80 Years of VOA: Different Names of the Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary 80 years ago today, on February 1, 1942, the first Voice of America (VOA) radio…
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…
Symbolic Justice for Stalin’s Victims, But Not Yet From Voice of America Management
Commentaries about Stalin’s victims, Voice of America By Ted Lipien (Tadeusz Lipień) In my Washington Examiner Christmas Day…
Deceptive USAGM Numbers
Deceptive USAGM numbers hide the lack of relevance and effectiveness of the $800 million federal U.S. Agency for…
More of the same for the USAGM
U.S. Agency for Global Media may get a new leader. Judging by her record as a former Voice of…
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…
Voice of America Censors ‘Let’s Go Brandon’
Voice of America censors “Let’s go Brandon” phrase in an apparent effort to protect President Biden. No VOA…
Possible Biden Nomination of Amanda Bennett Would Offend Immigrant Voters, Risks More Scandals at USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary Politico report suggesting that President Biden may nominate former Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda…
As Terrorists Kill Family Member of DW Journalist, VOA Offers Optimistic Taliban-Focused News from Afghanistan – Example II
Voice of America – VOA offers largely optimistic Taliban-focused news from Afghanistan meant to reassure the Afghans, particularly…
As Taliban Kills Family Member of DW Journalist, VOA Offers Optimistic News from Afghanistan – Example I
Voice of America – VOA offers largely optimistic Taliban-focused news from Afghanistan meant to reassure the Afghans, particularly…
USAGM or US Agency for Global Mayhem
USAGM or US Agency for Global Mayhem: Cut, Run and Lost Credibility A Commentary By The Federalist “In…
Voice of America Polygraph.Info Posts Against Russia Fake News Have Near Zero Likes After 4 Years
USAGM Watch Commentary Despite being sold to members of the U.S. Congress and U.S. media as one of…
How Zofia Korbońska, Voice of America refugee journalist, campaigned against communism, resisted German-Nazi fascism
Zofia Korbońska, a Voice of America refugee journalist, was a remarkable Polish-American woman who fought against two of…
Voice of America VOA News Failed to Report on Rejection of Bipartisan Congressional Friends of Belarus Caucus’ Plea to Biden to Meet Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
USAGM Watch Commentary The Voice of America VOA News English-language website has not reported the recent forming of…
Shameful Voice of America VOA News Reporting Failure on U.S.-Germany Nord Stream Deal
USAGM Watch Commentary by Ted Lipien I was pleased to see that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), where…
Longtime Execs at Low Employee Morale USAGM Against Former Short-Time CEO
USAGM Watch Commentary USAGM Watch offers a selection of links to media articles and official U.S. government documents…
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…
USAGM Patterns of Manipulation
OPINION U.S. Agency for Global Media Patterns of Manipulation by Longtime Government Officials by The Federalist Perhaps the…
RFE/RL President Says ‘We will not be silenced’ in Russia
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks that he can silence Radio Liberty in…
Mark Pomar Sees Opportunity for Radio Liberty to Stand Up to Putin After Being Kicked Out from Russia, Peter Gross Noted
USAGM Watch Commentary Peter Gross, Ph.D., professor emeritus and former Director of the University of Tennessee’s School of…
LIPIEN – Putin is blackmailing Radio Liberty
OPINION An op-ed by Ted Lipien, former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president, former Voice of…
BBC Russian: Radio Liberty and Current Time Invited Some Employees to Leave Russia
USAGM Watch Commentary BBC Russian Service reported online that the leadership of Radio Liberty and the Current Time…
U.S. State Department condemns Russia’s fines against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
USAGM Watch Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has received support in a statement from U.S. State Department spokesperson…
Biden’s USAGM Transition Member Bruce Sherman Claimed Crimeans Wanted Annexation by Russia
USAGM Watch Commentary Bruce Sherman, one of the members of the advisory transition team selected by President-elect Joe…
Biden Ignored VOA and RFE/RL in His Article on Russian Propaganda, Needs to Reform USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary While President-Elect Joe Biden has been a strong longtime supporter of U.S. international broadcasting, especially…
HISTORY WWII Voice of America Communist Propaganda to Yugoslavia
Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Thanks to several lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, the U.S. Congress…
Former RT Reporter Now With Voice of America Claims VOA Censored His White House Interview
USAGM Watch Commentary Bricio Segovia, a journalist from Spain now working for the Voice of America (VOA) on…
How Voice of America lost control of its website to obscene Russian trolls for eight years
OPINION “How Voice of America lost control of its website to obscene Russian trolls for eight years” by…
Reassignments of Managers by New CEO Expected at USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, the newly Senate-confirmed CEO of the $800 million mismanaged U.S. Agency for Global…
Voice of America Doctor Who Brought AIDS Information to USSR and Saved Lives
By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum At one time during the Cold War, the taxpayer-funded, U.S.…
Steady Stream of Good China News Propaganda from Voice of America
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY While posting a few short reports in recent days on how the communist China uses…
Boris Nemtsov Defended Radio Liberty Journalists
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary We can report with some satisfaction that Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
VOA repeats Russian claim: Stalin “saved European democracy”
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America dispensed—unchallenged—a propaganda lie from Putin’s disinformation specialists claiming…
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…
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…
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…
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…
HISTORY: First VOA director was a communist sympathizer, State Dept. warned FDR White House, denied him U.S. passport
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) journalists who have learned about the history of their organization from…
Biden ignores RFE/RL, VOA, BBG in Foreign Affairs article on Russian propaganda
OPINION An important article in Foreign Affairs on Russia’s propaganda and disinformation against the West, “How to Stand…
Stunning BBG CEO John Lansing SPUTNIK interview: ‘US, Russia Not in State of Information War’
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John F. Lansing apparently gave an interview to Russia’s…
State Department expert: Western ads provide 60-80% of Russian propaganda funding
BBG Watch Commentary A State Department Russian Affairs Political Officer Timothy Nelson said in a public forum that…
Are Voice of America and Radio Liberty obeying Russian court ruling on Nazi-Soviet anniversaries?
Guest Commentary Putin’s Judicial Intimidation Against Voice of America and Radio Liberty Seems To Be Working By Ted…
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…
Anne Applebaum could help Voice of America be on guard against Putin propaganda
BBG Watch Commentary Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Anne Applebaum, author of “Gulag: A History,” which Newsweek called “The most…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not Salesmanship
OPINION This is a guest commentary. Other opinions are welcome. Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not…
Voice of America for Trump in a Russian puff video
BBG Watch Commentary A number of former and current Voice of America (VOA) journalists, including both…
Voice of America casts doubts Russia was behind Democrats’ emails leak
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) has issued a confusing news report in English to…
BBG bureaucracy successful in covering up its bungling of Jeff Shell’s trip to Russia, conflict of interest issues
BBG Watch Commentary The failing bureaucracy of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has been largely successful so…
Clueless U.S. agency invites Putin’s officials to RFE/RL party, they boot their chairman out of Russia instead
BBG Watch Commentary How clueless and mismanaged can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) be? According to an…