Sen. Menendez sets meeting to review USAGM CEO nomination of Amanda Bennett
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a business meeting for Thursday, June 23, 2022, to review several…
The Worst Is On The Horizon For USAGM
USAGM Commentary By The Federalist US Agency for Global Mayhem: The Worst Is On The Horizon The Biden…
Former Voice of America Reporters Shocked by VOA Propaganda Video from Russia
Some call it a VOA propaganda video from Russia. USAGM Watch Commentary Raw video footage from the reopening…
McCaul Calls for Additional Scrutiny of USAGM CEO Nominee Amanda Bennett
McCaul Calls for Additional Scrutiny of USAGM CEO Nominee Press Release 06.09.22 Media Contact 202-225-5021 Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs…
Senator Menendez Hints At Tough Questions for Amanda Bennett About USAGM Job
Amanda Bennett is likely to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the position of the CEO of…
Mismanagement Charges Against USAGM CEO Nominee Amanda Bennett
Former Voice of America director Amanda Bennett, a nominee for U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO position,…
Beware of Government Propaganda “Experts”
Disinformation governance by government propaganda experts can be dangerous, judging by the record of the early officials in…
Rep. Scott Perry: VOA Misallocates Funds and Suppresses Negative Stories About Iran
Voice of America – VOA misallocates funds, said Rep. Scott Perry (R., Pa.) who accused VOA and U.S.…
USAGM performance in Afghanistan – a threat to journalists in Ukraine
USAGM leadership’s approach to Ukraine is dangerous for U.S. Agency for Global Media journalists, including those from Voice…
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…
Deceptive USAGM Numbers
Deceptive USAGM numbers hide the lack of relevance and effectiveness of the $800 million federal U.S. Agency for…
Breaking News Failures at VOA Still Not in the Past
A commentary on breaking news failures at VOA by Dan Robinson. One of the huge problems at Voice…
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…
Part THREE: Voice of America Struggles to Detect Violations of Journalistic Standards, Enforce Guidelines
AS VOICE OF AMERICA STRUGGLES, VIOLATORS OF STANDARDS SHOWERED WITH PRAISE, IN SOME CASES RE-HIRED, PROMOTED USAGM Watch…
WP Mentions USAGM Watch: a Possible Amanda Bennett Nomination May Offend Ethnic Voters
Possible Amanda Bennett nomination for USAGM could offend ethnic voters and face trouble in the Senate because of…
PART TWO: Voice of America Journalistic Standards — Struggles to Detect Violations, Enforce Guidelines
Voice of America journalistic standards editor is seen as a paper tiger under the current leadership of the…
Part ONE: Voice of America Struggles to Detect Violations of Journalistic Standards, Enforce Guidelines
Voice of America Deletes Tweets By A Key Correspondent USAGM Watch Commentary We’re going to bury the lead…
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…
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…
Communists in Cuba Getting Soft Treatment from Voice of America
Communists in Cuba getting soft treatment from the Voice of America under past and current VOA and U.S.…
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…
U.S. Agency for Global Media – Here We Go Again
OPINION U.S. Agency for Global Media…Here We Go Again By The Federalist If there is one thing the…
USAGM Patterns of Manipulation
OPINION U.S. Agency for Global Media Patterns of Manipulation by Longtime Government Officials by The Federalist Perhaps the…
‘Voice of America listens to bullsh**,’ outraged independent Meduza journalist dismisses a VOA Russian Service report
USAGM Watch Commentary Galina Timchenko, a Russian journalist and executive editor of Meduza, a Riga, Latvia-based independent online…
Voice of America is airing Ethiopian propaganda, South African Mail & Guardian reports
USAGM Watch Commentary An article by Zecharias Zelalem an Ethiopian freelance journalist, which appears on the South African…
Charges of a Coverup by USAGM and VOA Management in Controversy Over Ethiopia Coverage
USAGM Watch Commentary by Former VOA English and Foreign Language Reporters As sources underscore, to gain a thorough…
Current and Former U.S. Agency for Global Media Executives Protected Controversial VOA Managers
USAGM Watch Commentary by Former VOA English and VOA Foreign Language Reporters As we pointed out recently, problems…
Bad Management At Voice of America and USAGM Starts At The Very Top
Voice of America central English newsroom and VOA language services have in recent years been the focus of…
New Questions About Leadership at Voice of America and USAGM Regarding Ethiopia
USAGM Watch Commentary by Former VOA English and VOA Foreign Language Reporters Here We Go Again: New Questions…
Russia’s RT Beat Voice of America on Biden Armenian Genocide Story
USAGM Watch Commentary Russian state TV and web news channel RT was more than half an hour ahead…
Good Enough for Government Work at Voice of America Newsroom
USAGM Watch Commentary In previous years, BBG Watch – the predecessor of USAGM Watch – made part of…
Rumors, Myths, Untruths and Half-Truths from U.S. Agency for Global Media
From USAGM Watch Citizen Journalists: We are pleased to see the return of The Federalist, our longtime contributor…
Assessing the Terrain: USAGM Watch Resumes Watchdog Role
Assessing the Terrain: USAGM Watch Resumes Watchdog Role USAGM Watch Commentary Four months into 2021, the former BBG…
Voice of America Delayed For Five Days Posting Story on Senator Menendez Criticism of USAGM CEO OCB Appointment
USAGM Watch Commentary It took the Voice of America (VOA), U.S. tax-funded broadcaster, five days after Senator Bob…
Senator Bob Menendez questions USAGM acting CEO’s decision to appoint Sylvia Rosabal as Director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting
New Announcement from USAGM Watch Citizen Journalists Citizen journalists working as unpaid volunteers for non-partisan and independent USAGM…
Former Voice of America Reporter Makes Accusations
USAGM Watch Commentary In a Letter to the Editor of The Washington Post, a former Voice of America…
New Voice of America Director Robert Reilly Promises to Resist Political Pressure
USAGM Watch Commentary In a message today to Voice of America (VOA) staff, new VOA director Robert Reilly,…
VOA – ‘The voice of which America?’ by Juliana Geran Pilon
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien I would like to wish BBG – USAGM Watch readers who celebrate…
Former Voice of America Head Robert Reilly Was Chosen By USAGM CEO Michael Pack To Return As VOA Director
USAGM Watch Commentary USAGM Watch has learned that former Voice of America (VOA) director Robert Reilly was chosen…
USAGM CEO Michael Pack, His Critics, Analyses by Former and Current VOA Journalists
USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, Trump-appointed and U.S. Senate confirmed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media…
SIDEBAR: Where 2016 Consultant Report Recommendations Missed The Mark
USAGM Watch Commentary EDITOR’S NOTE: A USAGM staffer reacts to key aspects of the Executive Summary of the…
Different Names of the Voice of America
Cold War Radio Museum By Ted Lipien The U.S. taxpayer-funded and U.S. government-operated international radio broadcaster established in…
Voice of America Between A Firewall and Accountability
USAGM Watch OPINION and COMMENTARY By Ted Lipien What is more important: protecting Voice of America (VOA) U.S.…
USAGM – US Agency for Global Mayhem – Don’t Get Fooled – Again
OPINION – GUEST COMMENTARY US Agency for Global Mayhem Don’t Get Fooled – Again By The Federalist To…
ROBINSON and ELLIOTT on Reforming USAGM in Charge of Voice of America, Other USG Media
USAGM Watch Media Commentary The Biden Choice on USAGM: Business as Usual, or Major Change. By Dan Robinson,…
Biden’s USAGM Transition Leader Richard Stengel Pushed Normalization with Castro’s Cuba for OCB and VOA EXCLUSIVE
USAGM Watch Commentary According to two individuals who attended closed meetings of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Native Americans, 2020 Elections, and Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary Many U.S. news media outlets have reported that President Trump may have lost at least…
Exposing’Rot’ at USAGM May Be More Likely in Liberal Media with Trump Out and Biden In
USAGM Watch Commentary Liberal U.S. media outlets, or if one prefers to call them left-leaning, were reluctant to…