Read More 5 minute read How Voice of America’s poor leadership entangled it in a spy scandal | THE HILL op-ed by Ted LipienSeptember 10, 2024 How Voice of America’s poor leadership entangled it in a spy scandal op-ed in THE HILL by TED…
Read More 5 minute read Urgent reform needed to stop anti-Trump hate by VOA’s partisan journalists | THE HILL Op-EdAugust 5, 2024 USAGM Watch Media Commentary This op-ed by USAGM Watch sponsor and former Voice of America acting associate director…
Read More 10 minute read Strong dislike of Donald Trump among some Voice of America newsroom reporters and editorsAugust 5, 2024 Dislike of Donald Trump has been very strong among some Voice of America (VOA) reporters and editors, especially…
Read More 20 minute read Voice of America Slants News, Delays Biden’s Debate Stumble StoryJuly 8, 2024 USAGM Commentary – Voice of America Slants News As observed by several former Voice of America (VOA) journalist-broadcasters,…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America Ignored for 3 Days House Foreign Affairs Committee Report Alleging ‘Culture of Corruption’ Allowed by Senior USAGM ExecutivesJune 14, 2024 USAGM Watch Commentary Several former Voice of America (VOA) senior reporters and managers, who retired several years ago…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Whitewashes Terror Backgrounds of Gazan Journalists | Honest ReportingMarch 20, 2024 USAGM Watch Commentary on “Voice of America Whitewashes Terror” Article by Honest Reporting HonestReporting, a media monitoring nonprofit…
Read More 2 minute read Putin’s influencers? Why is taxpayer-funded VOA spreading his propaganda? | The Hill | Ted LipienFebruary 8, 2024 USAGM Watch Media Commentary In a commentary published in The Hill, Ted Lipien — a former VOA Polish…
Read More 1 minute read Chairman McCaul decries extraordinary crisis of leadership at USAGMFebruary 8, 2024 USAGM Watch Commentary In a commentary published in National Review, Michael McCaul (R-TX) – chairman of the House…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America Staffers Posted Anti-Israel Content to Facebook | National ReviewJanuary 12, 2024 USAGM Watch Commentary In a comment on the Voice of America Alumni Facebook Page, Ted Lipien wrote: I…
Read More 2 minute read 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…
Read More 8 minute read 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…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America Reverses Ban On Calling Hamas ‘Terrorists’ After USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett Gets An Earful From Members of CongressDecember 5, 2023 Voice of America (VOA) reverses its ban on calling Hamas “terrorists” after U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America trusts Hamas’ one-source news but not Israel’s, keeps Hamas’ fake news online for many daysNovember 25, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary As signaled by Voice of America’s (VOA) insider whistleblowers, reported by the Washington Times, and…
Read More 2 minute read Why I can’t be silent when Voice of America bans calling Hamas ‘terrorists’ | Washington Times op-ed by Ted LipienNovember 22, 2023 I cannot remain silent because those who refuse to expose terrorism or delay condemning it today will find…
Read More 5 minute read U.S.-Funded Voice of America Management Under USAGM and Some VOA Journalists Say Calling Hamas ‘Terrorists’ Is WrongNovember 9, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary Whistleblowers at the U.S. government-funded and managed international media outlet Voice of America (VOA) have…
Read More 1 minute read VOA’s refusal to call Hamas attackers ‘terrorists’ helps to perpetuate violence | Ted Lipien in The HillNovember 4, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary VOA’s refusal to call Hamas attackers ‘terrorists’ helps to perpetuate violence | BY TED…
Read More 2 minute read 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…
Read More 4 minute read Why are US-funded USAGM journalists defending Russia, Iran over the Hamas massacre? – Ted Lipien Op-Ed in The HillOctober 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…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America Hours Late in Reporting on Trump Court PleaAugust 4, 2023 VOA Late on Trump Plea Voice of America’s English News Global Website Lags for Over Three Hours on…
Read More 2 minute read McCaul Begins Investigative Interviews Into Corruption at U.S. Agency for Global MediaJuly 25, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) has announced the start of investigative interviews…
Read More 3 minute read USAGM management’s failure to vet Voice of America journalistsJune 16, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary In November 2022, a group of Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service journalists protested against…
Read More 1 minute read VOA’s Russian influence crisis calls for congressional intervention | The Hill op-edJune 6, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary
Read More 5 minute read VOA’s Sloppy Newscasts Part of QC Problems at USAGMApril 7, 2023 Guest Commentary by Dan Robinson In addition to a longstanding reputation as one of the worst places to work in…
Read More 3 minute read RFE/RL Issues Vague Denial of Offering Job to Pro-Crimea Annexation Journalist EXCLUSIVEMarch 31, 2023 USAGM Watch Media COMMENTARY Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) , which is journalistically independent but is overseen by…
Read More 13 minute read USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett Gave Evasive Answers About Internal Censorship of Voice of America NewsMarch 15, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary Testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related…
Read More 2 minute read Leadership failure at Voice of America and US Agency for Global Media calls for bipartisan reform | Washington Examiner Op-EdMarch 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,…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America reporters agreed to cuts in their report about a new scandal at U.S. Agency for Global Media – USAGMMarch 7, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary USAGM Watch has learned from sources at the Voice of America (VOA) that the…
Read More 1 minute read ‘Employees Rebel at US News Outlet Voice of America for Hiring Journalists’ from ‘Pro-Kremlin News Sources,’ a Newspaper in Ukraine ReportsFebruary 23, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary “Members of the U.S. Congress have been contacted by employees criticizing the U.S. government-backed…
Read More 1 minute read U.S. Foreign Policy Expert on Management Dysfunction at USAGM and VOA – Voice of AmericaFebruary 18, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, highlighted in a recent…
Read More 5 minute read OIG Should Promptly Investigate Voice of America Management’s Censorship of VOA Vietnamese News VideoJanuary 27, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary Before key participants and witnesses at the Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. Agency for…
Read More 8 minute read Congress Needs to Investigate Censorship at the Voice of AmericaJanuary 8, 2023 Commentary By Ted Lipien for Free Media Online There is a long history of censorship at the Voice…
Read More 8 minute read ‘Censorship and Falsehoods’ – Voice of America Vietnamese Journalists Blame VOA’s Senior Management | EXCLUSIVEDecember 18, 2022 When the senior Voice of America management got caught by the Washington Post on their censoring of the…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America Management Censors VOA Vietnamese News Video – Timeline From Internal Sources EXCLUSIVEDecember 12, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary Sources at the Voice of America (VOA), who want to remain anonymous to avoid reprisals,…
Read More 7 minute read U.S. Agency for Global Media: Understating The ObviousDecember 1, 2022 A Guest Commentary By The Federalist One of the resources we use to monitor the U.S. Agency for…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America – USAGM Management Censored News to Protect Communist Vietnam — Radio Free Asia Did NotNovember 18, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary As reported by Paul Farhi in the Washington Post on Tuesday, the Voice of America…
Read More 4 minute read Politico Blasts USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett’s Predecessor Michael Pack, Overlooks Her Record at VOANovember 15, 2022 In highlighting its interview with USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett, Politico blasted her short-time predecessor Michael Pack. Politico did…
Read More 7 minute read Big Mistake in Rewarding Failed Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) ManagersNovember 11, 2022 Big Mistake To Reward Failed Voice of America Managers A Commentary By The Federalist Quite possibly the worst…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America reports on detention of its freelance journalist accused of spying for Russia; VOA freelancer denies espionage chargesOctober 27, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. government-funded Voice of America (VOA) has a new report about the detention in…
Read More 10 minute read USAGM: Why the Latest OIG Report MattersOctober 15, 2022 Commentary By Dan Robinson Inspector General reports likely don’t rank high on anyone’s list of favorite reading material,…
Read More 7 minute read USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett and her top aides ran a loose ship at the Voice of America, an OIG report showsOctober 14, 2022 Amanda Bennett, the current CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and a former Voice of…
Read More 8 minute read Extraordinary Leadership Dysfunction at USAGM ContinuesOctober 4, 2022 The extraordinary leadership dysfunction at USAGM, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, continues under former Voice of America…
Read More 6 minute read Miracle Explanation of VOA’s Afghanistan DisasterAugust 26, 2022 Voice of America (VOA) Acting Director Yolanda López‘s miracle explanation of the U.S. Agency for Global Media’s (USAGM)…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Acting Director Tweets ‘Iran Denies Link to Rushdie Stabbing’, But Why?August 22, 2022 Acting Director of the Voice of America Yolanda López hopes to send a VOA correspondent to Afghanistan, has…
Read More 4 minute read U.S. Agency for Global Media – The Absurd, The Surreal USAGMJuly 29, 2022 The Absurd, The Surreal USAGM The surreal USAGM – U.S. Agency for Global Media’s Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 11 minute read Voice of America and USAGM Need RescueJuly 9, 2022 Voice of America and USAGM need rescue and good leadership as the U.S. Senate contemplates the nomination of…
Read More 2 minute read Four Republican Members of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Voted Against Nomination of Amanda Bennett for USAGM CEOJune 28, 2022 Jimmy Quinn, national security correspondent for National Review, reported that four Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations…
Read More 6 minute read VOA Report: Biden’s USAGM Nominee Bennett Wins Senate Committee ApprovalJune 24, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary “The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the…
Read More 3 minute read Sen. Menendez sets meeting to review USAGM CEO nomination of Amanda BennettJune 20, 2022 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a business meeting for Thursday, June 23, 2022, to review several…
Read More 8 minute read The Worst Is On The Horizon For USAGMJune 14, 2022 USAGM Commentary By The Federalist US Agency for Global Mayhem: The Worst Is On The Horizon The Biden…
Read More 5 minute read Former Voice of America Reporters Shocked by VOA Propaganda Video from RussiaJune 13, 2022 Some call it a VOA propaganda video from Russia. USAGM Watch Commentary Raw video footage from the reopening…