Kari Lake will face a harrowing task in fixing a very broken VOA | OPINION | LIPIEN | THE HILL
USAGM Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) broadcaster, reporter, editor, and executive, wrote in…
Procedures for Appointing and Removing Voice of America Director
USAGM Watch Commentary President-elect Trump has announced his choice of Kari Lake, an American political figure and…
Urgent reform needed to stop anti-Trump hate by VOA’s partisan journalists | THE HILL Op-Ed
USAGM Watch Media Commentary This op-ed by USAGM Watch sponsor and former Voice of America acting associate director…
Putin’s influencers? Why is taxpayer-funded VOA spreading his propaganda? | The Hill | Ted Lipien
USAGM Watch Media Commentary In a commentary published in The Hill, Ted Lipien — a former VOA Polish…
Chairman McCaul decries extraordinary crisis of leadership at USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary In a commentary published in National Review, Michael McCaul (R-TX) – chairman of the House…
Voice of America Staffers Posted Anti-Israel Content to Facebook | National Review
USAGM Watch Commentary In a comment on the Voice of America Alumni Facebook Page, Ted Lipien wrote: I…
The Hill Op-ed Against Anti-Semitism in Media and Walter Durnaty-Style Journalism at USAGM’s Voice of America (VOA)
USAGM Watch Commentary In his latest op-ed in The Hill, former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director…
Voice of America Reporters and Editors Keep Calling Hamas Terrorists ‘Fighters’
U.S. government-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) keeps calling Hamas members…
Voice of America Reverses Ban On Calling Hamas ‘Terrorists’ After USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett Gets An Earful From Members of Congress
Voice of America (VOA) reverses its ban on calling Hamas “terrorists” after U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
Voice of America trusts Hamas’ one-source news but not Israel’s, keeps Hamas’ fake news online for many days
USAGM Watch Commentary As signaled by Voice of America’s (VOA) insider whistleblowers, reported by the Washington Times, and…
U.S.-Funded Voice of America Management Under USAGM and Some VOA Journalists Say Calling Hamas ‘Terrorists’ Is Wrong
USAGM Watch Commentary Whistleblowers at the U.S. government-funded and managed international media outlet Voice of America (VOA) have…
VOA’s refusal to call Hamas attackers ‘terrorists’ helps to perpetuate violence | Ted Lipien in The Hill
USAGM Watch Media Commentary VOA’s refusal to call Hamas attackers ‘terrorists’ helps to perpetuate violence | BY TED…
U.S. media reports: Voice of America orders reporters not to call Hamas ‘terrorists’
Screenshot from two of several lengthy raw footage videos posted on social media by the Voice of America…
Why are US-funded USAGM journalists defending Russia, Iran over the Hamas massacre? – Ted Lipien Op-Ed in The Hill
USAGM Watch Commentary by Ted Lipien My new op-ed in The Hill includes comments on the latest barbaric attacks by Hamas terrorists…
USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett Gave Evasive Answers About Internal Censorship of Voice of America News
USAGM Watch Commentary Testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related…
Leadership failure at Voice of America and US Agency for Global Media calls for bipartisan reform | Washington Examiner Op-Ed
USAGM Watch Media Commentary When both the Washington Post and National Review report on yet another senior management-created scandal at Voice of America,…
‘Employees Rebel at US News Outlet Voice of America for Hiring Journalists’ from ‘Pro-Kremlin News Sources,’ a Newspaper in Ukraine Reports
USAGM Watch Media Commentary “Members of the U.S. Congress have been contacted by employees criticizing the U.S. government-backed…
OIG Should Promptly Investigate Voice of America Management’s Censorship of VOA Vietnamese News Video
USAGM Watch Commentary Before key participants and witnesses at the Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. Agency for…
Estonian-American Leader, Estonian Politician Objects to Voice of America VOA News Report on Putin’s Russia
USAGM Watch Commentary Mari-Ann Kelam, a leader in the Estonian-American community, Estonian politician, former Estonian Foreign Ministry spokesperson,…
Congress Needs to Investigate Censorship at the Voice of America
Commentary By Ted Lipien for Free Media Online There is a long history of censorship at the Voice…
Voice of America Management Censors VOA Vietnamese News Video – Timeline From Internal Sources EXCLUSIVE
USAGM Watch Commentary Sources at the Voice of America (VOA), who want to remain anonymous to avoid reprisals,…
Voice of America’s lame excuse for censorship | Washington Examiner Op-Ed
The censorship was outrageous, as was the nonchalant manner in which senior leaders in charge of upholding the…
More Censorship at USAGM — VOA to Vietnam Censored by Management
Censorship at USAGM — U.S. Agency for Global Media has returned at the Voice of America (VOA) under…
Big Mistake in Rewarding Failed Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Managers
Big Mistake To Reward Failed Voice of America Managers A Commentary By The Federalist Quite possibly the worst…
USAGM: Why the Latest OIG Report Matters
Commentary By Dan Robinson Inspector General reports likely don’t rank high on anyone’s list of favorite reading material,…
USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett and her top aides ran a loose ship at the Voice of America, an OIG report shows
Amanda Bennett, the current CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and a former Voice of…
Voice of America Acting Director Tweets ‘Iran Denies Link to Rushdie Stabbing’, But Why?
Acting Director of the Voice of America Yolanda López hopes to send a VOA correspondent to Afghanistan, has…
Voice of America and USAGM Need Rescue
Voice of America and USAGM need rescue and good leadership as the U.S. Senate contemplates the nomination of…
Four Republican Members of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Voted Against Nomination of Amanda Bennett for USAGM CEO
Jimmy Quinn, national security correspondent for National Review, reported that four Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations…
VOA Report: Biden’s USAGM Nominee Bennett Wins Senate Committee Approval
USAGM Watch Commentary “The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the…
The Worst Is On The Horizon For USAGM
USAGM Commentary By The Federalist US Agency for Global Mayhem: The Worst Is On The Horizon The Biden…
Former Voice of America Reporters Shocked by VOA Propaganda Video from Russia
Some call it a VOA propaganda video from Russia. USAGM Watch Commentary Raw video footage from the reopening…
Mismanagement Charges Against USAGM CEO Nominee Amanda Bennett
Former Voice of America director Amanda Bennett, a nominee for U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO position,…
Asking About Voice of America’s Stalin Peace Prize Winner May Be McCarthyism or Merely Amusing, Former VOA Director Said
Former Voice of America (VOA) director Sanford J. Ungar, who served under President Clinton from 1999 to 2001, said…
DAN ROBINSON: Some of the worst dysfunctions at Voice of America happened under former VOA Director Amanda Bennett
USAGM Watch Commentary Dan Robinson, who retired in 2014 after 34 years with the Voice of America, responded…
U. S. Agency for Global Media USAGM and Ukraine
The U.S. Agency for Global Media still shows a press release about its poll in the Russian-occupied part…
Ukraine is the area of decision between Russia and the Free World
Ukraine is today “the area of decision between Russia and the Free World” and “the one big problem”…
USAGM Advisory Board Is Not Enough
The U.S. Agency for Global Media needs more than just a USAGM Advisory Board. It needs a board…
80 Years of VOA: Different Names of the Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary 80 years ago today, on February 1, 1942, the first Voice of America (VOA) radio…
Voice of America at 80 – VOA’s Pro-Soviet Fellow Travelers and Lessons for Today
Voice of America at 80 – the hidden record of VOA’s pro-Soviet fellow travelers, Howard Fast and John…
Symbolic Justice for Stalin’s Victims, But Not Yet From Voice of America Management
Commentaries about Stalin’s victims, Voice of America By Ted Lipien (Tadeusz Lipień) In my Washington Examiner Christmas Day…
U.S. Agency For Global Media Trapped
U.S. Agency For Global Media trapped in Afghanistan, a victim of years of mismanagement, chaos and a lack…
As Terrorists Kill Family Member of DW Journalist, VOA Offers Optimistic Taliban-Focused News from Afghanistan – Example II
Voice of America – VOA offers largely optimistic Taliban-focused news from Afghanistan meant to reassure the Afghans, particularly…
Biden can combat foreign propaganda by reforming Voice of America
OPINION An op-ed in The Washington Examiner by a co-founder and supporter of USAGM Watch was written in…
2016 Report Confirmed Problem of Political Bias At Voice of America
OPINION Trump USAGM CEO Michael Pack Was Attacked For Attempts to Focus on Problem by Dan Robinson It…
The Great Numbers Game at U.S. Agency for Global Media
OPINION The Great Numbers Game at U.S. Agency for Global Media By The Federalist The U.S.…
NBC’s Andy Lack visited Ukraine as US official in charge of Voice of America
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary NBC’s Andy Lack visited Ukraine as US official in charge of Voice…
Winds of Freedom
BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Opinion Award-winning reporter and columnist Steve Browne who saw first-hand the beginnings…
MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART TWO
BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART TWO NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS CHUMPS,…
MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART ONE
BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART ONE NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS…