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Censorship

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  • 4 minute read

Voice of America Ignored for 3 Days House Foreign Affairs Committee Report Alleging ‘Culture of Corruption’ Allowed by Senior USAGM Executives

  • June 14, 2024
USAGM Watch Commentary Several former Voice of America (VOA) senior reporters and managers, who retired several years ago…
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Voice of America Whitewashes Terror Backgrounds of Gazan Journalists | Honest Reporting

  • March 20, 2024
USAGM Watch Commentary on “Voice of America Whitewashes Terror” Article by Honest Reporting HonestReporting, a media monitoring nonprofit…
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The Hill Op-ed Against Anti-Semitism in Media and Walter Durnaty-Style Journalism at USAGM’s Voice of America (VOA)

  • December 29, 2023
USAGM Watch Commentary In his latest op-ed in The Hill, former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director…
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Voice of America Reporters and Editors Keep Calling Hamas Terrorists ‘Fighters’

  • December 8, 2023
U.S. government-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) keeps calling Hamas members…
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Voice of America Reverses Ban On Calling Hamas ‘Terrorists’ After USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett Gets An Earful From Members of Congress

  • December 5, 2023
Voice of America (VOA) reverses its ban on calling Hamas “terrorists” after U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
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Voice of America trusts Hamas’ one-source news but not Israel’s, keeps Hamas’ fake news online for many days

  • November 25, 2023
USAGM Watch Commentary As signaled by Voice of America’s (VOA) insider whistleblowers, reported by the Washington Times, and…
Voice of America bans calling Hamas terrorists illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times
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Why I can’t be silent when Voice of America bans calling Hamas ‘terrorists’ | Washington Times op-ed by Ted Lipien

  • November 22, 2023
I cannot remain silent because those who refuse to expose terrorism or delay condemning it today will find…
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Internal documents expose VOA directing staff not to refer to Hamas as a terrorist organization. Senator Bill Hagerty protests to USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett

  • November 9, 2023
USAGM Watch Commentary As reported by his U.S. Senate office, “Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ranking Member of the…
Screenshot from two of several lengthy raw footage videos posted on social media by the Voice of America (VOA), with the VOA logo, showing the burning of U.S. and Israeli flags in December 2017 without any attached balancing content, explanation of U.S. policy, or commentary.
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GOP Senators Demand Firings over Voice of America’s Policy against Labeling Hamas Members ‘Terrorists’ | National Review

  • November 9, 2023
USAGM Watch Commentary GOP Senators Demand Firings over Voice of America’s Policy against Labeling Hamas Members ‘Terrorists’ |…
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VOA’s refusal to call Hamas attackers ‘terrorists’ helps to perpetuate violence | Ted Lipien in The Hill

  • November 4, 2023
USAGM Watch Media Commentary VOA’s refusal to call Hamas attackers ‘terrorists’ helps to perpetuate violence | BY TED…
Screenshot from two of several lengthy raw footage videos posted on social media by the Voice of America (VOA), with the VOA logo, showing the burning of U.S. and Israeli flags in December 2017 without any attached balancing content, explanation of U.S. policy, or commentary.
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U.S. media reports: Voice of America orders reporters not to call Hamas ‘terrorists’

  • October 27, 2023
Screenshot from two of several lengthy raw footage videos posted on social media by the Voice of America…
Tadeusz A. Lipien (Ted Lipien) 2021
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Why are US-funded USAGM journalists defending Russia, Iran over the Hamas massacre? – Ted Lipien Op-Ed in The Hill

  • October 13, 2023
USAGM Watch Commentary by Ted Lipien My new op-ed in The Hill includes comments on the latest barbaric attacks by Hamas terrorists…
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USAGM management’s failure to vet Voice of America journalists

  • June 16, 2023
USAGM Watch Commentary In November 2022, a group of Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service journalists protested against…
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  • 13 minute read

USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett Gave Evasive Answers About Internal Censorship of Voice of America News

  • March 15, 2023
USAGM Watch Commentary Testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related…
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Leadership failure at Voice of America and US Agency for Global Media calls for bipartisan reform | Washington Examiner Op-Ed

  • March 8, 2023
USAGM Watch Media Commentary When both the Washington Post and National Review report on yet another senior management-created scandal at Voice of America,…
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Voice of America reporters agreed to cuts in their report about a new scandal at U.S. Agency for Global Media – USAGM

  • March 7, 2023
USAGM Watch Media Commentary USAGM Watch has learned from sources at the Voice of America (VOA) that the…
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OIG Should Promptly Investigate Voice of America Management’s Censorship of VOA Vietnamese News Video

  • January 27, 2023
USAGM Watch Commentary Before key participants and witnesses at the Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. Agency for…
Congress needs to launch a bipartisan investigation of the recent censorship of the VOA Vietnamese Service news report and other similar incidents throughout the Voice of America in recent years.
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Congress Needs to Investigate Censorship at the Voice of America

  • January 8, 2023
Commentary By Ted Lipien for Free Media Online There is a long history of censorship at the Voice…
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‘Censorship and Falsehoods’ – Voice of America Vietnamese Journalists Blame VOA’s Senior Management | EXCLUSIVE

  • December 18, 2022
When the senior Voice of America management got caught by the Washington Post on their censoring of the…
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Voice of America Management Censors VOA Vietnamese News Video – Timeline From Internal Sources EXCLUSIVE

  • December 12, 2022
USAGM Watch Commentary Sources at the Voice of America (VOA), who want to remain anonymous to avoid reprisals,…
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Voice of America and USAGM Management Still Needs to Explain Censorship of VOA Vietnamese Video (Now Restored) and Apologize

  • December 11, 2022
Censorship by the Voice of America management of the VOA Vietnamese Service video, which has now been restored…
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Voice of America’s lame excuse for censorship | Washington Examiner Op-Ed

  • December 7, 2022
The censorship was outrageous, as was the nonchalant manner in which senior leaders in charge of upholding the…
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Voice of America – USAGM Management Censored News to Protect Communist Vietnam — Radio Free Asia Did Not

  • November 18, 2022
USAGM Watch Commentary As reported by Paul Farhi in the Washington Post on Tuesday, the Voice of America…
Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett in 2017. VOA Photo.
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More Censorship at USAGM — VOA to Vietnam Censored by Management

  • November 17, 2022
Censorship at USAGM — U.S. Agency for Global Media has returned at the Voice of America (VOA) under…
Voice of America New York
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Beware of Government Propaganda “Experts”

  • June 5, 2022
Disinformation governance by government propaganda experts can be dangerous, judging by the record of the early officials in…
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Rep. Scott Perry: VOA Misallocates Funds and Suppresses Negative Stories About Iran

  • May 13, 2022
Voice of America – VOA misallocates funds, said Rep. Scott Perry (R., Pa.) who accused VOA and U.S.…
Sanford “Sandy” Ungar, a journalist, author, and educator, served as the 24th Director of the Voice of America. Prior to becoming VOA Director, Ungar served as Dean of the School of Communication at American University and had an extensive and varied career as an international journalist. He has worked at Foreign Policy magazine, The Washington Post, The Atlantic magazine, UPI, Newsweek magazine, and NPR. After leaving VOA, Ungar was president of Goucher College in Towson, Maryland from 2001 to 2014. In spring 2015 Ungar joined Georgetown University, where he is director of The Free Speech Project.
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Asking About Voice of America’s Stalin Peace Prize Winner May Be McCarthyism or Merely Amusing, Former VOA Director Said

  • April 11, 2022
Former Voice of America (VOA) director Sanford J. Ungar, who served under President Clinton from 1999 to 2001, said…
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Voice of America is airing Ethiopian propaganda, South African Mail & Guardian reports

  • June 8, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary An article by Zecharias Zelalem an Ethiopian freelance journalist, which appears on the South African…
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Current and Former U.S. Agency for Global Media Executives Protected Controversial VOA Managers

  • May 28, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary by Former VOA English and VOA Foreign Language Reporters As we pointed out recently, problems…
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  • 7 minute read

Secret Facebook Pages and Twitter Blockers at USAGM – Part I

  • July 21, 2019
BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary Secret Facebook Pages and Twitter Blockers at USAGM   By BBG –…
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USAGM Misappropriated ‘Watch’ Domains to Stifle Criticism by US Media

  • September 25, 2018
BBG Watch Commentary In an unprecedented and stunning betrayal of public trust and its mission, the newly-renamed United…
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  • 4 minute read

RE-BRANDED USAGM LIMITS MEDIA COVERAGE OF WASHINGTON PR EVENT: NO QUESTIONS WANTED

  • September 14, 2018
BBG Watch Guest Commentary   This is part one of a multipart commentary on the newly named United…
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  • 8 minute read

Voice of America failed to report Ben Rhodes represented Obama at Castro funeral

  • December 8, 2016
BBG Watch Commentary Practically defunct (Hillary Clinton’s words), U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) failed…
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Ed Royce – ‘U.S.-broadcasters are laboring under a flawed bureaucracy’ – Rep. Engel says reform is coming

  • April 15, 2015
BBG Watch Commentary Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,…
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Obama and Castro Meet Face-to-Face – Voice of America downplays U.S. congressional criticism

  • April 11, 2015
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) posted a report on the face-to-face meeting between President…
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  • 8 minute read

Voice of America misses Obama in its ‘Partisan US Response’ to Netanyahu victory report

  • March 18, 2015
BBG Watch Commentary In an example of an apparent lack of journalistic curiosity, duty to the VOA Charter…
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Deutsche Welle does Voice of America’s reporting job on Hunter Biden and Ukraine

  • May 21, 2014
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English website did not have a news report on Hunter…
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Obama’s major foreign media interview on NSA ignored by Voice of America

  • January 19, 2014
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded international media outlet Voice of America (VOA) failed to report on President Obama’s…
During a visit to Miami on Nov. 8, President Barack Obama met with Ladies in White leader Berta Soler and Sakharov Prize winner Guillermo Fariñas, two Cuban dissidents currently visiting the U.S. These photos were taken by Radio and TV Marti (Office of Cuba Broadcasting). They were not used by Voice of America English News which also failed to report on Obama's meeting with Cuban dissidents.
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Why did VOA English website fail to report on Obama’s meeting with Cuban dissidents?

  • November 11, 2013
BBG Watch Just Asking Why did a short news item posted on the VOA English website fail to…
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Deemphasizing of international experience led to Voice of America ignoring Obama's Polish gaffe

  • June 1, 2012
BBG Watch Commentary Layoffs of experienced journalists, closing down of foreign language services, recent hiring of former domestic…
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  • 26 minute read

Voice of America undermines anti-Putin opposition at US taxpayers' expense

  • February 7, 2012
BBG Watch Commentary Early last year, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which manages the…
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'Fake' interview on Voice of America part of a bigger problem at BBG and VOA Russian Service

  • February 6, 2012
BBG Watch Commentary The posting on the Voice of America Russian website of a  fake interview with a…
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