VOA – ‘The voice of which America?’ by Juliana Geran Pilon
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien I would like to wish BBG – USAGM Watch readers who celebrate…
Former Voice of America Head Robert Reilly Was Chosen By USAGM CEO Michael Pack To Return As VOA Director
USAGM Watch Commentary USAGM Watch has learned that former Voice of America (VOA) director Robert Reilly was chosen…
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…
USAGM Is Reviewing Journalist Visas For Compliance With U.S. Law; Countered NPR Report
USAGM Watch Commentary According to a spokesperson for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the management is…
EX-STATE DEPARTMENT, FEDERAL OFFICIAL TO SERVE 3 MONTHS IN JAIL FOR THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Haroon Ullah, a former federal government official and counter-terrorism expert who worked with…
EX-USAGM TOP OFFICIAL DUE TO BE SENTENCED FOR THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS, APPEALS FOR LENIENCY
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Lawyers for a former top strategic advisor at the federal agency overseeing U.S.…
NPR chief’s former USAGM top aide to be sentenced for felony theft
BBG – USAGM Commentary Lax supervision by former government executive John F. Lansing, who now runs NPR, allowed…
Trump speaks about VOA
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A report posted online by the Voice of America (VOA) implied that President…
HELLE DALE: Prospect of Reforming US Broadcasting Abroad
BBG – USAGM Watch Media Commentary Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, argues…
Statement from the USAGM Board Chairman regarding CEO Lansing
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO John F. Lansing is leaving his…
Dan Robinson comments on NPR report about VOA
Voice Of America Vows Independence, As Trump Calls For ‘Worldwide Network’ Dan Robinson comments on NPR report…
Former director decries bias, partisanship, lack of vision at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Amanda Bennett, Obama administration holdover director of U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 million) Voice of America (VOA),…
BBG CEO ‘greatest respect’ for President belied by Voice of America Trump epithets
BBG Watch Commentary In the department of misleading news being repeated by mainstream media while the real story…
Voice of America director’s e-mail, one-sided panels set tone for partisan attacks on Trump
BBG Watch Commentary A July 8, 2016 e-mail from Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett to her…
Wall Street Journal Opinion: Voice of America is a Voice of Anti-Americanism
BBG Watch Commentary Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Writer Sohrab Ahmari was interviewed for a WSJ Opinion Journal…
Voice of America Information War Lost: From Malfeasance To Perdition
BBG Watch Commentary International and U.S. media do not frequently comment on U.S. international media agency, the Broadcasting…
Former BBG member Blanquita Cullum : ‘very concerned about Voice of America’
BBG Watch “We’ve got a serious problem,” journalist, broadcaster and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita…
BBG Governors McCue and Meehan met in Moscow with Alexeeva and with fired Radio Liberty staffers
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members Susan McCue and Michael Meehan were in Moscow from…
Kevin Klose meets with Russian human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary During a highly emotional meeting in Moscow on Tuesday that lasted nearly five hours, newly-appointed…
RFE/RL management blocks employee access to Radio Liberty in Exile website SvobodaNew.com
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the management of BBG-supervised Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Letter from Prague – Questions for Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty President Steven Korn
BBG Watch Commentary – a Letter from Prague by an anonymous Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist My…
New Moscow Times article quotes Mario Corti's BBG Watch comments on Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President Steven Korn assured members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
NPR on U.S. Broadcasting Crisis in Moscow – Radio Liberty Going Off The Air In Russia
BBG WATCH COMMENTARY National Public Radio (NPR) online article (audio report is also available) quotes statements from Radio…
U.S. media – Obama caves to Putin on Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Reports and editorials in U.S. media have begun noticing the mass firing of Radio Liberty…
Demonstration at U.S. Embassy Moscow Against Firing of Journalists and Silencing of Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary A young Russian journalism student Kirill Filimonov, protesting against U.S. decision to stifle Radio Liberty…
Morale at Broadcasting Board of Governors grantees at all-time low due to bureaucratic power-grab
This BBG Watch Commentary is based on several inside sources. Bureaucratic power-grab After making a good start on…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs Sensitivity Training on Tibet
This commentary was written by Edite Lynch in response to the news that a Tibetan widow and a…
North Carolina Congressman Asks For Modernizing U.S. Broadcasting Facility
BBG Watch News Commentary Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-NC) is asking the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to…
BBG Gone Pravda
BBG Watch Commentary An old Soviet-era joke went something like this: “This is Armenian Radio; our listeners asked…
Tibetan monks listen secretly to Voice of America radio soon to be silenced by BBG
“The [Buddhist] monks [in Tibet] listen secretly to Voice of America’s Tibetan service news every night, despite feeling…
Trouble at PNN – Voice of America to Iran – BBG blamed
BBG Watch Commentary Several recent media reports point to serious problems at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
U.S. taxpayers funding pro-Putin VOA programs – Ted Lipien in Washington Examiner
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and co-founder of BBG…
Russian Accuses Voice Of America Of Fake Interview – NPR
BBG WATCH COMMENTARY NPR’s Michele Kelemen, a former employee of Voice of America, reported on the recent VOA…
New director seems unaware of BBG plans for VOA
BBG WATCH COMMENTARY In a NPR interview, new VOA director David Ensor seemed unaware that in addition to…