Read More 10 minute read Strong dislike of Donald Trump among some Voice of America newsroom reporters and editorsAugust 5, 2024 Dislike of Donald Trump has been very strong among some Voice of America (VOA) reporters and editors, especially…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 19 minute read HISTORY Flora Wovschin — Codename ZORA — Was The Most Active Soviet Spy But Not The Most Valuable Agent of Influence at WWII Voice of AmericaNovember 9, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Following reports that due to multiple security violations the Office of Personnel…
Read More 12 minute read Beware of Government Propaganda “Experts”June 5, 2022 Disinformation governance by government propaganda experts can be dangerous, judging by the record of the early officials in…
Read More 5 minute read Asking About Voice of America’s Stalin Peace Prize Winner May Be McCarthyism or Merely Amusing, Former VOA Director SaidApril 11, 2022 Former Voice of America (VOA) director Sanford J. Ungar, who served under President Clinton from 1999 to 2001, said…
Read More 16 minute read 80 Years of VOA: Different Names of the Voice of AmericaJanuary 31, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary 80 years ago today, on February 1, 1942, the first Voice of America (VOA) radio…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America at 80 – VOA’s Pro-Soviet Fellow Travelers and Lessons for TodayJanuary 24, 2022 Voice of America at 80 – the hidden record of VOA’s pro-Soviet fellow travelers, Howard Fast and John…
Read More 2 minute read Symbolic Justice for Stalin’s Victims, But Not Yet From Voice of America ManagementDecember 25, 2021 Commentaries about Stalin’s victims, Voice of America By Ted Lipien (Tadeusz Lipień) In my Washington Examiner Christmas Day…
Read More 5 minute read Deceptive USAGM NumbersDecember 20, 2021 Deceptive USAGM numbers hide the lack of relevance and effectiveness of the $800 million federal U.S. Agency for…
Read More 7 minute read As Terrorists Kill Family Member of DW Journalist, VOA Offers Optimistic Taliban-Focused News from Afghanistan – Example IIAugust 20, 2021 Voice of America – VOA offers largely optimistic Taliban-focused news from Afghanistan meant to reassure the Afghans, particularly…
Read More 19 minute read USAGM or US Agency for Global MayhemAugust 19, 2021 USAGM or US Agency for Global Mayhem: Cut, Run and Lost Credibility A Commentary By The Federalist “In…
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 13 minute read Cuban Refugee Journalist: Sloppy Voice of America Boosts Communist PropagandaJuly 16, 2021 USAGM Watch Guest Commentary A Cuban refugee journalist in the United States has submitted to us an analysis…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America’s failure in Ethiopia needs Biden’s attention for stopping genocide and reforming VOA and USAGMJuly 2, 2021 USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien #TigrayGenocide President Biden must act quickly to reform the Voice of America…
Read More 2 minute read Biden can combat foreign propaganda by reforming Voice of AmericaJune 30, 2021 OPINION An op-ed in The Washington Examiner by a co-founder and supporter of USAGM Watch was written in…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America is airing Ethiopian propaganda, South African Mail & Guardian reportsJune 8, 2021 USAGM Watch Commentary An article by Zecharias Zelalem an Ethiopian freelance journalist, which appears on the South African…
Read More 4 minute read Current and Former U.S. Agency for Global Media Executives Protected Controversial VOA ManagersMay 28, 2021 USAGM Watch Commentary by Former VOA English and VOA Foreign Language Reporters As we pointed out recently, problems…
Read More 3 minute read Bad Management At Voice of America and USAGM Starts At The Very TopMay 26, 2021 Voice of America central English newsroom and VOA language services have in recent years been the focus of…
Read More 3 minute read New Questions About Leadership at Voice of America and USAGM Regarding EthiopiaMay 26, 2021 USAGM Watch Commentary by Former VOA English and VOA Foreign Language Reporters Here We Go Again: New Questions…
Read More 13 minute read Rumors, Myths, Untruths and Half-Truths from U.S. Agency for Global MediaApril 15, 2021 From USAGM Watch Citizen Journalists: We are pleased to see the return of The Federalist, our longtime contributor…
Read More 2 minute read ‘Voice of One America’ on Voice of America is against US lawNovember 30, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien, who is a co-founder and…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America Between A Firewall and AccountabilityNovember 27, 2020 USAGM Watch OPINION and COMMENTARY By Ted Lipien What is more important: protecting Voice of America (VOA) U.S.…
Read More 6 minute read HISTORY First Voice of America Director of Halloween Fake Radio News FameOctober 31, 2020 USAGM Watch Halloween Commentary By Ted Lipien Happy Halloween! But don’t be fooled by fake radio news. Orson…
Read More 19 minute read Edward R. Murrow Would Not Have Approved of Partisan or Chinese Communist Propaganda at Voice of AmericaOctober 11, 2020 OPINION by Ted Lipien Voice of America (VOA) directors and some of its current and former editors and…
Read More 40 minute read HISTORY WWII Voice of America Communist Propaganda to YugoslaviaSeptember 14, 2020 Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Thanks to several lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, the U.S. Congress…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America Election News 1996 – 2020 Went From Balance to BiasAugust 27, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the $800 million U.S. Agency for Global…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America Forgets Legacy of Its Anti-Communist Refugee JournalistsAugust 9, 2020 USAGM – BBG Watch OPINION By Ted Lipien I am one of the many former Voice of America…
Read More 10 minute read HISTORY Warsaw Uprising Betrayed by Pro-Stalin WWII Voice of AmericaAugust 1, 2020 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary August 1, 2020 marks the 76th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw…
Read More 6 minute read HISTORY How Congress Exposed, Defunded and Stopped Domestic U.S. Government Propaganda in 1943June 22, 2020 During World War II, the federal government’s Office of War Information (OWI), where Voice of America (VOA) radio…
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 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 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 7 minute read GEOFFREY COWAN AND JAMES K. GLASSMAN LAT OP-ED: ‘Trump’s war on Voice of America is all about him’April 23, 2020 OPINION Geoffrey Cowan and James K. Glassman Are Wrong to Defend Mismanaged Voice of America. Their Misguided Defense…
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 4 minute read Former BBG Board Member Reacts to Voice of America Foreign Propaganda Videos During PandemicApril 11, 2020 American radio host and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita Cullum has criticized the Voice of…
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 3 minute read Steady Stream of Good China News Propaganda from Voice of AmericaMarch 30, 2020 USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY While posting a few short reports in recent days on how the communist China uses…
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 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…