Journalists working for U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) are complaining that because of poor…
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Tax-funded Voice of America showed more anti-Trump bias than NYT

  • November 22, 2016
Voice of America (VOA) Was More Biased And More Vicious Against Trump At U.S. Taxpayers’ Expense Than The…
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Voice of America should stick to journalism, stop one-sided name-calling in reports on Donald Trump

  • November 15, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M in FY2017) Voice of America (VOA) should by all means continue to…
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Trump wasn’t the only vilified candidate on tax-funded Voice of America

  • November 10, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. President-elect Donald Trump was not the only presidential candidate vilified with hit pieces and…
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Russia’s RT, BBC beat Voice of America hands down on Trump, Clinton and Obama speeches

  • November 9, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s propaganda channel carried President Obama’s post election speech LIVE on Facebook, reaching a large…
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Message from Voice of America Director fails to acknowledge who won U.S. Presidency

  • November 9, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary Amanda Bennett Amanda Bennett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who as director of U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M…
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Voice of America had two pre-written ‘Clinton will win programs’; none for Trump, VOA staffers say

  • November 9, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary Some U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) journalists working tonight are upset that their management,…
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Voice of America workers complain about more ‘ungrammatical dumb videos’

  • October 12, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary Many Voice of America (VOA) journalists are beside themselves with a growing number of VOA…
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  • 10 minute read

How do you call Trump a pig in Ukrainian? Voice of America will tell you

  • October 12, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary How do you call Donald Trump a pig in Ukrainian? U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 million in…
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45% of visits to Voice of America English website are from the U.S. – EXCLUSIVE

  • October 4, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE One of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) newsroom editors disclosed in an internal…
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  • 17 minute read

Your tax-funded Voice of America: NYC terrorist ‘friendly’; Minnesota terrorist ‘smart and reliable’

  • September 21, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary Lacking experienced leadership, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has fallen into the trap of…
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Voice of America casts doubts Russia was behind Democrats’ emails leak

  • July 27, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) has issued a confusing news report in English to…
Amanda Bennett being sworn as VOA Director by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing, April 18, 2016. Kelu Chao, a longtime VOA senior executive and later acting CEO of USAGM (BBG's name since 2018) is also in the photo.
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VOA live convention views less than 0.0001% in China, 0.006% in Russia, 0.03% in Iran

  • July 25, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary According to Voice of America Director Ms.Amanda  Bennett’s figures, less than 0.0001% Mandarin speakers, 0.0004% English speakers, 0.002% Spanish speakers, 0.006% Russian speakers,…
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Voice of America English News takes nearly 4 hours to report on Obama-Putin phone call

  • July 7, 2016
BBG Watch According to the time stamp on the Voice of America (VOA News) English report posted online…
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  • 9 minute read

BBC, DW, RT report on Elie Wiesel’s death, but not Voice of America as of 5PM ET

  • July 2, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s RT has Elie Wiesel’s death as its top news story since 4:46 PM ET.…
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Poor quality BBG video, risky ads on BBG YouTube, VOA Director Amanda Bennett

  • June 24, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has posted on its official website and uploaded to…
Amanda Bennett being sworn as VOA Director by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing, April 18, 2016. Kelu Chao, a longtime VOA senior executive and later acting CEO of USAGM (BBG's name since 2018) is also in the photo.
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Voice of America director posts a comment to BBG Watch website

  • June 22, 2016
BBG Watch As reported earlier by BBG Watch, Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett has posted a…
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VOA Director Orders Bias Training In Wake of Criticisms

  • June 21, 2016
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE VOA Director Orders Bias Training In Wake of Criticisms By BBG Watch Reporters    …
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Former BBG Governor calls Voice of America video on Islamist terrorism flawed and dangerous

  • June 18, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is posting this commentary as an introduction to an op-ed by former presidentially-appointed…
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LIPIEN OP-ED: Robert E. Sherwood on avoiding election coverage bias at Voice of America

  • June 15, 2016
OPINION Robert E. Sherwood on avoiding election coverage bias at Voice of America By Ted Lipien I disagree…

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