Read More 4 minute read Happy Birthday Radio Free EuropeJuly 4, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Happy Birthday Radio Free Europe! I had lived in communist-ruled Poland until…
Read More 6 minute read HISTORY How Congress Exposed, Defunded and Stopped Domestic U.S. Government Propaganda in 1943June 22, 2020 During World War II, the federal government’s Office of War Information (OWI), where Voice of America (VOA) radio…
Read More 5 minute read MALONE, BORGIDA, ROBINSON, ANONYMOUS VOA on Letter to Editor About USAGM CEO Michael Pack and Voice of AmericaJune 19, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Two former Voice of America (VOA) reporters Jim Malone and David Borgida wrote in their…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett Says ‘VOA’s protest coverage…nothing short of extraordinary’ as New CEO Starts WorkJune 11, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, President Trump’s appointee to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), was…
Read More 5 minute read U.S. Senate Confirms Michael Pack As Head of USAGMJune 4, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary By Former Voice of America Reporters The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Michael…
Read More 3 minute read Senate Votes to Confirm Michael Pack as USAGM CEOJune 4, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary In a vote nearly completely along party lines, the U.S. Senate confirmed today (June 4,…
Read More 2 minute read Senate Closed Debate on Michael Pack 53-39, Confirmation Vote to FollowJune 4, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Senate did not heed Senator Bob Menedez’s (D-NJ) calls and closed debate on the…
Read More 2 minute read Senator McConnell Scheduled Michael Pack USAGM CEO Confirmation Vote for Thursday, June 4June 3, 2020 Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has scheduled the Senate vote on the nomination of Michael Pack to become CEO of the…
Read More 2 minute read Majority Leader Advanced Senate Vote on Michael Pack for USAGM CEOJune 3, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has asked for waiving the mandatory quorum call on…
Read More 2 minute read President Trump said Voice of America is run in ‘a terrible manner,’ is ‘opposite of the Voice of America’May 15, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary President Trump has renewed his criticism of the Voice of America (VOA) which is now…
Read More 18 minute read Voice of America English News Quoted Putin on End of WWII Anniversary, But Not U.S. Secretary of State and Central European Ministers — Will Michael Pack Fix It?May 14, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary When it comes to history, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is easily winning the propaganda war…
Read More 9 minute read Tax-Funded Voice of America Shows Almost No #MeToo Interest in Joe Biden and Tara ReadeMay 8, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Tax-Funded Voice of America Gave U.S. Voters A Barrage of Russian-style Reporting on Trump and…
Read More 21 minute read Amanda Bennett Is First Voice of America Director at War with Refugees From Communism and Iran EXCLUSIVEMay 4, 2020 USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY Amanda Bennett @abennett·Apr 9·16.7K Followers: “At the @VOANews, we love facts. The fact is Wuhan…
Read More 3 minute read Trump Nominates USAGM Board Chair Ken Weinstein To Be Ambassador to JapanMarch 21, 2020 USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY President Trump announced his intent to nominate Kenneth R. Weinstein to be U.S. Ambassador to…
Read More 13 minute read VOA Director Needs Firm Rules for Meeting Foreign PoliticiansMarch 9, 2020 USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY Recent media reports from Nigeria and social media posts by Nigerian government officials shed an…
Read More 9 minute read Voice of America tweeted false accusations against Covington students but failed to report on CNN settlementJanuary 21, 2020 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded and U.S. government-managed Voice of America (VOA) English-language news website…
Read More 11 minute read The Great Numbers Game at U.S. Agency for Global MediaDecember 13, 2019 OPINION The Great Numbers Game at U.S. Agency for Global Media By The Federalist The U.S.…
Read More 5 minute read Violations of VOA Charter — Firewall Breached Part IIINovember 5, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary FOR BACKGROUND SEE: NBC’s Andy Lack visited Ukraine as US official in charge…
Read More 8 minute read False claim in Voice of America reporter’s tweet about a dead Kurdish girlOctober 16, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Experts critical of Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyib Erdoğan have raised…
Read More 8 minute read US Agency for Global Media John Lansing DepartsSeptember 10, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary OPINION U-SAG-M US Agency for Global Media John Lansing Departs By The…
Read More 3 minute read Statement from the USAGM Board Chairman regarding CEO LansingSeptember 5, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO John F. Lansing is leaving his…
Read More 4 minute read Winds of FreedomJuly 22, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Opinion Award-winning reporter and columnist Steve Browne who saw first-hand the beginnings…
Read More 7 minute read RFE/RL to get new president Jamie Fly with approval from Mike Pompeo EXCLUSIVEJuly 9, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary BBG – USAGM has confirmed that Jamie Fly, a senior fellow and director…
Read More 7 minute read USAGM CEO won’t apologize for hailing ex-top aide who was a thiefJuly 9, 2019 BBG Watch – USAGM commentary In a much delayed and highly misleading message to employees of the U.S.…
Read More 10 minute read Update: Guilty Plea in USAGM Senior Official Corruption CaseJune 28, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. Department of Justice announced in a June 27, 2019 press release…
Read More 17 minute read Voice of America disinformation on Khadija Ismayilova for Press Freedom DayMay 6, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the federal U.S. Agency for Global…
Read More 9 minute read Former BBG Governor Blanquita Cullum interviews Sen. Cruz on Venezuela and illegal immigrationMay 4, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary American radio host and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita Cullum…
Read More 11 minute read Former BBG Governor Cullum criticized VOA for Russian propaganda in Venezuela reportingMay 4, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary American radio host and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita Cullum…
Read More 6 minute read Pompeo calls for USAGM leadership changeMarch 29, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary In his appearance on March 27, 2019 before the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee…
Read More 10 minute read USAGM CEO John Lansing’s right-hand man, Dr. Haroon Ullah, strangely missing lately from his sideFebruary 25, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary UPDATE BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. Department of Justice announced in…
Read More 6 minute read USAGM CEO John Lansing ignored early warnings of ads targeting AmericansDecember 21, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO John Lansing, who had been appointed in 2015 during…
Read More 2 minute read Unknown history of Russia’s propaganda efforts targeting AmericansDecember 18, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Recent media reports about Russian propaganda efforts to target African Americans expose a practice of…
Read More 8 minute read HISTORY | President Eisenhower condemned biased Voice of America officials and reportersDecember 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Cold War Radio Museum Voice of America Then and Now Historically, partisanship at the…
Read More 11 minute read Vice President George H.W. Bush interviewed for Voice of America by Ted Lipien and Wayne Corey in 1987December 1, 2018 Reposted from Cold War Radio Museum Cold War Radio Museum Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service director…
Read More 7 minute read No Mention on Tax-funded VOA News Website of Possible BlexitNovember 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary No Mention on Tax-funded VOA News Website of Possible Blexit Plenty of One-Sided Left-Wing…
Read More 10 minute read USAGM The Rebranded Tower of BabelSeptember 23, 2018 OPINION U-SAG-M! The Rebranded Tower of Babel Old Is New, New Is Old By The Federalist …
Read More 8 minute read Same As It Ever Was – Agency for Global Media USAGM or Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG Under John LansingAugust 17, 2018 OPINION Same As It Ever Was Agency for Global Media USAGM or Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG Under…
Read More 6 minute read Radio Farda: isn’t it time for a house cleaning?April 20, 2018 OPINION GUEST ANALYSIS Radio Farda: isn’t it time for a house cleaning? By Majid Mohammadi President Trump…
Read More 6 minute read What good can speaking Chinese do for boss of Voice of America to China, VOA Director asksApril 12, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Remarks to the Chinese American staff made this week by Voice of America (VOA) director…
Read More 13 minute read Message for Speaker Ryan from Dissident RFE/RL JournalistsMarch 24, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Dissident Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists want to tell House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)…
Read More 5 minute read Public Diplomacy Challenges for the Trump AdministrationMarch 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) has posted multiple raw videos without any commentary or context…
Read More 5 minute read Putin Won By Bringing ‘Strength’ to Russia, RFE/RL Head Tom Kent tells BBGMarch 18, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary It would have been inconceivable for the head of U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe and…
Read More 4 minute read Why Putin Will Win, RFE/RL President Tom Kent ExplainsMarch 17, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary On March 14, 2018, Tom Kent, President of U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), explained…
Read More 10 minute read Whether YouTube warning should stay, VOA should ask Bernie Sanders or Robert MuellerFebruary 22, 2018 OPINION Haroon K. Ullah, chief strategy officer for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), had his op-ed published…
Read More 14 minute read Tehran and Warsaw: Two Uprisings, Two Voice of America FailuresFebruary 20, 2018 OPINION Tehran and Warsaw: Two Uprisings, Two Voice of America Failures A Blueprint for Reform By…
Read More 15 minute read DW down on burning of Jewish flags, Voice of America loves to show it without balanceDecember 19, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Ines Pohl, the Editor-in-Chief of Germany’s external broadcaster and digital media outlet Deutsche Welle (DW),…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America English and Spanish texts ignore human rights abuses under Fidel CastroNovember 25, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary In a major distortion of Voice of America’s well-balanced VOA News video report about Fidel…
Read More 14 minute read How Voice of America Censored SolzhenitsynOctober 30, 2017 OPINION Cold War Radio Museum How Voice of America Censored Solzhenitsyn Russian Propaganda and U.S. Politics Today By…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America hour behind DW, RT, BBC on Germany vote resultsSeptember 24, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($221 million FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA), which during the Cold War…
Read More 8 minute read When Voice of America sided with Clinton against Bernie Sanders and broke U.S. lawSeptember 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Post and other media reported extensively on former Secretary of State and 2016…