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…
Cuban Refugee Journalist: Sloppy Voice of America Boosts Communist Propaganda
USAGM Watch Guest Commentary A Cuban refugee journalist in the United States has submitted to us an analysis…
Biased Voice of America VOA News report does not quote a single protester, gives Castro regime the last word, ignores criticism from Senator Rubio
USAGM Watch Commentary The Voice of America VOA News English-language report, titled “Rare Protests Hit Cuba Amid Economic,…
Voice of America Alumni Group reveals employee morale crisis under longtime VOA and USAGM executives
USAGM Watch Commentary A post on the Voice of America (VOA) Alumni Group Facebook page provides evidence from…
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…
U.S. Agency for Global Media – Here We Go Again
OPINION U.S. Agency for Global Media…Here We Go Again By The Federalist If there is one thing the…
USAGM Patterns of Manipulation
OPINION U.S. Agency for Global Media Patterns of Manipulation by Longtime Government Officials by The Federalist Perhaps the…
‘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…
Charges of a Coverup by USAGM and VOA Management in Controversy Over Ethiopia Coverage
USAGM Watch Commentary by Former VOA English and Foreign Language Reporters As sources underscore, to gain a thorough…
USAGM Officials Selling Snake Oil to Employees, Taxpayers, Congress and Media
OPINION By The Federalist Longtime U.S. Agency for Global Media Officials… Selling The Snake Oil The ongoing comedy…
Rep. Michael McCaul Calls for Answers on Reports of Misuse of Money, Falsified Credentials at USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary Members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, may be beginning to realize that current senior…
U.S. Agency for Global Media – USAGM Penultimate Dysfunction
OPINION By The Federalist The first thing to understand about the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is…
Current and Former U.S. Agency for Global Media Executives Protected Controversial VOA Managers
USAGM Watch Commentary by Former VOA English and VOA Foreign Language Reporters As we pointed out recently, problems…
Voice of America Fails to Post Story on Phishing Attack Against VOA Employees and Private Citizens
USAGM Watch Commentary The story of a December 2020 phishing attack on the U.S. Agency for Global Media…
U.S. Agency for Global Media Notified Employees of Personal Information Security Breach Four Months After It Occurred
USAGM Watch Commentary Former Voice of America senior White House correspondent Dan Robinson who has written occasional commentaries…
Good Enough for Government Work at Voice of America Newsroom
USAGM Watch Commentary In previous years, BBG Watch – the predecessor of USAGM Watch – made part of…
Catching Up on USAGM: Biden’s U.S. Agency for Global Media Head Reinstates Executives Suspended by Michael Pack, Criticizes Him and His Appointees
USAGM Watch Commentary The Hill and other U.S. media reported in late February 2021 that five individuals, described in…
Rumors, Myths, Untruths and Half-Truths from U.S. Agency for Global Media
From USAGM Watch Citizen Journalists: We are pleased to see the return of The Federalist, our longtime contributor…
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…
Assessing the Terrain: USAGM Watch Resumes Watchdog Role
Assessing the Terrain: USAGM Watch Resumes Watchdog Role USAGM Watch Commentary Four months into 2021, the former BBG…
USAGM Watch Resumes BBG Watch Oversight and Accountability Blogging
See New Posts on USAGMWatch.com New Announcement from USAGM Watch Citizen Journalists Citizen journalists working as unpaid volunteers…
Senator Bob Menendez questions USAGM acting CEO’s decision to appoint Sylvia Rosabal as Director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting
New Announcement from USAGM Watch Citizen Journalists Citizen journalists working as unpaid volunteers for non-partisan and independent USAGM…
USAGM Watch Citizen Journalists
USAGM Watch Video USAGM Watch (USAGMWatch.com) citizen journalists bring transparency and accountability to U.S. government-funded operations managed by…
Former Voice of America Reporter Makes Accusations
USAGM Watch Commentary In a Letter to the Editor of The Washington Post, a former Voice of America…
SIDEBAR: Where 2016 Consultant Report Recommendations Missed The Mark
USAGM Watch Commentary EDITOR’S NOTE: A USAGM staffer reacts to key aspects of the Executive Summary of the…
USAGM – US Agency for Global Mayhem – Don’t Get Fooled – Again
OPINION – GUEST COMMENTARY US Agency for Global Mayhem Don’t Get Fooled – Again By The Federalist To…
Lauded Adviser of Biden’s USAGM Transition Leader Richard Stengel Was Also Chief Aide of Ex BBG CEO Before Conviction for Theft
USAGM Watch Commentary President Obama’s Under a Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel…
Biden’s USAGM Transition Leader Richard Stengel Pushed Normalization with Castro’s Cuba for OCB and VOA EXCLUSIVE
USAGM Watch Commentary According to two individuals who attended closed meetings of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Biden’s USAGM Transition Leader Richard Stengel Criticized for Advocating Restrictions on Free Speech
Richard Stengel’s October 29, 2019 op-ed in The Washington Post, “Why America needs a hate speech law,” has been…
Biden Named Richard Stengel Team Lead Transition Volunteer for US Agency for Global Media – USAGM
Former Time magazine editor Richard Stengel who as former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs represented…
Native Americans, 2020 Elections, and Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary Many U.S. news media outlets have reported that President Trump may have lost at least…
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…
Trump’s USAGM CEO Set to Rehire Chinese American VOA Refugee Journalists Fired by Former Management EXCLUSIVE
USAGM Watch Commentary Regardless of who wins Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election, Michael Pack, Trump-nominated and Senate-confirmed CEO of…
Public Sex at Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary No comment from USAGM Watch on a November 2, 2020 report by the Daily Caller.…
MINISCULE, They Are Not: Violations of the VOA Charter
MINISCULE A commentary BBG-USAGM Watch publishes this brief commentary by a contributor, in response to a recent email…
VOA Reporter Apologizes for Halloween Tweet That Sparked Wave of Anti-Trump Comments
USAGM Watch Commentary Tweet Taken Down: “I Screwed Up” VOA’s White House bureau chief, Steve Herman, posted what…
Obama-Biden White House Used Voice of America for Political Publicity with No Protests from VOA, Liberal Media or Congress
USAGM Watch Commentary There were no protests from the Voice of America (VOA) English central newsroom reporters, liberal…
Let The Hypocrisy Continue at USAGM and VOA
OPINION by The Federalist US International Broadcasting Voice of America U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) U.S. Agency…
Dangerously naive VOA journalists make fools of themselves
USAGM Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director (2006), who during his 34-year…
A “Martyr” for Free Press Who Blocked Journalists Exposing His Mistakes
OPINION By The Federalist In the latest U.S Agency for Global Media (USAGM) dust up, the VOA White…
Outgoing HFAC Chair Eliot Engel Calls for Firing of USAGM CEO Michael Pack
USAGM Watch Commentary Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), outgoing Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, called…
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…
Rep. Scott Perry Criticized USAGM and OTF for Mismanagement and Security Breaches
USAGM Watch Commentary The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing On September 24, 2020 to examine the…
EXCLUSIVE SIDEBAR: VOA Broadcast Managers Had Access to Classified State Department Material
OPINION By Dan Robinson For many years, Voice of America broadcast managers had access to classified State Department…
Questions About 14 Voice of America Journalists Who Protest Against Pack
OPINION By Dan Robinson Murky History of Access to Classified Information by VOA Managers, Reporters A protest now…
USAGM CEO Promises Journalistic Freedom Under Voice of America Charter
USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, joined The Federalist Radio Hour…
Media Expose Hidden Voice of America and USAGM Scandals
USAGM Watch Commentary Mainstream U.S. media, for now mostly conservative outlets, reporters and commentators, are beginning to focus…
Some VOA Newsroom Employees Complain About USAGM Release of OPM Report on Security Breaches
OPINION By Dan Robinson Report Detailed Violations in Background Investigation Procedures That USAGM CEO Michael Pack Says Placed…
USAGM Official Who Fired Dissident VOA China Journalists Is Suspended
BBG – USAGM Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media former Acting CEO and Chief Financial Officer Grant Turner…