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 2 minute read Why I can’t be silent when Voice of America bans calling Hamas ‘terrorists’ | Washington Times op-ed by Ted LipienNovember 22, 2023 I cannot remain silent because those who refuse to expose terrorism or delay condemning it today will find…
Read More 1 minute read VOA’s refusal to call Hamas attackers ‘terrorists’ helps to perpetuate violence | Ted Lipien in The HillNovember 4, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary VOA’s refusal to call Hamas attackers ‘terrorists’ helps to perpetuate violence | BY TED…
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 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 6 minute read Biden’s USAGM Transition Leader Richard Stengel Pushed Normalization with Castro’s Cuba for OCB and VOA EXCLUSIVENovember 16, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary According to two individuals who attended closed meetings of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
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 3 minute read CUSIB Executive Director criticizes one-sided, anti-US and pro-China message from Voice of AmericaSeptember 12, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan has criticized one-sided,…
Read More 6 minute read CUSIB Statement in Response to USAGM Latest Firing of Two “VOA Mandarin 5” JournalistsMay 18, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called recently for a leadership change at…
Read More 20 minute read VOA Chinese Service censored Pompeo speech while other USAGM news sites ignored it EXCLUSIVEMay 14, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary It appears from multiple online searches of U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
Read More 4 minute read What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL?May 6, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL? • In…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America promotes a Black Communist, ignores a Black ConservativeApril 13, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Conservative African American activist Candace Owens (Photo by Gage Skidmore…
Read More 5 minute read USAGM and Voice of America: The Case of the Disappeared — and Delayed — Steve Bannon InterviewFebruary 27, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary According to sources in the Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service and friends…
Read More 3 minute read Laogai survivors worry about their museum and Voice of AmericaDecember 11, 2018 BBG Watch Guest Commentary On the day when the world commemorates 70 years since the adoption of the…
Read More 2 minute read Washington Post: VOA fires journalist over interview with Chinese exileDecember 4, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary A Failure of Leadership No matter how one reads the Washington Post’s blog opinion article…
Read More 3 minute read Fear of the Chinese Government Continues Among Some at VOAAugust 29, 2018 Guest Commentary Fear of the Chinese Government and Caving in to Its Pressure Continue Among Some at…
Read More 6 minute read Greta Van Susteren interviews Trump for VOAJune 12, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary It took Greta Van Susteren, a former television news anchor for CNN, Fox News, and…
Read More 6 minute read Journalist Assem Tokayeva says RFE/RL management tolerates nationalist broadcastsMay 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary A former RFE/RL editor says that the U.S.-funded and U.S. government-run news site promotes Hitler…
Read More 2 minute read China dissident Qiao Moo gets a brush-off from VOAMay 12, 2018 Mr. Qiao Mu, a dissident Chinese academic, previously a professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University and a…
Read More 12 minute read VOA Director receives achievement award as complaints of poor leadership and censorship multiplyMay 2, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary As Amanda Bennett, director of the Voice of America (VOA), was receiving the Lifetime Achievement…
Read More 4 minute read Former RFE/RL Kazakh editor criticizes managementApril 18, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Young journalists, most of them women, from countries without free media are criticizing senior management…
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 3 minute read CUSIB Statement on the Appointment of Ernie Torriero as China Branch Chief for Voice of AmericaApril 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The independent, non-partisan NGO, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has reacted to the news…
Read More 8 minute read Ann Noonan Addresses BBG on ChinaMarch 14, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB –…
Read More 7 minute read Chinese dissident Zhang Lin decries recent decline in quality of VOA programs to ChinaFebruary 4, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Among those disagreeing with Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Voice of America (VOA) officials…
Read More 5 minute read Watch Voice of America video of American Communist Angela DavisFebruary 3, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) produced and posted online a video of Angela Davis…
Read More 1 minute read WASHINGTON EXAMINER OP-ED: VOA’s Failure in Iran and ChinaJanuary 24, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former VOA acting associate director who is one of the co-founders and…
Read More 3 minute read ‘Deplorable’ VOA to Iran -The Hill op-edJanuary 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Two Iranian human rights activists, Mariam Memarsadeghi and Akbar Atri, say in an op-ed in…
Read More 5 minute read VOA News not reporting on Ayatollah Shahroudi in Germany, called him ‘moderate’January 13, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Isn’t is strange that Voice of America VOA English News is not reporting on the…
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 2 minute read Ex-political prisoner in Cuba offended by Voice of America report, VOA calling Fidel Castro an ‘Icon’November 26, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary A former political prisoner in communist-ruled Cuba who now lives in exile in the United…
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 9 minute read Reporter told VOA to ignore pressure from China on Guo WenguiOctober 10, 2017 EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that one of the more experienced Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 3 minute read His exposé cut short by VOA, whistleblower Guo Wengui still thanks America for freedomSeptember 21, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Even though his exposé of corruption among China’s communist leaders and their attempts to buy…
Read More 6 minute read Video critical of Voice of America director gets thousands of views in ChinaSeptember 20, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Changqing Cao, a U.S. based independent Chinese journalist and political commentator who has a wide…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America sows doubts ethnic cleansing of Myanmar Rohingya is realSeptember 19, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary In an email sent out to subscribers of its English-language news service, many of whom…
Read More 6 minute read Tax-funded Voice of America gives a plug for U.S. communist Angela DavisSeptember 4, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary In a Labor Day report about the iconic American labor and civil rights activist Dolores…
Read More 5 minute read Zhao Yan on Guo Wengui Voice of America scandal: The Truth is the Life of NewsAugust 30, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Former New York Times Beijing Bureau employee, Chinese journalist and political commentator Zhao Yan, told…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America: ANTIFA ‘arguably a group of human rights activists’ FULL TEXTAugust 24, 2017 BBG Watch Media Commentary Some visitors to the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) website were astounded by…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America English News Fails to Report Trump Statement on Liu XiaoboJuly 14, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary The White House has released yesterday (Thursday) a statement on the death of Chinese Nobel…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America parrots Beijing propaganda with out-of-context Liu Xiaobo widow’s quoteJuly 13, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) was well behind BBC, Radio France Internationale (RFI), Deutsche Welle…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America ignores Senator Rubio on CubaJune 17, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary In its superficial and substandard coverage of President Trump’s major foreign policy speech on Cuba,…
Read More 5 minute read Former Voice of America director defends VOA China journalistsJune 6, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) director Robert R. Reilly had his letter to the editor…
Read More 3 minute read WSJ Op-Ed: How China Managed to Muffle the Voice of AmericaMay 25, 2017 BBG Watch Media Sasha Gong, Voice of America’s Mandarin Service Chief who has been suspended by VOA director…
Read More 4 minute read Sakharov Prize winner urges independent investigation of Voice of America China debacleMay 24, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Wei Jingsheng, an internationally known leader in the 1978 Chinese Democracy Wall Movement, former political…
Read More 4 minute read Chinese Americans protest against censorship with a mock funeral at Voice of AmericaMay 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary @zhaoyan818 棺材上还有来自低于光之兄弟群体的星光层的存有:棺才上那个弧形的光源 pic.twitter.com/nO766Sp8AV — Vivian (@wy513888) May 8, 2017 A group of Chinese Americans staged…
Read More 5 minute read Chinese free speech defender Lam Wing-Kee 林榮基 criticizes Voice of AmericaMay 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Chinese bookseller, free speech advocate and former political prisoner in China Lam Wing-Kee 林榮基 has…