USAGM performance in Afghanistan – a threat to journalists in Ukraine
USAGM leadership’s approach to Ukraine is dangerous for U.S. Agency for Global Media journalists, including those from Voice…
80 Years of VOA: Different Names of the Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary 80 years ago today, on February 1, 1942, the first Voice of America (VOA) radio…
Voice of America at 80 – VOA’s Pro-Soviet Fellow Travelers and Lessons for Today
Voice of America at 80 – the hidden record of VOA’s pro-Soviet fellow travelers, Howard Fast and John…
Symbolic Justice for Stalin’s Victims, But Not Yet From Voice of America Management
Commentaries about Stalin’s victims, Voice of America By Ted Lipien (Tadeusz Lipień) In my Washington Examiner Christmas Day…
Deceptive USAGM Numbers
Deceptive USAGM numbers hide the lack of relevance and effectiveness of the $800 million federal U.S. Agency for…
At Voice of America, history repeats itself
At Voice of America, history repeats itself because of poor USAGM leadership, partisan bias and violations of VOA…
Voice of America Censors ‘Let’s Go Brandon’
Voice of America censors “Let’s go Brandon” phrase in an apparent effort to protect President Biden. No VOA…
Possible Biden Nomination of Amanda Bennett Would Offend Immigrant Voters, Risks More Scandals at USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary Politico report suggesting that President Biden may nominate former Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda…
As Terrorists Kill Family Member of DW Journalist, VOA Offers Optimistic Taliban-Focused News from Afghanistan – Example II
Voice of America – VOA offers largely optimistic Taliban-focused news from Afghanistan meant to reassure the Afghans, particularly…
As Taliban Kills Family Member of DW Journalist, VOA Offers Optimistic News from Afghanistan – Example I
Voice of America – VOA offers largely optimistic Taliban-focused news from Afghanistan meant to reassure the Afghans, particularly…
Voice of America Polygraph.Info Posts Against Russia Fake News Have Near Zero Likes After 4 Years
USAGM Watch Commentary Despite being sold to members of the U.S. Congress and U.S. media as one of…
How Zofia Korbońska, Voice of America refugee journalist, campaigned against communism, resisted German-Nazi fascism
Zofia Korbońska, a Voice of America refugee journalist, was a remarkable Polish-American woman who fought against two of…
Voice of America VOA News Failed to Report on Rejection of Bipartisan Congressional Friends of Belarus Caucus’ Plea to Biden to Meet Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
USAGM Watch Commentary The Voice of America VOA News English-language website has not reported the recent forming of…
Shameful Voice of America VOA News Reporting Failure on U.S.-Germany Nord Stream Deal
USAGM Watch Commentary by Ted Lipien I was pleased to see that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), where…
Longtime Execs at Low Employee Morale USAGM Against Former Short-Time CEO
USAGM Watch Commentary USAGM Watch offers a selection of links to media articles and official U.S. government documents…
Voice of America’s failure in Ethiopia needs Biden’s attention for stopping genocide and reforming VOA and USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien #TigrayGenocide President Biden must act quickly to reform the Voice of America…
Biden can combat foreign propaganda by reforming Voice of America
OPINION An op-ed in The Washington Examiner by a co-founder and supporter of USAGM Watch was written in…
‘Voice of America listens to bullsh**,’ outraged independent Meduza journalist dismisses a VOA Russian Service report
USAGM Watch Commentary Galina Timchenko, a Russian journalist and executive editor of Meduza, a Riga, Latvia-based independent online…
RFE/RL President Says ‘We will not be silenced’ in Russia
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks that he can silence Radio Liberty in…
LIPIEN – Putin is blackmailing Radio Liberty
OPINION An op-ed by Ted Lipien, former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president, former Voice of…
Russia’s RT Beat Voice of America on Biden Armenian Genocide Story
USAGM Watch Commentary Russian state TV and web news channel RT was more than half an hour ahead…
BBC Russian: Radio Liberty and Current Time Invited Some Employees to Leave Russia
USAGM Watch Commentary BBC Russian Service reported online that the leadership of Radio Liberty and the Current Time…
U.S. State Department condemns Russia’s fines against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
USAGM Watch Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has received support in a statement from U.S. State Department spokesperson…
Biden Ignored VOA and RFE/RL in His Article on Russian Propaganda, Needs to Reform USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary While President-Elect Joe Biden has been a strong longtime supporter of U.S. international broadcasting, especially…
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?
USAGM Watch Commentary When it comes to history, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is easily winning the propaganda war…
Voice of America Doctor Who Brought AIDS Information to USSR and Saved Lives
By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum At one time during the Cold War, the taxpayer-funded, U.S.…
Steady Stream of Good China News Propaganda from Voice of America
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY While posting a few short reports in recent days on how the communist China uses…
Boris Nemtsov Defended Radio Liberty Journalists
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary We can report with some satisfaction that Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
Kirk Douglas on Radio Free Europe and Voice of America
By Ted Lipien As Putin’s propagandists are again spreading lies around the world and trying to undermine American…
HISTORY Russian propaganda at WWII Voice of America
BBG – USAGM Watch History Russian propaganda influence in the United States is not new. “I established contact…
Trump speaks about VOA
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A report posted online by the Voice of America (VOA) implied that President…
USAGM CEO nominee Michael Pack pledges to protect journalistic integrity
BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary Michael Pack, President Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Agency for Global…
US Agency for Global Media John Lansing Departs
BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary OPINION U-SAG-M US Agency for Global Media John Lansing Departs By The…
VOA repeats Russian claim: Stalin “saved European democracy”
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America dispensed—unchallenged—a propaganda lie from Putin’s disinformation specialists claiming…
Voice of America VOA English News Blows Off 80th Anniversary of Hitler-Stalin Pact
By Ted Lipien Today, August 23, marks the 80th anniversary of the signing of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact…
HISTORY Voice of America? – Why The Question Mark from Congress in 1948?
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary In 1948, Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate charged that Voice of…
VOA Chinese Service censored Pompeo speech while other USAGM news sites ignored it EXCLUSIVE
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary It appears from multiple online searches of U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
HISTORY Collusion: How the State Department tried to save Voice of America from Soviet influence in WWII
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The history of the Voice of America has been written around the false…
Powerful pro-press freedom speech by Sen. Cruz ignored by Voice of America EXCLUSIVE
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) has so far (as of 12:20 AM…
What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL?
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL? • In…
Voice of America disinformation on Khadija Ismayilova for Press Freedom Day
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the federal U.S. Agency for Global…
Former BBG Governor Blanquita Cullum interviews Sen. Cruz on Venezuela and illegal immigration
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary American radio host and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita Cullum…
Former BBG Governor Cullum criticized VOA for Russian propaganda in Venezuela reporting
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary American radio host and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita Cullum…
VOA – Iran – RT Tweet Circle
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A Voice of America (VOA) correspondent felt the need to tweet Wednesday about…
Paul Goble on the need to reform and save RFE/RL to counter Russian censorship and propaganda
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary America’s top expert on Kremlin propaganda Paul Goble has commented on the controversy over Radio…
Allegations of old anti-Semitism part of new scandals at USAGM’s Voice of America and RFE/RL
BBG – USAGM Commentary Various niche media outlets were reporting last week on new serious allegations against the…
HISTORY 1953 CIA Source: People Died in Czechoslovakia Because of Pro-Communist Propaganda from Voice of America
OPINION AND ANALYSIS Cold War Radio Museum 1953 CIA Source: People Died in Czechoslovakia Because of Pro-Communist…
USAGM CEO Lansing blasts critics who exposed his agency’s illegal Facebook ads targeting Americans
BBG Watch Commentary In a letter to the Editor of The Los Angeles Times, CEO of the U.S.…
Propaganda Video from RFE/RL and VOA “Current Time” Russian Program of U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)
BBG Watch Commentary This one-sided political and partisan propaganda video was produced with Russian subtitles…
Voice of America Russian Service’s illegal targeting of Americans with Facebook ads exposed by Rep. Royce
BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee…