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AFGE: Journalists, Federal Workers, and Unions File Lawsuit to Challenge Closure of U.S. Agency for Global Media

  • March 24, 2025
USAGM Watch Commentary The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents 820,000 government workers, and many U.S.…
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Congress must save the good journalists at VOA, RFE/RL, RFA, Radio TV Marti, MBN | LIPIEN in THE HILL

  • March 17, 2025
President Trump’s decision to shut down the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Radio y Televisión Martí in Cuba and other…
Image included in a 2022 message to staff from VOA Acting Director Yolanda Lopez.
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All Voice of America Full Time Employees Put on Paid Administrative Leave, VOA May Survive But Emerge Much Smaller, Future of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, other USAGM Grantees Uncertain | BREAKING NEWS

  • March 15, 2025
USAGM Commentary Multiple Voice of America (VOA) full-time employees report that they have received e-mails from the U.S.…
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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…
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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RFE/RL Issues Vague Denial of Offering Job to Pro-Crimea Annexation Journalist EXCLUSIVE

  • March 31, 2023
USAGM Watch Media COMMENTARY Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) , which is journalistically independent but is overseen by…
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Estonian-American Leader, Estonian Politician Objects to Voice of America VOA News Report on Putin’s Russia

  • January 24, 2023
USAGM Watch Commentary Mari-Ann Kelam, a leader in the Estonian-American community, Estonian politician, former Estonian Foreign Ministry spokesperson,…
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HISTORY Flora Wovschin — Codename ZORA — Was The Most Active Soviet Spy But Not The Most Valuable Agent of Influence at WWII Voice of America

  • November 9, 2022
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Following reports that due to multiple security violations the Office of Personnel…
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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Voice of America and USAGM Need Rescue

  • July 9, 2022
Voice of America and USAGM need rescue and good leadership as the U.S. Senate contemplates the nomination of…
RFE/RL Ukrainian service's journalist Vira Hyrych
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RFE/RL Mourns Death of Ukrainian Service Journalist Vira Hyrych in Russian Air Strike in Kyiv

  • April 29, 2022
USAGM Watch volunteer journalists join Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in mourning the death of Ukrainian…
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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Ukraine is the area of decision between Russia and the Free World

  • March 19, 2022
Ukraine is today “the area of decision between Russia and the Free World” and “the one big problem”…
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USAGM Advisory Board Is Not Enough 

  • March 14, 2022
The U.S. Agency for Global Media needs more than just a USAGM Advisory Board. It needs a board…
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RFE/RL Suspends Operations In Russia Following Kremlin Attacks 

  • March 7, 2022
RFE/RL PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia after local tax authorities…
Photograph: New York, New York. A. Marcus Garveyite reading the OWI (Office of War Information) publication Negroes and the War, April 1943. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540, USA. OWI was the Executive Branch agency under the control of the White House. Its Overseas Division produced World War II shortwave radio broadcasts, which were later named the Voice of America (VOA).
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Black history hero Homer Smith fought racism at home and Soviet propaganda abroad

  • February 28, 2022
Smith should be recognized for his principled refusal to contribute to the manipulation of the Western media by…
Russia's War on Ukraine and DC Public Media
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Russia’s War on Ukraine and DC Public Media

  • February 26, 2022
COMMENTARY By Ted Lipien Privileged American public media executives, editors, and reporters may not realize how insensitive some…
Bureaucracy Warning Sign
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USAGM performance in Afghanistan – a threat to journalists in Ukraine

  • February 13, 2022
USAGM leadership’s approach to Ukraine is dangerous for U.S. Agency for Global Media journalists, including those from Voice…
Howard Fast OWI Personnel Record Card Voice of America at 80
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Voice of America at 80 – VOA’s Pro-Soviet Fellow Travelers and Lessons for Today

  • January 24, 2022
Voice of America at 80 – the hidden record of VOA’s pro-Soviet fellow travelers, Howard Fast and John…
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Voice of America VOA News Failed to Report on Rejection of Bipartisan Congressional Friends of Belarus Caucus’ Plea to Biden to Meet Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

  • July 26, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary The Voice of America VOA News English-language website has not reported the recent forming of…
Washingtonian Tegaru protesting in front of the VOA building in DC demanding they cover #TigrayGenocide. The photo was posted on Twitter on June 2, 2021 by Rahel Tigraweyti (ሃገረ ዓባይ ትግራይ) @RYifter.
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Voice of America’s failure in Ethiopia needs Biden’s attention for stopping genocide and reforming VOA and USAGM

  • July 2, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien #TigrayGenocide President Biden must act quickly to reform the Voice of America…
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Biden can combat foreign propaganda by reforming Voice of America

  • June 30, 2021
OPINION An op-ed in The Washington Examiner by a co-founder and supporter of USAGM Watch was written in…
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RFE/RL President Says ‘We will not be silenced’ in Russia

  • May 14, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks that he can silence Radio Liberty in…
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Mark Pomar Sees Opportunity for Radio Liberty to Stand Up to Putin After Being Kicked Out from Russia, Peter Gross Noted

  • May 6, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary Peter Gross, Ph.D., professor emeritus and former Director of the University of Tennessee’s School of…
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LIPIEN – Putin is blackmailing Radio Liberty

  • May 4, 2021
OPINION An op-ed by Ted Lipien, former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president, former Voice of…
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Russia’s RT Beat Voice of America on Biden Armenian Genocide Story

  • April 29, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary Russian state TV and web news channel RT was more than half an hour ahead…
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From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: RFE/RL President Condemns Ongoing Belarus Media Crackdown As Ihar Losik Marks 300 Days In Detention

  • April 23, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary USAGM Watch citizen journalists express their full support and solidarity with Belarus blogger Ihar Losik…
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BBC Russian: Radio Liberty and Current Time Invited Some Employees to Leave Russia

  • April 15, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary BBC Russian Service reported online that the leadership of Radio Liberty and the Current Time…
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U.S. State Department condemns Russia’s fines against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

  • March 5, 2021
USAGM Watch Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has received support in a statement from U.S. State Department spokesperson…
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