Read More 14 minute read Different Names of the Voice of AmericaDecember 5, 2020 Cold War Radio Museum By Ted Lipien The U.S. taxpayer-funded and U.S. government-operated international radio broadcaster established in…
Read More 2 minute read ‘Voice of One America’ on Voice of America is against US lawNovember 30, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien, who is a co-founder and…
Read More 4 minute read USAGM & Transition Team Work Plan and Requests EXCLUSIVENovember 29, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary USAGM Watch has received a copy of “USAGM & Transition Work Plans and Request,” which…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America Between A Firewall and AccountabilityNovember 27, 2020 USAGM Watch OPINION and COMMENTARY By Ted Lipien What is more important: protecting Voice of America (VOA) U.S.…
Read More 10 minute read USAGM – US Agency for Global Mayhem – Don’t Get Fooled – AgainNovember 21, 2020 OPINION – GUEST COMMENTARY US Agency for Global Mayhem Don’t Get Fooled – Again By The Federalist To…
Read More 1 minute read ROBINSON and ELLIOTT on Reforming USAGM in Charge of Voice of America, Other USG MediaNovember 20, 2020 USAGM Watch Media Commentary The Biden Choice on USAGM: Business as Usual, or Major Change. By Dan Robinson,…
Read More 5 minute read Lauded Adviser of Biden’s USAGM Transition Leader Richard Stengel Was Also Chief Aide of Ex BBG CEO Before Conviction for TheftNovember 17, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary President Obama’s Under a Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel…
Read More 5 minute read Biden’s USAGM Transition Leader Richard Stengel Criticized for Advocating Restrictions on Free SpeechNovember 14, 2020 Richard Stengel’s October 29, 2019 op-ed in The Washington Post, “Why America needs a hate speech law,” has been…
Read More 4 minute read Biden Named Richard Stengel Team Lead Transition Volunteer for US Agency for Global Media – USAGMNovember 13, 2020 Former Time magazine editor Richard Stengel who as former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs represented…
Read More 86 minute read Senator Biden and Other Leaders on Transatlantic Relations – VOA’s New Europe Review 2004November 13, 2020 By Ted Lipien In 2004, foreign language broadcasters in the Voice of America (VOA) Eurasia Division in Washington,…
Read More 10 minute read Native Americans, 2020 Elections, and Voice of AmericaNovember 11, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Many U.S. news media outlets have reported that President Trump may have lost at least…
Read More 11 minute read Biden Ignored VOA and RFE/RL in His Article on Russian Propaganda, Needs to Reform USAGMNovember 8, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary While President-Elect Joe Biden has been a strong longtime supporter of U.S. international broadcasting, especially…
Read More 4 minute read My Question for Voice of AmericaNovember 6, 2020 OPINION By Ted Lipien I don’t engage in U.S. partisan politics and do not support one U.S. presidential…
Read More 2 minute read USAGM CEO Michael Pack Rehired Chinese American Journalists Fired by Former Management EXCLUSIVENovember 4, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Regardless of who wins the White House, Michael Pack, Trump-nominated and Senate-confirmed CEO of the…
Read More 4 minute read Trump’s USAGM CEO Set to Rehire Chinese American VOA Refugee Journalists Fired by Former Management EXCLUSIVENovember 3, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Regardless of who wins Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election, Michael Pack, Trump-nominated and Senate-confirmed CEO of…
Read More 1 minute read Public Sex at Voice of AmericaNovember 3, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary No comment from USAGM Watch on a November 2, 2020 report by the Daily Caller.…
Read More 4 minute read Will Voice of America Campaign Video Help Biden Win Michigan?November 2, 2020 USAGM Commentary This BBGWatch.com (USAGM – BBG Watch) video is about the Voice of America (VOA) Urdu Service one-sided social media presentation…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America Newsroom Was Certain on Election Night 2016 Hillary Clinton Would WinNovember 2, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary The day before U.S. Election Day this year, the heads of the tax-funded Voice of…
Read More 6 minute read HISTORY First Voice of America Director of Halloween Fake Radio News FameOctober 31, 2020 USAGM Watch Halloween Commentary By Ted Lipien Happy Halloween! But don’t be fooled by fake radio news. Orson…
Read More 4 minute read MINISCULE, They Are Not: Violations of the VOA CharterOctober 29, 2020 MINISCULE A commentary BBG-USAGM Watch publishes this brief commentary by a contributor, in response to a recent email…
Read More 7 minute read VOA Reporter Apologizes for Halloween Tweet That Sparked Wave of Anti-Trump CommentsOctober 27, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Tweet Taken Down: “I Screwed Up” VOA’s White House bureau chief, Steve Herman, posted what…
Read More 18 minute read HISTORY Refugee Voice of America Journalists Stood Up to the Anti-Reagan VOA Newsroom and Won the Cold WarOctober 26, 2020 By Ted Lipien “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” ― L.P. Hartley, The…
Read More 5 minute read Obama-Biden White House Used Voice of America for Political Publicity with No Protests from VOA, Liberal Media or CongressOctober 21, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary There were no protests from the Voice of America (VOA) English central newsroom reporters, liberal…
Read More 7 minute read Let The Hypocrisy Continue at USAGM and VOAOctober 19, 2020 OPINION by The Federalist US International Broadcasting Voice of America U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) U.S. Agency…
Read More 10 minute read Voice of America Needed Prodding to Report on Hunter Biden New York Post StoryOctober 17, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary It took prodding from outside journalists to get Voice of America (VOA) central English newsroom…
Read More 19 minute read Edward R. Murrow Would Not Have Approved of Partisan or Chinese Communist Propaganda at Voice of AmericaOctober 11, 2020 OPINION by Ted Lipien Voice of America (VOA) directors and some of its current and former editors and…
Read More 7 minute read Plaintiff In Press Freedom Lawsuit Fired Voice of America JournalistsOctober 11, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary In her October 9, 2020 report, “Lawsuit Calls for Immediate Relief from USAGM CEO’s Actions,”…
Read More 2 minute read Dangerously naive VOA journalists make fools of themselvesOctober 8, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director (2006), who during his 34-year…
Read More 6 minute read A “Martyr” for Free Press Who Blocked Journalists Exposing His MistakesOctober 6, 2020 OPINION By The Federalist In the latest U.S Agency for Global Media (USAGM) dust up, the VOA White…
Read More 4 minute read Outgoing HFAC Chair Eliot Engel Calls for Firing of USAGM CEO Michael PackOctober 6, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), outgoing Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, called…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America Reporter in NPR Story Blocked Watchdog Website Journalists in 2017October 5, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary National Public Radio (NPR) reported on October 4, 2020 that two political appointees at the…
Read More 9 minute read Foreign Influence and Conflicts of Interest at Voice of America: Case of the Albanian Ambassador EXCLUSIVEOctober 5, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary While Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and several other countries are definitely spying on…
Read More 8 minute read Harsh Condemnations of Michael Pack at Hearing on USAGM and Voice of AmericaSeptember 24, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat who has lost a…
Read More 40 minute read HISTORY WWII Voice of America Communist Propaganda to YugoslaviaSeptember 14, 2020 Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Thanks to several lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, the U.S. Congress…
Read More 9 minute read USAGM CEO Blames Former Agency and Voice of America Heads for Massive Security BreachesSeptember 11, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, Trump-appointed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), was interviewed by…
Read More 10 minute read Domestic Propaganda By Voice of America Can Skew Election ResultsSeptember 6, 2020 OPINION By The Federalist Partisan domestic propaganda by the federally-funded and government-managed Voice of America (VOA) can skew…
Read More 3 minute read EXCLUSIVE SIDEBAR: VOA Broadcast Managers Had Access to Classified State Department MaterialSeptember 1, 2020 OPINION By Dan Robinson For many years, Voice of America broadcast managers had access to classified State Department…
Read More 8 minute read Questions About 14 Voice of America Journalists Who Protest Against PackSeptember 1, 2020 OPINION By Dan Robinson Murky History of Access to Classified Information by VOA Managers, Reporters A protest now…
Read More 10 minute read Former RT Reporter Now With Voice of America Claims VOA Censored His White House InterviewAugust 29, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Bricio Segovia, a journalist from Spain now working for the Voice of America (VOA) on…
Read More 3 minute read USAGM CEO Promises Journalistic Freedom Under Voice of America CharterAugust 28, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, joined The Federalist Radio Hour…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America Election News 1996 – 2020 Went From Balance to BiasAugust 27, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the $800 million U.S. Agency for Global…
Read More 1 minute read How Voice of America lost control of its website to obscene Russian trolls for eight yearsAugust 26, 2020 OPINION “How Voice of America lost control of its website to obscene Russian trolls for eight years” by…
Read More 2 minute read Media Expose Hidden Voice of America and USAGM ScandalsAugust 25, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Mainstream U.S. media, for now mostly conservative outlets, reporters and commentators, are beginning to focus…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America 2012 Fake Interview with Navalny Was A Security ThreatAugust 22, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Suspected poisoning in Russia of politician and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny is yet another sign…
Read More 8 minute read Some VOA Newsroom Employees Complain About USAGM Release of OPM Report on Security BreachesAugust 19, 2020 OPINION By Dan Robinson Report Detailed Violations in Background Investigation Procedures That USAGM CEO Michael Pack Says Placed…
Read More 4 minute read USAGM Agency Honors Refugee Journalist Who Resisted Fascism and CommunismAugust 17, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien During the German-Nazi occupation of Poland, Zofia Korbońska was a member of…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America Takes Down, Edits, Video With Pro-Biden ContentAugust 13, 2020 OPINION By Dan Robinson The Voice of America on Thursday took down and later reposted an edited version…
Read More 4 minute read Voice Of America Managers Did Not Correct Pro-Biden ErrorsAugust 12, 2020 OPINION By Dan Robinson [EDITOR’S NOTE: As this story was going to press, The New York Post and…
Read More 5 minute read Voice Of America Bosses Used Rare U.S. Visa For Ex-Russia RT Reporter From EU SpainAugust 11, 2020 USAGM – BBG Watch Commentary Liberal news mainstream media outlets in the U.S. have reported that a review…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America Forgets Legacy of Its Anti-Communist Refugee JournalistsAugust 9, 2020 USAGM – BBG Watch OPINION By Ted Lipien I am one of the many former Voice of America…