Read More 3 minute read Employees Contradict USAGM John Lansing Team on Haroon Ullah Fraud CaseJune 29, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Several former and current employees said independently of each other that the senior…
Read More 1 minute read WP: Senior federal official admits bilking $37,000 from government, court files showJune 28, 2019 Senior federal official admits bilking $37,000 from government, court files show By Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, June 28, 2019 …
Read More 3 minute read USAGM CEO told critics to go awayJune 12, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary More than a year ago U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO John…
Read More 2 minute read 2 VOA China veteran reporters fired – Lansing and Bennett show no mercyMay 28, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The Washington Free Beacon reported that two more VOA Mandarin 5 award-winning veteran…
Read More 5 minute read German public radio reports on RFE/RL posting authoritarian propagandaMay 25, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary German domestic’s public radio Deutschlandfunk reported recently on widespread accusations made by independent journalists against…
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 11 minute read Dysfunctional USAGM Imposes Unacceptable Risks on Its JournalistsMay 10, 2019 OPINION Unacceptable Risks US Government International Broadcasting: World Press Freedom Day at USAGM By The Federalist…
Read More 14 minute read Powerful pro-press freedom speech by Sen. Cruz ignored by Voice of America EXCLUSIVEMay 8, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) has so far (as of 12:20 AM…
Read More 4 minute read USAGM: Only 5 Live Facebook Viewers for Its Press EventMay 7, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Nothing shows better that the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has become…
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 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 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 4 minute read China expert urges management reforms at USAGMApril 30, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Bradley A. Thayer, Ph.D., a professor of political science at the University of…
Read More 5 minute read VOA – Iran – RT Tweet CircleApril 24, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A Voice of America (VOA) correspondent felt the need to tweet Wednesday about…
Read More 4 minute read Think-tank declares USAGM reforms of VOA and RFE/RL Iran programs inadequate EXCLUSIVEApril 22, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE A just released study by the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) concludes…
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 10 minute read MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART THREEApril 13, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART THREE NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS CHUMPS,…
Read More 6 minute read MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART TWOApril 11, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART TWO NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS CHUMPS,…
Read More 5 minute read RFE/RL achieves a pro-Iran regime ‘Hate America’ impactApril 9, 2019 BBG – USAGM Guest Commentary RFE/RL from Headline to Impact By Ted Lipien How a U.S.…
Read More 6 minute read MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART ONEApril 9, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART ONE NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS…
Read More 7 minute read The USAGM Numbers GameApril 9, 2019 OPINION The USAGM Numbers Game Numbers of Convenience Without Consequence By The Federalist The audience numbers…
Read More 3 minute read Senior Voice of America exec listed as Facebook friend of VOA reporter with ‘F*ck Trump’ posts EXCLUSIVEApril 5, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A March 5, 2019 screenshot of a 2016 post, showing a dog and…
Read More 9 minute read Tax-funded Voice of America is pushing ‘hate in America’ message with discredited dataApril 1, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A screenshot taken on November 19, 2017 of an anti-Trump meme reposted on…
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 14 minute read Tajik Dictator’s Propaganda Promoted by U.S. Tax-funded RFE/RLMarch 28, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The e-mail reposted below with some minor editing was sent to BBG Watch…
Read More 7 minute read RFE/RL Tajik Service – One Scandal Too Many Under USAGM CEO John LansingMarch 28, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch According to an e-mail seen by BBG – USAGM Watch, a top lieutenant to…
Read More 7 minute read Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp IncreasesMarch 27, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp Increases By…
Read More 4 minute read HISTORY Rep. Howard H. Buffett, Warren Buffett’s father, feared domestic VOA propagandaMarch 25, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Domestic Propaganda Cold War Radio Museum has posted on its…
Read More 8 minute read Meet The USAGM PR Flash MeisterMarch 21, 2019 OPINION Government International Media: Meet The USAGM PR Flash Meister By The Federalist John Lansing.…
Read More 5 minute read White House FY2020 Budget Proposal Calls for Major Cuts in USAGM SpendingMarch 18, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The Trump administration’s proposed Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year…
Read More 7 minute read Allegations of old anti-Semitism part of new scandals at USAGM’s Voice of America and RFE/RLMarch 18, 2019 BBG – USAGM Commentary Various niche media outlets were reporting last week on new serious allegations against the…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America was days late in reporting on an anti-Semitic slurMarch 7, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary UPDATE In yet another news reporting failure for the Voice of America, BBC,…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America silent on Eliot Engel, other US condemnations of ‘vile anti-Semitic slur’ by Rep. OmarMarch 4, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA), which repeatedly broadcast one-sided attacks by…
Read More 8 minute read It’s Alive! The USAGM DystopiaFebruary 27, 2019 OPINION It’s Alive! The U-SAG-M Dystopia By The Federalist “Dystopia” has a broad range of definition. In part,…
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 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…
Voice of America ignores ‘The Donald’ pro-Trump art exhibition in AlbaniaFebruary 23, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has ignored “The Donald” pro-President…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America afraid to correct its false newsFebruary 20, 2019 USAGM Watch Commentary On January 31, 2019, the lead paragraph in a news report issued to the whole…
Read More 6 minute read Did Voice of America federal reporter threaten Americans to silence pro-Trump free speech?February 20, 2019 USAGM Watch Commentary On a Twitter account showing news from the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), a…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America US gov’t employee-reporter called for Covington students to be outedFebruary 6, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded (Annual budget: $234.7 million; Employees: 1,078) Voice of America (VOA), managed by the…
Read More 6 minute read RFE/RL claims Iran clergy “remains firmly in place” as criticism of Radio Farda, VOA and USAGM goes viralFebruary 1, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary In a new video from U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which is managed…
Read More 11 minute read Ed Royce on USAGM Illegally Targeting Americans with Facebook AdsJanuary 30, 2019 OPINION Issues in the News: Royce Report on USAGM Illegally Targeting Americans with Facebook Ads U.S. International Media:…
Read More 7 minute read Did VOA’s ‘Report: Trump Told Attorney Cohen to Lie to Congress’ comply with VOA Charter and Journalistic Code?January 24, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary Question Did the Voice of America (VOA) under the directorship of Pulitzer-winning journalist Amanda Bennett,…
Read More 2 minute read Trump Sticks With Pack for Broadcasting Chief, WFB reportedJanuary 18, 2019 BBG Watch Media As reported by Susan Crabtree in the Washington Free Beacon, “President Trump has re-nominated documentary…
Read More 10 minute read USAGM Is Federal Bureaucracy’s FantasylandDecember 26, 2018 OPINION U-SAG-M — Federal Bureaucracy’s Fantasyland Information War Lost: Diversionary Tactics By The Federalist In…
Read More 3 minute read USAGM CEO Lansing blasts critics who exposed his agency’s illegal Facebook ads targeting AmericansDecember 25, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In a letter to the Editor of The Los Angeles Times, CEO of the U.S.…
Read More 18 minute read OPINION VOA Problems: Racism, Xenophobia, Mediocrity, and NepotismDecember 25, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett has made various charges against VOA Mandarin Service…
Read More 2 minute read Propaganda Video from RFE/RL and VOA “Current Time” Russian Program of U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)December 25, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary This one-sided political and partisan propaganda video was produced with Russian subtitles…
Read More 5 minute read WFB: House Foreign Affairs Committee uncovered new spate of management failures at USAGM and VOADecember 22, 2018 BBG Watch Media Commentary A new report by Susan Crabtree in The Washington Free Beacon provides additional details…