RFE/RL Mourns Death of Ukrainian Service Journalist Vira Hyrych in Russian Air Strike in Kyiv
USAGM Watch volunteer journalists join Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in mourning the death of Ukrainian…
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…
Voice of America’s failure in Ethiopia needs Biden’s attention for stopping genocide and reforming VOA and USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien #TigrayGenocide President Biden must act quickly to reform the Voice of America…
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…
70 Years of Radio Free Europe
USAGM Watch History U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO Michael Pack said in a message to Radio…
Happy Birthday Radio Free Europe
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Happy Birthday Radio Free Europe! I had lived in communist-ruled Poland until…
USAGM CEO Criticized by Some Conservatives for Firing Jamie Fly and Alberto Fernandez
USAGM Watch Commentary – Review of Media Reactions Please note that USAGM Watch neither represents nor endorses any…
Boris Nemtsov Defended Radio Liberty Journalists
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary We can report with some satisfaction that Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
Kirk Douglas on Radio Free Europe and Voice of America
By Ted Lipien As Putin’s propagandists are again spreading lies around the world and trying to undermine American…
USAGM CEO nominee Michael Pack pledges to protect journalistic integrity
BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary Michael Pack, President Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Agency for Global…
RFE/RL to get new president Jamie Fly with approval from Mike Pompeo EXCLUSIVE
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary BBG – USAGM has confirmed that Jamie Fly, a senior fellow and director…
USAGM CEO told critics to go away
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary More than a year ago U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO John…
German public radio reports on RFE/RL posting authoritarian propaganda
BBG Watch Commentary German domestic’s public radio Deutschlandfunk reported recently on widespread accusations made by independent journalists against…
VOA Chinese Service censored Pompeo speech while other USAGM news sites ignored it EXCLUSIVE
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary It appears from multiple online searches of U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
HISTORY Collusion: How the State Department tried to save Voice of America from Soviet influence in WWII
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The history of the Voice of America has been written around the false…
Dysfunctional USAGM Imposes Unacceptable Risks on Its Journalists
OPINION Unacceptable Risks US Government International Broadcasting: World Press Freedom Day at USAGM By The Federalist…
What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL?
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL? • In…
Voice of America disinformation on Khadija Ismayilova for Press Freedom Day
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the federal U.S. Agency for Global…
Managers behind RFE/RL Tajik crisis leave with generous praise from leaders who stay
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary “A Western voice has tilted toward post-Soviet authoritarian leader in Central Asia, say…
VOA – Iran – RT Tweet Circle
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A Voice of America (VOA) correspondent felt the need to tweet Wednesday about…
Think-tank declares USAGM reforms of VOA and RFE/RL Iran programs inadequate EXCLUSIVE
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE A just released study by the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) concludes…
RFE/RL achieves a pro-Iran regime ‘Hate America’ impact
BBG – USAGM Guest Commentary RFE/RL from Headline to Impact By Ted Lipien How a U.S.…
Paul Goble on the need to reform and save RFE/RL to counter Russian censorship and propaganda
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary America’s top expert on Kremlin propaganda Paul Goble has commented on the controversy over Radio…
Tajik Dictator’s Propaganda Promoted by U.S. Tax-funded RFE/RL
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The e-mail reposted below with some minor editing was sent to BBG Watch…
RFE/RL Tajik Service – One Scandal Too Many Under USAGM CEO John Lansing
BBG – USAGM Watch According to an e-mail seen by BBG – USAGM Watch, a top lieutenant to…
Twitter poll: VOA and Radio Farda USAGM Iran audience claims are false
BBG Watch Commentary A Twitter poll, launched on March 21, 2019 by Radio Farda personality, political satirist, actor…
HISTORY Rep. Howard H. Buffett, Warren Buffett’s father, feared domestic VOA propaganda
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Domestic Propaganda Cold War Radio Museum has posted on its…
Allegations of old anti-Semitism part of new scandals at USAGM’s Voice of America and RFE/RL
BBG – USAGM Commentary Various niche media outlets were reporting last week on new serious allegations against the…
RFE/RL claims Iran clergy “remains firmly in place” as criticism of Radio Farda, VOA and USAGM goes viral
BBG Watch Commentary In a new video from U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which is managed…
HISTORY 1953 CIA Source: People Died in Czechoslovakia Because of Pro-Communist Propaganda from Voice of America
OPINION AND ANALYSIS Cold War Radio Museum 1953 CIA Source: People Died in Czechoslovakia Because of Pro-Communist…
Iranians curse USAGM’s RFE/RL Radio Farda for repeating regime propaganda
BBG Watch Commentary Iranians are enraged by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Radio Farda, as well as in…
USAGM CEO Lansing blasts critics who exposed his agency’s illegal Facebook ads targeting Americans
BBG Watch Commentary In a letter to the Editor of The Los Angeles Times, CEO of the U.S.…
Congress exposes repeated violations of Smith-Mundt Act in USAGM agency’s Facebook ads targeting Americans
BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee…
USAGM CEO John Lansing ignored early warnings of ads targeting Americans
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO John Lansing, who had been appointed in 2015 during…
HISTORY The Year 1968 in the History of Samizdat
Reposted Commentary Cold War Radio Museum The Year 1968 in the History of Samizdat The recent death…
Lyudmila Alekseyeva defended Radio Liberty Russian journalists fired by RFE/RL bosses
BBG Watch Commentary Lyudmila Alekseyeva (alternative spelling: Alexeyeva, Alexeeva), a veteran defender of human rights and a prominent…
Tuning in to BQ Cullum — the Voice of America
BBG Watch Media Report and Commentary A local American newspaper has posted a profile of radio and television…
USAGM outlets VOA and RFE/RL Radio Farda absent at Pompeo news conference on Iran sanctions
BBG Watch Commentary According to Iranian-American Mahtab Farid, neither the U.S. tax-funded and Federally-managed Voice of America (VOA)…
Who leaked an embarrassing video for RFE/RL – Voice of America Russian TV?
BBG Watch Commentary A leaked rehearsal video for the Russian-language Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)-Voice of…
Cold War Lessons for Voice of America in China — Plight of VOA Mandarin Five
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This article is reposted from the Cold War Radio Museum – coldwarradiomuseum.com – website.…
VOA Fires or Proposes Removal of 15 Hausa Service Employees for ‘Improper Conduct’
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has been warning about similar potential problems of foreign influence in other Voice…
USAGM Misappropriated ‘Watch’ Domains to Stifle Criticism by US Media
BBG Watch Commentary In an unprecedented and stunning betrayal of public trust and its mission, the newly-renamed United…
USAGM The Rebranded Tower of Babel
OPINION U-SAG-M! The Rebranded Tower of Babel Old Is New, New Is Old By The Federalist …
Pro-Stalin Voice of America Propaganda Revealed in 1984 VOA Interview with Józef Czapski – Cold War Radio Museum
BBG Watch History A Cold War Radio Museum article points out official bias and censorship in Voice of…
Washinton Post fails to note Khadija Ismayilova’s fight with RFE/RL ( BBG – USAGM ) management
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Post article, published September 1, 2018, says that award-winning Azeri investigative journalist Khadija…
BBG’s – now USAGM – systemic failure on Iran coverage
BBG Watch Commentary on USAGM “Additionally, in the aggregate, reportage on bilateral relations between the U.S.…
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…
Tom Kent leaving RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary Having published a letter to the New York Times editor in defense of his stewardship…
RFE/RL targeted Americans with a pro-Kremlin Facebook ad EXCLUSIVE NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTING NYT REPORT
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has obtained screenshots showing that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a…