Read More 10 minute read MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART THREEApril 13, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART THREE NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS CHUMPS,…
Read More 6 minute read MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART TWOApril 11, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART TWO NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS CHUMPS,…
Read More 6 minute read MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART ONEApril 9, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART ONE NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS…
Read More 7 minute read The USAGM Numbers GameApril 9, 2019 OPINION The USAGM Numbers Game Numbers of Convenience Without Consequence By The Federalist The audience numbers…
Read More 3 minute read Senior Voice of America exec listed as Facebook friend of VOA reporter with ‘F*ck Trump’ posts EXCLUSIVEApril 5, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A March 5, 2019 screenshot of a 2016 post, showing a dog and…
Read More 9 minute read Tax-funded Voice of America is pushing ‘hate in America’ message with discredited dataApril 1, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A screenshot taken on November 19, 2017 of an anti-Trump meme reposted on…
Read More 6 minute read Pompeo calls for USAGM leadership changeMarch 29, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary In his appearance on March 27, 2019 before the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee…
Read More 6 minute read Twitter poll: VOA and Radio Farda USAGM Iran audience claims are falseMarch 27, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary A Twitter poll, launched on March 21, 2019 by Radio Farda personality, political satirist, actor…
Read More 7 minute read Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp IncreasesMarch 27, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp Increases By…
Read More 4 minute read HISTORY Rep. Howard H. Buffett, Warren Buffett’s father, feared domestic VOA propagandaMarch 25, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Domestic Propaganda Cold War Radio Museum has posted on its…
Read More 8 minute read Meet The USAGM PR Flash MeisterMarch 21, 2019 OPINION Government International Media: Meet The USAGM PR Flash Meister By The Federalist John Lansing.…
Read More 5 minute read White House FY2020 Budget Proposal Calls for Major Cuts in USAGM SpendingMarch 18, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The Trump administration’s proposed Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year…
Read More 5 minute read Silencing Steve BannonFebruary 27, 2019 GUEST BBG – USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY Silencing Steve Bannon By Sasha Gong It is hard…
Read More 8 minute read It’s Alive! The USAGM DystopiaFebruary 27, 2019 OPINION It’s Alive! The U-SAG-M Dystopia By The Federalist “Dystopia” has a broad range of definition. In part,…
Read More 5 minute read USAGM and Voice of America: The Case of the Disappeared — and Delayed — Steve Bannon InterviewFebruary 27, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary According to sources in the Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service and friends…
Read More 10 minute read USAGM CEO John Lansing’s right-hand man, Dr. Haroon Ullah, strangely missing lately from his sideFebruary 25, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary UPDATE BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. Department of Justice announced in…
Voice of America ignores ‘The Donald’ pro-Trump art exhibition in AlbaniaFebruary 23, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has ignored “The Donald” pro-President…
Read More 6 minute read Did Voice of America federal reporter threaten Americans to silence pro-Trump free speech?February 20, 2019 USAGM Watch Commentary On a Twitter account showing news from the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), a…
Read More 3 minute read VOA Director Amanda Bennett’s Chinese New Year Greeting BackfiresFebruary 10, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary 美国之音给您拜年啦!美国之音台长贝内特、中文部主任托瑞埃罗和其他语言组的同仁祝您?年身体健康、合家欢乐、万事如意!!! pic.twitter.com/0aJwkGAgWx — 美国之音中文网 (@VOAChinese) February 3, 2019 VOA Director Amanda Bennett’s Chinese New…
Read More 6 minute read RFE/RL claims Iran clergy “remains firmly in place” as criticism of Radio Farda, VOA and USAGM goes viralFebruary 1, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary In a new video from U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which is managed…
Read More 11 minute read Ed Royce on USAGM Illegally Targeting Americans with Facebook AdsJanuary 30, 2019 OPINION Issues in the News: Royce Report on USAGM Illegally Targeting Americans with Facebook Ads U.S. International Media:…
Read More 2 minute read Trump Sticks With Pack for Broadcasting Chief, WFB reportedJanuary 18, 2019 BBG Watch Media As reported by Susan Crabtree in the Washington Free Beacon, “President Trump has re-nominated documentary…
Read More 5 minute read Intriguing VOA tweet about snow, Trump, media, and pilots of U.S. Marine One helicopterJanuary 16, 2019 Comedy We have put this one under our new BBG – USAGM Watch Comedy category. We were quite…
Read More 5 minute read Does he listen to Radio Free Europe? A question from “Cold War” 2018 movieJanuary 10, 2019 OPINION By Ted Lipien Cold War – Clip: I’ve Been Ratting On You | Amazon Studios I was…
Read More 18 minute read OPINION VOA Problems: Racism, Xenophobia, Mediocrity, and NepotismDecember 25, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett has made various charges against VOA Mandarin Service…
Read More 5 minute read WFB: House Foreign Affairs Committee uncovered new spate of management failures at USAGM and VOADecember 22, 2018 BBG Watch Media Commentary A new report by Susan Crabtree in The Washington Free Beacon provides additional details…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America Persian Service targeted Americans with illegal Facebook adsDecember 22, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee…
Read More 3 minute read Congress exposes repeated violations of Smith-Mundt Act in USAGM agency’s Facebook ads targeting AmericansDecember 21, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee…
Read More 6 minute read USAGM CEO John Lansing ignored early warnings of ads targeting AmericansDecember 21, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO John Lansing, who had been appointed in 2015 during…
Read More 10 minute read Chinese whistleblower Guo Wengui accuses Voice of America of intentional defamation, demands an apologyDecember 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In posts on Twitter and in a telephone interview in which he answered questions from…
Read More 1 minute read Senators block attempt to entrench bureaucrats at Voice of America and USAGMDecember 18, 2018 BBG Watch Media Commentary A group of conservative senators has blocked a bill which would allow holdover bureacrats…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America Mandarin Service had meetings with Chinese Embassy, Hoover Institution and Asia Society report saysDecember 13, 2018 BBG Watch Media Commentary According to a report of the Working Group on Chinese Influence Activities in the…
Read More 6 minute read New York Times missed evidence of existing Voice of America bias under Amanda Bennett and John LansingDecember 13, 2018 BBG Watch Media Commentary While noting some of the management scandals at the Voice of America (VOA) and…
Sen. Warner to Propose National Cybersecurity DoctrineDecember 5, 2018 Sen. Warner to Propose National Cybersecurity Doctrine| Mutlichannel NEWS “Expand American influence abroad to extend the key…
Read More 2 minute read Dan Robinson comments on NPR report about VOADecember 5, 2018 Voice Of America Vows Independence, As Trump Calls For ‘Worldwide Network’ Dan Robinson comments on NPR report…
Read More 2 minute read WFB: “Corker, Menendez Push Effort to ‘Neuter’ Trump’s Broadcasting Chief”December 2, 2018 BBG Watch Media Commentary Washington Free Beacon senior writer Susan Crabtree who has been reporting on U.S government…
Read More 8 minute read Strange Greta Van Susteren interview with President Trump for Voice of AmericaNovember 30, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Did Voice of America try to censor Greta Van Susteren, who works as a pro-bono…
Read More 7 minute read Fantasy Land at USAGM and VOANovember 29, 2018 OPINION U-SAG-M Fantasyland Special 2018 Holiday Edition US Government International Media? By The Federalist …
Read More 6 minute read Amanda Bennett WP op-ed is a “biased and fake opinion piece,” Iranian-born American journalist saidNovember 29, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Journalists formerly linked with the Voice of America (VOA) have criticized a Washington Post op-ed…
Read More 5 minute read They called him “a joke” and streamed a sex joke about his wife, will Trump grant Voice of America an interview?November 27, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Internal memos from the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) show that one of…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America English website ignored Guo Wengui $100 million China human rights fundNovember 26, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) under holdover Obama administration director Amanda Bennett appears to…
Read More 4 minute read Thanksgiving: Time to Be Grateful For “Cushy” Six-figure Jobs at USAGMNovember 23, 2018 BBG Watch Guest Commentary As Americans observed Thanksgiving, employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) no…
Read More 3 minute read CUSIB Inquires About VOA Mandarin 5November 14, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary At the open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) on November 14, Committee…
Read More 1 minute read Federal USAGM Interference Blocks Watchdog Website NameNovember 9, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary An act of interference with domestic press by Federal U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM),…
Read More 7 minute read No Mention on Tax-funded VOA News Website of Possible BlexitNovember 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary No Mention on Tax-funded VOA News Website of Possible Blexit Plenty of One-Sided Left-Wing…
Read More 2 minute read Who leaked an embarrassing video for RFE/RL – Voice of America Russian TV?November 2, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary A leaked rehearsal video for the Russian-language Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)-Voice of…
Read More 11 minute read USAGM Holdover CEO Was Warned in 2017 About Anti-Semitism in His Agency’s ProgramsOctober 31, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Obama Administration holdover CEO John F. Lansing took…
Read More 4 minute read VOA Fires or Proposes Removal of 15 Hausa Service Employees for ‘Improper Conduct’October 4, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has been warning about similar potential problems of foreign influence in other Voice…
Read More 3 minute read BBC, DW, RT went Facebook Live with Blasey Ford; VOA did notSeptember 27, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary BBC, Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW) and Russia’s RT all had Facebook LIVE transmissions of the…
Read More 2 minute read USAGM Misappropriated ‘Watch’ Domains to Stifle Criticism by US MediaSeptember 25, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In an unprecedented and stunning betrayal of public trust and its mission, the newly-renamed United…