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Voice of America and Broadcasting Board of Governors chiefs allow biased reporting
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BBG Watch History When Voice of America and Radio Free Europe were praised in Congress By Ted Lipien…
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Guest Commentary Putin’s Judicial Intimidation Against Voice of America and Radio Liberty Seems To Be Working By Ted…
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BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America Russian Service has posted a report and video on the 77th…
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BBG Watch Russia using history as propaganda, Polish FM warns By Ted Lipien In an…
1944 Warsaw Uprising Betrayed by Pro-Stalin WWII Voice of America
BBG Watch History August 1 marks the anniversary of the start of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising launched against…
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OPINION VOA Should Quote Experts, Not Mix News With Commentary By Ted Lipien Voice of America…
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VOA Director Orders Bias Training In Wake of Criticisms
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History On the 101 anniversary of the birth of legendary Voice of America Polish Service journalist and broadcaster…
Op-Ed: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty can’t cope with Putin propaganda
BBG Watch Media Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum and British journalist Edward Lucas assert in a Washington Post…
Harry Wu, Champion of Human Rights, CUSIB Board Member Dies
BBG Watch The Laogai Research Foundation and the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) announced the…
Op-Ed: Cuba jazz musician snubbed by White House and Voice of America
BBG Watch Media A controversy over the Obama White House treatment of Cuban jazz musician Paquito D’Rivera has…
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: VOA Swears in Pulitzer Winner as New Director After Yearlong Vacancy
BBG Watch Media Government Executive reporter Charles Clark noted in a recent report the appointment of Amanda Bennett…
Op-Ed: Voice of America or Voice of Castro without any balance?
BBG Watch Media An
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BBG Watch History April 13 is observed in Poland as Katyn Memorial Day. It commemorates over 22,000 Poles…
Correcting Voice of America history
BBG Watch Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director, Ted Lipien, who earlier in his VOA career…
Anti-Israel RFE/RL Facebook message may inspire terrorists | Digital Journal Op-Ed
BBG Watch Media “U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) posted an anti-Israel Facebook message which may inspire…
A Fantasy of Success at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary “‘It’s a whirlwind of positive change.’ Summing up the recent (February 26 [2016]) bimonthly public…
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…
McKinney Russell (1929-2016) – diplomat, Radio Liberty reporter, Voice of America manager
BBG Watch History McKinney Russell (1929-2016). Family courtesy photo. McKinney Russell (1929-2016) – diplomat, Radio Liberty reporter, Voice…
‘A phony John Paul II love story distorted his real persona’ op-ed includes a rare VOA interview
BBG Watch Commentary A Digital Journal op-ed “A phony John Paul II love story distorted his real persona,”…
Good CEO, some good ideas, bad overall strategy
BBG Watch Guest Commentary Good CEO, some good ideas, bad overall strategy By Ted Lipien John…
Pro-status quo BBG Washington insider criticized for resisting BBG reform
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BBG CEO and media executives disavow BBG analyst’s view of impact
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Voice of America and Radio Free Europe in ‘Closer to the Moon’ movie
History Voice of America and Radio Free Europe in ‘Closer to the Moon’ movie By Ted Lipien…
Appointment of an information czar is bureaucratic overreach | WT op-ed
BBG Watch Media A single U.S. information czar not confirmed by the U.S. Senate in charge of absolutely…
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Commentary Ted Lipien, who is one of BBG Watch’s sponsors and supporters, has agreed to write for us…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: Reform needed for U.S. soft power to work
BBG Watch Media “U.S. needs more money for more soft power outreach abroad, but Congress and President must…
Former VOA director Evelyn Lieberman dies at 71
By Ted Lipien The New York Times chose to use a catchy headline, “Evelyn Lieberman, Aide Who Moved…
CUSIB, other experts disagree with David Ensor and one Superman CEO solution for BBG
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Martial law Poland – Kirk Douglas and Voice of America
By Ted Lipien A few Voice of America English newsroom correspondents and some VOA managers who…
How Frank Sinatra and Voice of America countered communist propaganda
By Ted Lipien Today, December 12, 2015, is Frank Sinatra’s birthday. He would have been…
How Kirk Douglas and Radio Free Europe countered Soviet propaganda
By Ted Lipien Despite gasps of indignation from the Kremlin and quite a few Western fellow travelers who…
Op-Ed: Voice of America falsely tells world U.S. is in a “State of Fear”
BBG Watch Media “Two days before President Obama’s Oval Office address on domestic terrorism, the Voice of America…
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)…
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Digital Journal op-ed: Voice of America in intellectual twilight zone against Putin
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Kudos to RFE/RL
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The Katyn Massacre Lie and U.S. International Broadcasting
BBG Watch Guest Commentary The Katyń Lie and U.S. International Broadcasting Why did the Voice of…
Op-Ed: Voice of America disappoints
BBG Watch Media “U.S. taxpayer funded Voice of America (VOA) has problems offering timely analysis of Kremlin propaganda,…
Op-Ed: Walter Isaacson on U.S. media and public diplomacy
BBG Watch Media American writer Walter Isaacson, in a Broadcasting Board of Governors conversation about U.S. public diplomacy…
Op-Ed: Voice of America can learn from State Dept. about social media
BBG Watch Media “When it comes to a few important journalistic new media skills, such as speed of…