Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Buries LA Fires Story, Ignores Bipartisan Criticism of Democratic MayorJanuary 10, 2025 USAGM Watch Commentary The devastating fires in Los Angeles have been the number one news story on almost…
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 4 minute read Voice of America Ignored for 3 Days House Foreign Affairs Committee Report Alleging ‘Culture of Corruption’ Allowed by Senior USAGM ExecutivesJune 14, 2024 USAGM Watch Commentary Several former Voice of America (VOA) senior reporters and managers, who retired several years ago…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Whitewashes Terror Backgrounds of Gazan Journalists | Honest ReportingMarch 20, 2024 USAGM Watch Commentary on “Voice of America Whitewashes Terror” Article by Honest Reporting HonestReporting, a media monitoring nonprofit…
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 1 minute read Chairman McCaul decries extraordinary crisis of leadership at USAGMFebruary 8, 2024 USAGM Watch Commentary In a commentary published in National Review, Michael McCaul (R-TX) – chairman of the House…
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 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 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 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 3 minute read Voice of America Hours Late in Reporting on Trump Court PleaAugust 4, 2023 VOA Late on Trump Plea Voice of America’s English News Global Website Lags for Over Three Hours on…
Read More 3 minute read USAGM management’s failure to vet Voice of America journalistsJune 16, 2023 USAGM Watch Commentary In November 2022, a group of Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service journalists protested against…
Read More 5 minute read VOA’s Sloppy Newscasts Part of QC Problems at USAGMApril 7, 2023 Guest Commentary by Dan Robinson In addition to a longstanding reputation as one of the worst places to work in…
Read More 1 minute read More Charges of Voice of America and USAGM Senior Management DysfunctionFebruary 27, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary “Voice of America junket shows it needs new leadership“ By Michael Rubin in The…
Read More 1 minute read U.S. Foreign Policy Expert on Management Dysfunction at USAGM and VOA – Voice of AmericaFebruary 18, 2023 USAGM Watch Media Commentary Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, highlighted in a recent…
Read More 8 minute read Congress Needs to Investigate Censorship at the Voice of AmericaJanuary 8, 2023 Commentary By Ted Lipien for Free Media Online There is a long history of censorship at the Voice…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America Management Censors VOA Vietnamese News Video – Timeline From Internal Sources EXCLUSIVEDecember 12, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary Sources at the Voice of America (VOA), who want to remain anonymous to avoid reprisals,…
Read More 1 minute read Voice of America’s lame excuse for censorship | Washington Examiner Op-EdDecember 7, 2022 The censorship was outrageous, as was the nonchalant manner in which senior leaders in charge of upholding the…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America – USAGM Management Censored News to Protect Communist Vietnam — Radio Free Asia Did NotNovember 18, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary As reported by Paul Farhi in the Washington Post on Tuesday, the Voice of America…
Read More 7 minute read More Censorship at USAGM — VOA to Vietnam Censored by ManagementNovember 17, 2022 Censorship at USAGM — U.S. Agency for Global Media has returned at the Voice of America (VOA) under…
Read More 4 minute read Politico Blasts USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett’s Predecessor Michael Pack, Overlooks Her Record at VOANovember 15, 2022 In highlighting its interview with USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett, Politico blasted her short-time predecessor Michael Pack. Politico did…
Read More 7 minute read Big Mistake in Rewarding Failed Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) ManagersNovember 11, 2022 Big Mistake To Reward Failed Voice of America Managers A Commentary By The Federalist Quite possibly the worst…
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 3 minute read Voice of America reports on detention of its freelance journalist accused of spying for Russia; VOA freelancer denies espionage chargesOctober 27, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. government-funded Voice of America (VOA) has a new report about the detention in…
Read More 7 minute read Despite Scandals at Voice of America, Amanda Bennett Appears Cleared for Senate Confirmation as U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEOSeptember 22, 2022 Despite a long record of unprecedented management scandals during her tenure as Voice of America (VOA) director and…
Read More 2 minute read Diaz-Balart Condemns a Reduction in Force (RIF) at the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB)August 26, 2022 The following press release was issued by the office of Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R) representing Florida’s 25th Congressional…
Read More 2 minute read Four Republican Members of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Voted Against Nomination of Amanda Bennett for USAGM CEOJune 28, 2022 Jimmy Quinn, national security correspondent for National Review, reported that four Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations…
Read More 6 minute read VOA Report: Biden’s USAGM Nominee Bennett Wins Senate Committee ApprovalJune 24, 2022 USAGM Watch Commentary “The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the…
Read More 5 minute read The Voice of America Fantasyland in AfghanistanMarch 29, 2022 The U.S. Agency for Global Media presents the Voice of America Fantasyland in the VOA Acting Director’s statement…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America Corrected Aid to Ukraine Map to Include Poland and Slovakia – Hungary and Other Countries Still MissingMarch 5, 2022 While the Voice of America corrected its “Aid to Ukraine” map to include Poland and Slovakia after protests…
Read More 2 minute read Where are U.S.-funded global media in discussion of Russia’s war against Ukraine?, former Voice of America Reporter Dan Robinson Asks About USAGMMarch 1, 2022 On Ukraine, former Voice of America reporter Dan Robinson writes, “Yet again, not a single mention of USAGM…
Read More 9 minute read Russia’s War on Ukraine – BBG conducted a faulty poll in Russian-occupied Crimea – what will USAGM leadership do now?February 24, 2022 Russia’s war on Ukraine U.S. government-funded reporting is now in the hands of the dysfunctional U.S. Agency for…
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 Members of Congress Criticize USAGM Management Over Cuts for OCB Cuba ProgramsJanuary 6, 2022 Cuts for OCB Cuba programs, proposed by the senior management of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
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 8 minute read More of the same for the USAGMNovember 30, 2021 U.S. Agency for Global Media may get a new leader. Judging by her record as a former Voice of…
Read More 1 minute read GOP Alleges Corruption at Global Media Agency — National Review Writer’s Comments About USAGMNovember 6, 2021 Corruption at Global Media Agency, alleged by Republicans in Congress, is analyzed in a National Review commentary. Media…
Read More 5 minute read U.S. Agency For Global Media TrappedNovember 3, 2021 U.S. Agency For Global Media trapped in Afghanistan, a victim of years of mismanagement, chaos and a lack…
Read More 4 minute read Part THREE: Voice of America Struggles to Detect Violations of Journalistic Standards, Enforce GuidelinesOctober 30, 2021 AS VOICE OF AMERICA STRUGGLES, VIOLATORS OF STANDARDS SHOWERED WITH PRAISE, IN SOME CASES RE-HIRED, PROMOTED USAGM Watch…
Read More 2 minute read WP Mentions USAGM Watch: a Possible Amanda Bennett Nomination May Offend Ethnic VotersOctober 28, 2021 Possible Amanda Bennett nomination for USAGM could offend ethnic voters and face trouble in the Senate because of…
Read More 4 minute read Part ONE: Voice of America Struggles to Detect Violations of Journalistic Standards, Enforce GuidelinesOctober 14, 2021 Voice of America Deletes Tweets By A Key Correspondent USAGM Watch Commentary We’re going to bury the lead…
Read More 2 minute read Comment on WP Article on USAGM Journalists Left Behind in AfghanistanSeptember 1, 2021 USAGM Watch Commentary The Washington Post has an opinion article about the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
Read More 4 minute read When The Best USAGM Leaders Can Do Is Sheer IncompetenceAugust 31, 2021 US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and the Voice of America (VOA) leaders in the $800 million federal…
Read More 6 minute read Cut and Run and Chaos – The USAGM Contribution to the Afghan FailureAugust 26, 2021 The USAGM contribution to the Afghan failure has been presided by U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice…