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…
My Question for Voice of America
OPINION By Ted Lipien I don’t engage in U.S. partisan politics and do not support one U.S. presidential…
Voice of America Newsroom Was Certain on Election Night 2016 Hillary Clinton Would Win
USAGM Watch Commentary The day before U.S. Election Day this year, the heads of the tax-funded Voice of…
MINISCULE, They Are Not: Violations of the VOA Charter
MINISCULE A commentary BBG-USAGM Watch publishes this brief commentary by a contributor, in response to a recent email…
VOA Reporter Apologizes for Halloween Tweet That Sparked Wave of Anti-Trump Comments
USAGM Watch Commentary Tweet Taken Down: “I Screwed Up” VOA’s White House bureau chief, Steve Herman, posted what…
HISTORY Refugee Voice of America Journalists Stood Up to the Anti-Reagan VOA Newsroom and Won the Cold War
By Ted Lipien “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” ― L.P. Hartley, The…
Let The Hypocrisy Continue at USAGM and VOA
OPINION by The Federalist US International Broadcasting Voice of America U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) U.S. Agency…
Voice of America Needed Prodding to Report on Hunter Biden New York Post Story
USAGM Watch Commentary It took prodding from outside journalists to get Voice of America (VOA) central English newsroom…
Edward R. Murrow Would Not Have Approved of Partisan or Chinese Communist Propaganda at Voice of America
OPINION by Ted Lipien Voice of America (VOA) directors and some of its current and former editors and…
Plaintiff In Press Freedom Lawsuit Fired Voice of America Journalists
USAGM Watch Commentary In her October 9, 2020 report, “Lawsuit Calls for Immediate Relief from USAGM CEO’s Actions,”…
A “Martyr” for Free Press Who Blocked Journalists Exposing His Mistakes
OPINION By The Federalist In the latest U.S Agency for Global Media (USAGM) dust up, the VOA White…
Outgoing HFAC Chair Eliot Engel Calls for Firing of USAGM CEO Michael Pack
USAGM Watch Commentary Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), outgoing Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, called…
Voice of America Reporter in NPR Story Blocked Watchdog Website Journalists in 2017
USAGM Watch Commentary National Public Radio (NPR) reported on October 4, 2020 that two political appointees at the…
Foreign Influence and Conflicts of Interest at Voice of America: Case of the Albanian Ambassador EXCLUSIVE
USAGM Watch Commentary While Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and several other countries are definitely spying on…
Harsh Condemnations of Michael Pack at Hearing on USAGM and Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat who has lost a…
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…
USAGM CEO Blames Former Agency and Voice of America Heads for Massive Security Breaches
USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, Trump-appointed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), was interviewed by…
Domestic Propaganda By Voice of America Can Skew Election Results
OPINION By The Federalist Partisan domestic propaganda by the federally-funded and government-managed Voice of America (VOA) can skew…
Questions About 14 Voice of America Journalists Who Protest Against Pack
OPINION By Dan Robinson Murky History of Access to Classified Information by VOA Managers, Reporters A protest now…
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…
USAGM CEO Promises Journalistic Freedom Under Voice of America Charter
USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, joined The Federalist Radio Hour…
Media Expose Hidden Voice of America and USAGM Scandals
USAGM Watch Commentary Mainstream U.S. media, for now mostly conservative outlets, reporters and commentators, are beginning to focus…
Some VOA Newsroom Employees Complain About USAGM Release of OPM Report on Security Breaches
OPINION By Dan Robinson Report Detailed Violations in Background Investigation Procedures That USAGM CEO Michael Pack Says Placed…
Voice of America Forgets Legacy of Its Anti-Communist Refugee Journalists
USAGM – BBG Watch OPINION By Ted Lipien I am one of the many former Voice of America…
Alleged Cronyism At USAGM Before Michael Pack Exposed By Whistleblower
USAGM Watch Commentary A whistleblower made allegations of widespread cronyism at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
HISTORY Warsaw Uprising Betrayed by Pro-Stalin WWII Voice of America
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary August 1, 2020 marks the 76th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw…
Cancel Culture Silenced Conservative and Moderate Dissent at the Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary by Ted Lipien There May Be Only One or Two Bari Weisses and Andrew Sullivans…
Need for Better Monitoring and Review of Reporting, Social Media PART FIVE
Need for Better Monitoring and Review of Reporting, Social Media by Dan Robinson Sources have pointed BBG/USAGM Watch…
Social Media Violations Continue, With Anti-Trump Narratives PART FOUR
Social Media Violations Continue, With Anti-Trump Narratives PART FOUR by Dan Robinson Since 2016, agency sources have been…
VOA Managers Sudden Focus on Balance Coincides With Pack Arrival PART THREE
OPINION VOA Managers Sudden Focus on Balance Coincides With Pack Arrival PART THREE by Dan Robinson There was…
Happy Birthday Radio Free Europe
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Happy Birthday Radio Free Europe! I had lived in communist-ruled Poland until…
USAGM CEO Michael Pack Selected Temporary Acting Managers at VOA, OCB, RFA, MBN and RFE/RL
USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Chief Executive Officer Michael Pack issued a press release…
USAGM Deep State Goes Full Tilt Targeting Pack, Trump PART TWO
OPINION USAGM Deep State Goes Full Tilt Targeting Pack, Trump by Dan Robinson Part Two: Full Tilt It’s…
United States Agency for Global Media Arrivals and Departures
OPINION Analyzing US Government International Media United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Arrivals and Departures By The…
HISTORY How Congress Exposed, Defunded and Stopped Domestic U.S. Government Propaganda in 1943
During World War II, the federal government’s Office of War Information (OWI), where Voice of America (VOA) radio…
MALONE, BORGIDA, ROBINSON, ANONYMOUS VOA on Letter to Editor About USAGM CEO Michael Pack and Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary Two former Voice of America (VOA) reporters Jim Malone and David Borgida wrote in their…
Current and Former Voice of America Journalists Look at Resignation of VOA Director Amanda Bennett
USAGM Watch Commentary By Current and Former VOA Journalists VOA Director Amanda Bennett and her deputy, Sandy Sugawara,…
CDC and White House Are Right – Voice of America Has Repeated Chinese COVID-19 Propaganda
USAGM Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett has objected in a statement to a Centers…
U.S. Senate Confirms Michael Pack As Head of USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary By Former Voice of America Reporters The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Michael…
U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State Says Voice of America Is Letting Down Iranian People
USAGM Watch Commentary Brian Hook, the U.S. Special Representative for Iran, Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of…
President Trump said Voice of America is run in ‘a terrible manner,’ is ‘opposite of the Voice of America’
USAGM Watch Commentary President Trump has renewed his criticism of the Voice of America (VOA) which is now…
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?
USAGM Watch Commentary When it comes to history, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is easily winning the propaganda war…
Tax-Funded Voice of America Shows Almost No #MeToo Interest in Joe Biden and Tara Reade
USAGM Watch Commentary Tax-Funded Voice of America Gave U.S. Voters A Barrage of Russian-style Reporting on Trump and…
ALIREZA NADER Voice of America to Iran Has Self-Destructed
USAGM Watch Commentary Alireza Nader (@AlirezaNader), a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (@FDD), a…
Amanda Bennett Is First Voice of America Director at War with Refugees From Communism and Iran EXCLUSIVE
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY Amanda Bennett @abennett·Apr 9·16.7K Followers: “At the @VOANews, we love facts. The fact is Wuhan…
Voice of America White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman in Dispute with Vice President Mike Pence’s Staff Previously Banned U.S. Reporters from His VOA Twitter Account
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY Voice of America (VOA) White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman, who was accused by Vice…
Voice of America Continues to Spread China COVID Disinformation, Makes It Respectable
USAGM Watch Commentary As of this morning, April 21, 2020, the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) managed by…
Voice of America Ignored Katyń Anniversary and the Menendez Resolution
OPINION By Ted Lipien The Voice of America (VOA) had a particularly bad but still hidden history of…
President Trump: What Voice of America Says About America Is “Disgusting”… “A Disgrace”
USAGM WATCH During his April 15, 2020 White House press briefing, President Donald Trump said that what is…
Here We Go Again – A Two-Minute VOA Video of Pure Chinese Propaganda
COMMENTARY By The Federalist Is the Voice of America (VOA): “a service of the People’s Republic of China…