Read More 5 minute read The Voice of America Fantasyland in AfghanistanMarch 29, 2022 The U.S. Agency for Global Media presents the Voice of America Fantasyland in the VOA Acting Director’s statement…
Read More 3 minute read DAN ROBINSON: Some of the worst dysfunctions at Voice of America happened under former VOA Director Amanda Bennett March 27, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary Dan Robinson, who retired in 2014 after 34 years with the Voice of America, responded…
Read More 9 minute read USAGM performance in Afghanistan – a threat to journalists in UkraineFebruary 13, 2022 USAGM leadership’s approach to Ukraine is dangerous for U.S. Agency for Global Media journalists, including those from Voice…
Read More 2 minute read Members of Congress Criticize USAGM Management Over Cuts for OCB Cuba ProgramsJanuary 6, 2022 Cuts for OCB Cuba programs, proposed by the senior management of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
Read More 8 minute read More of the same for the USAGMNovember 30, 2021 U.S. Agency for Global Media may get a new leader. Judging by her record as a former Voice of…
Read More 9 minute read USAGM nominee Amanda Bennett asked: What good can speaking Chinese do for boss of Voice of America to China?November 22, 2021 Biden’s USAGM nominee Amanda Bennett appeared to have problems in public speaking and communicating with immigrant journalists when…
Read More 6 minute read Criticism of Amanda Bennett by Immigrants Ignored by Biden in Proposing Her for USAGM CEONovember 12, 2021 President Joe Biden ignored criticism of Amanda Bennett by immigrants in announcing his intent to nominate the former…
Read More 4 minute read Part THREE: Voice of America Struggles to Detect Violations of Journalistic Standards, Enforce GuidelinesOctober 30, 2021 AS VOICE OF AMERICA STRUGGLES, VIOLATORS OF STANDARDS SHOWERED WITH PRAISE, IN SOME CASES RE-HIRED, PROMOTED USAGM Watch…
Read More 2 minute read WP Mentions USAGM Watch: a Possible Amanda Bennett Nomination May Offend Ethnic VotersOctober 28, 2021 Possible Amanda Bennett nomination for USAGM could offend ethnic voters and face trouble in the Senate because of…
Read More 19 minute read Possible Biden Nomination of Amanda Bennett Would Offend Immigrant Voters, Risks More Scandals at USAGMOctober 8, 2021 USAGM Watch Commentary Politico report suggesting that President Biden may nominate former Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda…
Read More 29 minute read Voice of America Polygraph.Info Posts Against Russia Fake News Have Near Zero Likes After 4 YearsAugust 14, 2021 USAGM Watch Commentary Despite being sold to members of the U.S. Congress and U.S. media as one of…
Read More 11 minute read Communists in Cuba Getting Soft Treatment from Voice of AmericaJuly 30, 2021 Communists in Cuba getting soft treatment from the Voice of America under past and current VOA and U.S.…
Read More 5 minute read New Voice of America Director Robert Reilly Promises to Resist Political PressureDecember 14, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary In a message today to Voice of America (VOA) staff, new VOA director Robert Reilly,…
Read More 5 minute read VOA – ‘The voice of which America?’ by Juliana Geran PilonDecember 12, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien I would like to wish BBG – USAGM Watch readers who celebrate…
Read More 10 minute read 2016 Report Confirmed Problem of Political Bias At Voice of AmericaDecember 6, 2020 OPINION Trump USAGM CEO Michael Pack Was Attacked For Attempts to Focus on Problem by Dan Robinson It…
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 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 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 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 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 11 minute read United States Agency for Global Media Arrivals and DeparturesJune 22, 2020 OPINION Analyzing US Government International Media United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Arrivals and Departures By The…
Read More 6 minute read Current and Former Voice of America Journalists Look at Resignation of VOA Director Amanda BennettJune 15, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary By Current and Former VOA Journalists VOA Director Amanda Bennett and her deputy, Sandy Sugawara,…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett Resigned Amid Accusations of Failing to Stop China and Iran Propaganda in VOA ProgramsJune 15, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary UPDATE Voice of America Amanda Bennett and her deputy Sandy Sugawara have submitted their resignations…
Read More 6 minute read CDC and White House Are Right – Voice of America Has Repeated Chinese COVID-19 PropagandaJune 14, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett has objected in a statement to a Centers…
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 2 minute read WHITE HOUSE on VOICE OF AMERICA (VOA) Why are US Taxpayers Funding a ‘Voice of the Mullahs’ in Iran?May 28, 2020 USAGM Watch Comentary West Wing Reads page on the WhiteHouse.gov official White House website has a link to…
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 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 8 minute read From ‘Dysfunctional’ and ‘Defunct’ to ‘Disgusting’ and ‘Disgrace’April 27, 2020 COMMENTARY By The Federalist US Government International Broadcasting – US Agency for Global Media – Voice of America…
Read More 12 minute read Voice of America Continues to Spread China COVID Disinformation, Makes It RespectableApril 23, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary As of this morning, April 21, 2020, the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) managed by…
Read More 2 minute read ‘Disgusting and Disgraceful’ Mismanagement — Voice of America Reporter Responds to WP Defense of VOA DirectorApril 19, 2020 USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY A Voice of America (VOA) news reporter currently employed by the U.S. Agency for Global…
Read More 2 minute read President Trump: What Voice of America Says About America Is “Disgusting”… “A Disgrace”April 15, 2020 USAGM WATCH During his April 15, 2020 White House press briefing, President Donald Trump said that what is…
Read More 12 minute read Here We Go Again – A Two-Minute VOA Video of Pure Chinese PropagandaApril 14, 2020 COMMENTARY By The Federalist Is the Voice of America (VOA): “a service of the People’s Republic of China…
Read More 11 minute read U.S. Tax-Funded Voice of America Accepts China’s COVID Propaganda and Spreads It with Its Own Graphics for Better ImpactApril 6, 2020 USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY The U.S. tax-funded, U.S. government-managed Voice of America (VOA) in the $800 million U.S. Agency…
Read More 6 minute read VOA Director’s Internal Emails Reveal First Confirmed Coronavirus Staff IllnessMarch 20, 2020 USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY USAGM Watch has learned that Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett informed VOA staff…
Read More 7 minute read Repeating Beijing Propaganda, Voice of America Still Gets Targeted by ChinaMarch 18, 2020 USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY This morning (March 17, 2020) the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the U.S. Agency…
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 4 minute read Impact of Voice of America (VOA) on 2016 U.S. Elections Still UnprobedMarch 8, 2020 In violation of its Congressional Charter, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) had posted several hit pieces on…
Read More 4 minute read Iran scholars criticize Voice of America managementMarch 8, 2020 With increasing frequency and frustration, Iran scholars and journalists based in the West, as well as anti-regime activists…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America Director Denied Pressure from China Led to Shortening of Whistleblower InterviewMarch 8, 2020 Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, denied there was pressure from the…
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 4 minute read Voice of America English News Fails to Report on Iranian-American Criticism of Omar and PelosiJanuary 14, 2020 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A Voice of America VOA English News report, “Iranian Americans Show Support for…
Read More 5 minute read 1 to 7 Likes on Facebook Posts from 912K VOA Extremism Followers — Only at USG Tax-Funded Voice of AmericaJanuary 8, 2020 BBG – USAGM – Watch Commentary In January 2018 former U.S. Agency for Global Media…
Read More 5 minute read Warts and All from Voice of America? Not Against HollywoodJanuary 6, 2020 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary This is clearly a minor sin by Voice of America’s (VOA) current standards…
Read More 1 minute read Farid on VOA Persian: The ignorance all paid by your tax dollars at this very sensitive time in Iran is appallingJanuary 4, 2020 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Iran-born American journalist Mahtab Farid continues to point out serious management problems at…
Read More 2 minute read Respected DC-based Iranian-born American journalist criticized Voice of America Director and VOA Persian coverage of IranDecember 14, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary On December 13, 2019, Mahtab Farid, an Iranian-born American journalist, well respected in…
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…