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…
McCaul Calls for Additional Scrutiny of USAGM CEO Nominee Amanda Bennett
McCaul Calls for Additional Scrutiny of USAGM CEO Nominee Press Release 06.09.22 Media Contact 202-225-5021 Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs…
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,…
Beware of Government Propaganda “Experts”
Disinformation governance by government propaganda experts can be dangerous, judging by the record of the early officials in…
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,…
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”…
Immigrants Protest Against USAGM Voice of America News Disinformation
RUSSIA’s WAR ON UKRAINE NEWS ALERT and COMMENTARY Polish Americans and Slovak Americans have joined Iranian, Chinese, Cuban,…
Voice of America and Ukraine
Voice of America and Ukraine: As Putin Threatens, VOA Misses Opportunity to Carry Live Blinken Message to Russian…
Where are U.S.-funded global media in discussion of Russia’s war against Ukraine?, former Voice of America Reporter Dan Robinson Asks About USAGM
On Ukraine, former Voice of America reporter Dan Robinson writes, “Yet again, not a single mention of USAGM…
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…
At Voice of America, history repeats itself
At Voice of America, history repeats itself because of poor USAGM leadership, partisan bias and violations of VOA…
USAGM Patterns of Manipulation
OPINION U.S. Agency for Global Media Patterns of Manipulation by Longtime Government Officials by The Federalist Perhaps the…
Different Names of the Voice of America
Cold War Radio Museum By Ted Lipien The U.S. taxpayer-funded and U.S. government-operated international radio broadcaster established in…
Lauded Adviser of Biden’s USAGM Transition Leader Richard Stengel Was Also Chief Aide of Ex BBG CEO Before Conviction for Theft
USAGM Watch Commentary President Obama’s Under a Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel…
Senator Biden and Other Leaders on Transatlantic Relations – VOA’s New Europe Review 2004
By Ted Lipien In 2004, foreign language broadcasters in the Voice of America (VOA) Eurasia Division in Washington,…
HISTORY Soviet Block Jamming of Western Freedom Radios
By Ted Lipien for Cold War Podcasts Toward the end of the Cold War in the 1980s, the…
Voice of America English News Quoted Putin on End of WWII Anniversary, But Not U.S. Secretary of State and Central European Ministers — Will Michael Pack Fix It?
USAGM Watch Commentary When it comes to history, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is easily winning the propaganda war…
Chinese Immigrant Objects to Voice of America Imitating Beijing’s Anti-U.S. Propaganda
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY We have been contacted in the last several days by a young Chinese immigrant who…
GEOFFREY COWAN AND JAMES K. GLASSMAN LAT OP-ED: ‘Trump’s war on Voice of America is all about him’
OPINION Geoffrey Cowan and James K. Glassman Are Wrong to Defend Mismanaged Voice of America. Their Misguided Defense…
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.…
Update: Guilty Plea in USAGM Senior Official Corruption Case
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. Department of Justice announced in a June 27, 2019 press release…
Government media agency chief John Lansing calls for a closed meeting on USAGM at National Press Club
BBG Watch Commentary on USAGM Apparently not disturbed by knowledge of public diplomacy or experience to know what…
HELLE DALE A Year Later, Still No Justice for Chinese Voice of America Journalists
BBG Watch Media Commentary Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, has a new…
Public Diplomacy Challenges for the Trump Administration
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) has posted multiple raw videos without any commentary or context…
Voice of America senior manager gives a smug response to Iranian American raising concerns
BBG Watch Commentary Matthew Baise, the Director of Digital Strategy for U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), gave…
Anti-U.S. and Anti-Israel Images from Most Popular Voice of America News Videos
BBG Watch Commentary For a background on these images from videos posted online by U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
Voice of America shows torching of U.S. and Israeli flags in videos with no balance or American views
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s propaganda media outlet RT was not the only one to fan flames of anti-Americanism…
Steve Goldstein sworn-in today as Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy will sit in for Tillerson on BBG Board
BBG Watch Commentary Irwin Steven (Steve) Goldstein was sworn in today, December 4, 2017, as Under Secretary for…
White House close to naming new BBG CEO with broad public media experience
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has confirmed with several sources that the White House has narrowed down its…
Voice of America failed to report Ben Rhodes represented Obama at Castro funeral
BBG Watch Commentary Practically defunct (Hillary Clinton’s words), U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) failed…
Richard Stengel is Obama’s nominee for Chairman of Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch News and Commentary President Obama announced his intent to nominate Richard Stengel for Member and Chairman…
Voice of America revels in anti-U.S. ignorance abroad
BBG Watch Commentary We are sorry to report that with increasing frequency in recent months U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M…
Leadership and experience matter, as Radio and TV Martí Director shows
BBG Watch Commentary While the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), which runs Radio and TV Martí, is part…
Not by accident, Richard Stengel had a better trip to Russia than BBG Chair Jeff Shell
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell’s trip to Russia turned out to be…
David Satter on U.S. international media reform
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In an exclusive interview with BBG Watch, U.S. journalist, author and Russia expert David Satter…
BBG Channelling from Bad to Worse
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) newsroom is now slightly faster, if not vastly better, in…
BBG meets with Secretary Kerry, gets praise despite anti-Israel, pro-Putin messaging
BBG Watch Commentary According to Secretary Kerry, “Today’s Broadcasting Board of Governors is not the BBG of a…
Did Voice of America go too far in calling Raul Castro Obama’s ‘Ally of New Era of US-Cuba Ties’
BBG Watch Just Asking Commentary Did U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) not only engaged in some unfortunate…
Smart Soft Power Needs Flexibility and Diversification
Smart Soft Power Diversified Diversified Outreach of U.S. Media and Public Diplomacy During the Cold War – American…
Voice of America misleads world with Donald Trump headline, endangers Americans
BBG Watch Commentary After trying to convince the world last week that Americans were in a “State…
Carter Administration opposed consolidation of U.S. government broadcasting and Voice of America privatization
Commentary By Ted Lipien Recently released U.S. government documents show that President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor (1977–1981)…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: Reform and adult supervision for Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors and Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC. In an…
VOA Charter ignored, says former Voice of America director
BBG Watch Commentary We would like to offer this commentary from BBG Watch as an introduction to highlighting…
Voice of America Reporter Jim Malone Against VOA Journalists Countering Violent Extremism
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Reporter Jim Malone Against VOA Journalists Countering Violent Extremism [Click HERE to…
75th Anniversary of Sumner Welles Declaration – U.S. Public Diplomacy from Success to Failure at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary This week marked the 75th anniversary of the Welles Declaration, one of the most powerful…
Foreign Affairs Committee passes legislation to reform Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Thursday, May 21, 2015, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to reform…
Policy heavyweights support Royce-Engel U.S. media reform bill
BBG Watch Commentary According to a new report released by the Aspen Institute, at the third annual Aspen…
DAVID JACKSON How to Save the Voice of America
BBG Watch Media Former Voice of America (VOA) director David S. Jackson has published an opinion article on…
Voice of America can’t get news of its own reform right
BBG Watch Media It is unlikely in the extreme that Voice of America (VOA) director David Ensor (who…
Wilson Center Panel on Reform of BBG
BBG Watch The Woodrow Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy program sponsored a panel discussion on reforming U.S.…