Read More 5 minute read How Voice of America’s poor leadership entangled it in a spy scandal | THE HILL op-ed by Ted LipienSeptember 10, 2024 How Voice of America’s poor leadership entangled it in a spy scandal op-ed in THE HILL by TED…
Read More 20 minute read Voice of America Slants News, Delays Biden’s Debate Stumble StoryJuly 8, 2024 USAGM Commentary – Voice of America Slants News As observed by several former Voice of America (VOA) journalist-broadcasters,…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America Ignored for 3 Days House Foreign Affairs Committee Report Alleging ‘Culture of Corruption’ Allowed by Senior USAGM ExecutivesJune 14, 2024 USAGM Watch Commentary Several former Voice of America (VOA) senior reporters and managers, who retired several years ago…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Whitewashes Terror Backgrounds of Gazan Journalists | Honest ReportingMarch 20, 2024 USAGM Watch Commentary on “Voice of America Whitewashes Terror” Article by Honest Reporting HonestReporting, a media monitoring nonprofit…
Read More 2 minute read Putin’s influencers? Why is taxpayer-funded VOA spreading his propaganda? | The Hill | Ted LipienFebruary 8, 2024 USAGM Watch Media Commentary In a commentary published in The Hill, Ted Lipien — a former VOA Polish…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America Staffers Posted Anti-Israel Content to Facebook | National ReviewJanuary 12, 2024 USAGM Watch Commentary In a comment on the Voice of America Alumni Facebook Page, Ted Lipien wrote: I…
Read More 2 minute read The Hill Op-ed Against Anti-Semitism in Media and Walter Durnaty-Style Journalism at USAGM’s Voice of America (VOA)December 29, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary In his latest op-ed in The Hill, former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America Reporters and Editors Keep Calling Hamas Terrorists ‘Fighters’December 8, 2023 U.S. government-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) keeps calling Hamas members…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America Reverses Ban On Calling Hamas ‘Terrorists’ After USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett Gets An Earful From Members of CongressDecember 5, 2023 Voice of America (VOA) reverses its ban on calling Hamas “terrorists” after U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America trusts Hamas’ one-source news but not Israel’s, keeps Hamas’ fake news online for many daysNovember 25, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary As signaled by Voice of America’s (VOA) insider whistleblowers, reported by the Washington Times, and…
Read More 5 minute read U.S.-Funded Voice of America Management Under USAGM and Some VOA Journalists Say Calling Hamas ‘Terrorists’ Is WrongNovember 9, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary Whistleblowers at the U.S. government-funded and managed international media outlet Voice of America (VOA) have…
Read More 1 minute read Internal documents expose VOA directing staff not to refer to Hamas as a terrorist organization. Senator Bill Hagerty protests to USAGM CEO Amanda BennettNovember 9, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary As reported by his U.S. Senate office, “Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ranking Member of the…
Read More 1 minute read GOP Senators Demand Firings over Voice of America’s Policy against Labeling Hamas Members ‘Terrorists’ | National ReviewNovember 9, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary GOP Senators Demand Firings over Voice of America’s Policy against Labeling Hamas Members ‘Terrorists’ |…
Read More 2 minute read U.S. media reports: Voice of America orders reporters not to call Hamas ‘terrorists’October 27, 2023 Screenshot from two of several lengthy raw footage videos posted on social media by the Voice of America…
Read More 4 minute read Why are US-funded USAGM journalists defending Russia, Iran over the Hamas massacre? – Ted Lipien Op-Ed in The HillOctober 13, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary by Ted Lipien My new op-ed in The Hill includes comments on the latest barbaric attacks by Hamas terrorists…
Read More 3 minute read RFE/RL Issues Vague Denial of Offering Job to Pro-Crimea Annexation Journalist EXCLUSIVEMarch 31, 2023 USAGM Watch Media COMMENTARY Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) , which is journalistically independent but is overseen by…
Read More 13 minute read USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett Gave Evasive Answers About Internal Censorship of Voice of America NewsMarch 15, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary Testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related…
Read More 2 minute read Leadership failure at Voice of America and US Agency for Global Media calls for bipartisan reform | Washington Examiner Op-EdMarch 8, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary When both the Washington Post and National Review report on yet another senior management-created scandal at Voice of America,…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America reporters agreed to cuts in their report about a new scandal at U.S. Agency for Global Media – USAGMMarch 7, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary USAGM Watch has learned from sources at the Voice of America (VOA) that the…
Read More 1 minute read More Charges of Voice of America and USAGM Senior Management DysfunctionFebruary 27, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary “Voice of America junket shows it needs new leadership“ By Michael Rubin in The…
Read More 1 minute read ‘Employees Rebel at US News Outlet Voice of America for Hiring Journalists’ from ‘Pro-Kremlin News Sources,’ a Newspaper in Ukraine ReportsFebruary 23, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary “Members of the U.S. Congress have been contacted by employees criticizing the U.S. government-backed…
Read More 5 minute read OIG Should Promptly Investigate Voice of America Management’s Censorship of VOA Vietnamese News VideoJanuary 27, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary Before key participants and witnesses at the Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. Agency for…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America Management Censors VOA Vietnamese News Video – Timeline From Internal Sources EXCLUSIVEDecember 12, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary Sources at the Voice of America (VOA), who want to remain anonymous to avoid reprisals,…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America and USAGM Management Still Needs to Explain Censorship of VOA Vietnamese Video (Now Restored) and ApologizeDecember 11, 2022 Censorship by the Voice of America management of the VOA Vietnamese Service video, which has now been restored…
Read More 1 minute read Voice of America’s lame excuse for censorship | Washington Examiner Op-EdDecember 7, 2022 The censorship was outrageous, as was the nonchalant manner in which senior leaders in charge of upholding the…
Read More 7 minute read U.S. Agency for Global Media: Understating The ObviousDecember 1, 2022 A Guest Commentary By The Federalist One of the resources we use to monitor the U.S. Agency for…
Read More 8 minute read Extraordinary Leadership Dysfunction at USAGM ContinuesOctober 4, 2022 The extraordinary leadership dysfunction at USAGM, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, continues under former Voice of America…
Read More 2 minute read Diaz-Balart Condemns a Reduction in Force (RIF) at the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB)August 26, 2022 The following press release was issued by the office of Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R) representing Florida’s 25th Congressional…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Acting Director Tweets ‘Iran Denies Link to Rushdie Stabbing’, But Why?August 22, 2022 Acting Director of the Voice of America Yolanda López hopes to send a VOA correspondent to Afghanistan, has…
Read More 1 minute read Cancelation of Voice of America China and Taiwan TV Worries Critics of VOA ManagementAugust 18, 2022 VOA cancels Chinese-language programs on Taiwan, and critics say the official broadcaster is softening Voice of America China…
Read More 2 minute read Message from the USAGM Acting CEO Kelu Chao: Opportunity to Support the DHS Volunteer ForceJuly 21, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary Because of its significance for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and the Voice…
Read More 11 minute read Voice of America and USAGM Need RescueJuly 9, 2022 Voice of America and USAGM need rescue and good leadership as the U.S. Senate contemplates the nomination of…
Read More 2 minute read Four Republican Members of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Voted Against Nomination of Amanda Bennett for USAGM CEOJune 28, 2022 Jimmy Quinn, national security correspondent for National Review, reported that four Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations…
Read More 3 minute read Sen. Menendez sets meeting to review USAGM CEO nomination of Amanda BennettJune 20, 2022 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a business meeting for Thursday, June 23, 2022, to review several…
Read More 8 minute read The Worst Is On The Horizon For USAGMJune 14, 2022 USAGM Commentary By The Federalist US Agency for Global Mayhem: The Worst Is On The Horizon The Biden…
Read More 6 minute read Mismanagement Charges Against USAGM CEO Nominee Amanda BennettJune 6, 2022 Former Voice of America director Amanda Bennett, a nominee for U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO position,…
Read More 2 minute read Rep. Scott Perry: VOA Misallocates Funds and Suppresses Negative Stories About IranMay 13, 2022 Voice of America – VOA misallocates funds, said Rep. Scott Perry (R., Pa.) who accused VOA and U.S.…
Read More 10 minute read Voice of America Refuses to Disclose Review of Deleted Work by Former VOA Freelance Reporter Questioned in Ukraine and Arrested in Poland for Alleged Spying for RussiaMay 10, 2022 Voice of America refuses requests to disclose the results of its review of VOA news reports by its…
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 3 minute read USAGM Advisory Board Is Not Enough March 14, 2022 The U.S. Agency for Global Media needs more than just a USAGM Advisory Board. It needs a board…
Read More 3 minute read Immigrants Protest Against USAGM Voice of America News DisinformationMarch 4, 2022 RUSSIA’s WAR ON UKRAINE NEWS ALERT and COMMENTARY Polish Americans and Slovak Americans have joined Iranian, Chinese, Cuban,…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America and UkraineMarch 3, 2022 Voice of America and Ukraine: As Putin Threatens, VOA Misses Opportunity to Carry Live Blinken Message to Russian…
Read More 4 minute read Horror of Russia’s War on Ukraine Made Trivial in VOA TweetsFebruary 25, 2022 Under the current U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) leadership, the horror of Russia’s war on Ukraine is…
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 McCaul: “Disgraceful” State Dept. Left Hundreds of USAGM Journalists in AfghanistanSeptember 1, 2021 USAGM Watch Commentary USAGM Watch applauds the statement by House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul about…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America Alumni Group reveals employee morale crisis under longtime VOA and USAGM executivesJuly 6, 2021 USAGM Watch Commentary A post on the Voice of America (VOA) Alumni Group Facebook page provides evidence from…
Read More 8 minute read Boris Nemtsov Defended Radio Liberty JournalistsMarch 1, 2020 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary We can report with some satisfaction that Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
Read More 2 minute read Former top advisor to former U.S. media agency head reports to prisonJanuary 23, 2020 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Haroon Ullah, former top official in the U.S. Agency for Global Media…
Read More 4 minute read Some USAGM executives recruited by man later convicted of felony theft still in charge of government broadcasterDecember 13, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Current Voice of America (VOA) journalists are making comments suggesting that staff morale…