Read More 5 minute read VOA explains non-coverage of Antifa attack on U.S. journalist Andy NgoJuly 9, 2019 BBG – USAGM Commentary “VOA says that it is ‘uncertain if or how we might approach it’“ …
Read More 3 minute read NYT on USAGM: New Scandals Rock Government’s Foreign Broadcasting ServiceJuly 9, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The New York Times “New Scandals Rock Government’s Foreign Broadcasting Service”…
Read More 7 minute read USAGM CEO won’t apologize for hailing ex-top aide who was a thiefJuly 9, 2019 BBG Watch – USAGM commentary In a much delayed and highly misleading message to employees of the U.S.…
Read More 9 minute read USAGM women allege promotions irregularities in CEO’s former right-hand man scandalJuly 7, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Several women who have been longtime employees of the U.S. Agency for Global…
Read More 4 minute read CUSIB expresses concern to Senator Rubio over USAGM VOA China plansJuly 5, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org) has appealed…
Read More 8 minute read Alleged OCB TV Marti ‘fake news video’ marks another scandal under USAGM CEO John LansingJuly 4, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary In a constant stream of management and programming scandals affecting America’s foreign media…
Read More 4 minute read USAGM CEO Lansing still a Twitter follower of admitted felon, his ex-right hand manJuly 1, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary In an affront to taxpayers and his U.S. government agency employees, John F.…
Read More 5 minute read Call It CorruptJuly 1, 2019 OPINION Call It Corrupt By The Federalist The US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) or U-SAG-M, as we…
Read More 3 minute read Haroon Ullah leaves a legacy of his hires at USAGM under John LansingJune 30, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Haroon Ullah, who was brought on board at the U.S. Agency for Global…
Read More 6 minute read Former USAGM CSO Pleads Guilty to Defrauding GovernmentJune 30, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Since 2018, BBG-USAGM Watch has investigated the case of Haroon Ullah, one of…
Read More 3 minute read Employees Contradict USAGM John Lansing Team on Haroon Ullah Fraud CaseJune 29, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Several former and current employees said independently of each other that the senior…
Read More 10 minute read Update: Guilty Plea in USAGM Senior Official Corruption CaseJune 28, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. Department of Justice announced in a June 27, 2019 press release…
Read More 3 minute read USAGM CEO told critics to go awayJune 12, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary More than a year ago U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO John…
Read More 3 minute read CUSIB remains concerned about VOA Mandarin ServiceJune 8, 2019 OPINION Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org) spoke in Washington,…
Read More 5 minute read AFGE Local 1812 on FEVS and Bad Morale at VOA, Marti, USAGMJune 2, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary As the Advisory Board members prepare for their June 5th U.S. Agency for…
Read More 2 minute read 2 VOA China veteran reporters fired – Lansing and Bennett show no mercyMay 28, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The Washington Free Beacon reported that two more VOA Mandarin 5 award-winning veteran…
Read More 5 minute read German public radio reports on RFE/RL posting authoritarian propagandaMay 25, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary German domestic’s public radio Deutschlandfunk reported recently on widespread accusations made by independent journalists against…
Read More 6 minute read CUSIB Statement in Response to USAGM Latest Firing of Two “VOA Mandarin 5” JournalistsMay 18, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called recently for a leadership change at…
Read More 20 minute read VOA Chinese Service censored Pompeo speech while other USAGM news sites ignored it EXCLUSIVEMay 14, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary It appears from multiple online searches of U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
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 11 minute read Dysfunctional USAGM Imposes Unacceptable Risks on Its JournalistsMay 10, 2019 OPINION Unacceptable Risks US Government International Broadcasting: World Press Freedom Day at USAGM By The Federalist…
Read More 14 minute read Powerful pro-press freedom speech by Sen. Cruz ignored by Voice of America EXCLUSIVEMay 8, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) has so far (as of 12:20 AM…
Read More 4 minute read USAGM: Only 5 Live Facebook Viewers for Its Press EventMay 7, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Nothing shows better that the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has become…
Read More 4 minute read What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL?May 6, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL? • In…
Read More 17 minute read Voice of America disinformation on Khadija Ismayilova for Press Freedom DayMay 6, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the federal U.S. Agency for Global…
Read More 9 minute read Former BBG Governor Blanquita Cullum interviews Sen. Cruz on Venezuela and illegal immigrationMay 4, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary American radio host and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita Cullum…
Read More 11 minute read Former BBG Governor Cullum criticized VOA for Russian propaganda in Venezuela reportingMay 4, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary American radio host and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita Cullum…
Read More 4 minute read China expert urges management reforms at USAGMApril 30, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Bradley A. Thayer, Ph.D., a professor of political science at the University of…
Read More 3 minute read CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan Met A ‘VOA Mandarin Five’ JournalistApril 30, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary On April 27, 2019 Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann…
Read More 21 minute read Managers behind RFE/RL Tajik crisis leave with generous praise from leaders who stayApril 25, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary “A Western voice has tilted toward post-Soviet authoritarian leader in Central Asia, say…
Read More 5 minute read VOA – Iran – RT Tweet CircleApril 24, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A Voice of America (VOA) correspondent felt the need to tweet Wednesday about…
Read More 4 minute read Think-tank declares USAGM reforms of VOA and RFE/RL Iran programs inadequate EXCLUSIVEApril 22, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE A just released study by the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) concludes…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America promotes a Black Communist, ignores a Black ConservativeApril 13, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Conservative African American activist Candace Owens (Photo by Gage Skidmore…
Read More 10 minute read MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART THREEApril 13, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART THREE NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS CHUMPS,…
Read More 6 minute read MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART TWOApril 11, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART TWO NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS CHUMPS,…
Read More 6 minute read MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART ONEApril 9, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART ONE NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS…
Read More 7 minute read The USAGM Numbers GameApril 9, 2019 OPINION The USAGM Numbers Game Numbers of Convenience Without Consequence By The Federalist The audience numbers…
Read More 9 minute read Paul Goble on the need to reform and save RFE/RL to counter Russian censorship and propagandaApril 7, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary America’s top expert on Kremlin propaganda Paul Goble has commented on the controversy over Radio…
Read More 3 minute read Senior Voice of America exec listed as Facebook friend of VOA reporter with ‘F*ck Trump’ posts EXCLUSIVEApril 5, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A March 5, 2019 screenshot of a 2016 post, showing a dog and…
Read More 9 minute read Tax-funded Voice of America is pushing ‘hate in America’ message with discredited dataApril 1, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A screenshot taken on November 19, 2017 of an anti-Trump meme reposted on…
Read More 6 minute read Pompeo calls for USAGM leadership changeMarch 29, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary In his appearance on March 27, 2019 before the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee…
Read More 14 minute read Tajik Dictator’s Propaganda Promoted by U.S. Tax-funded RFE/RLMarch 28, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The e-mail reposted below with some minor editing was sent to BBG Watch…
Read More 6 minute read Twitter poll: VOA and Radio Farda USAGM Iran audience claims are falseMarch 27, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary A Twitter poll, launched on March 21, 2019 by Radio Farda personality, political satirist, actor…
Read More 7 minute read Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp IncreasesMarch 27, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp Increases By…
Read More 4 minute read HISTORY Rep. Howard H. Buffett, Warren Buffett’s father, feared domestic VOA propagandaMarch 25, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Domestic Propaganda Cold War Radio Museum has posted on its…
Read More 8 minute read Meet The USAGM PR Flash MeisterMarch 21, 2019 OPINION Government International Media: Meet The USAGM PR Flash Meister By The Federalist John Lansing.…
Read More 7 minute read Allegations of old anti-Semitism part of new scandals at USAGM’s Voice of America and RFE/RLMarch 18, 2019 BBG – USAGM Commentary Various niche media outlets were reporting last week on new serious allegations against the…
Read More 4 minute read HISTORY Stalin Prize-Winning Chief Writer of Voice of America NewsMarch 12, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch History March 12 is the anniversary of the death in 2003 of Howard Fast,…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America was days late in reporting on an anti-Semitic slurMarch 7, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary UPDATE In yet another news reporting failure for the Voice of America, BBC,…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America silent on Eliot Engel, other US condemnations of ‘vile anti-Semitic slur’ by Rep. OmarMarch 4, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA), which repeatedly broadcast one-sided attacks by…