USAGM management’s failure to vet Voice of America journalists
USAGM Watch Commentary In November 2022, a group of Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service journalists protested against…
Voice of America reporters agreed to cuts in their report about a new scandal at U.S. Agency for Global Media – USAGM
USAGM Watch Media Commentary USAGM Watch has learned from sources at the Voice of America (VOA) that the…
‘Employees Rebel at US News Outlet Voice of America for Hiring Journalists’ from ‘Pro-Kremlin News Sources,’ a Newspaper in Ukraine Reports
USAGM Watch Media Commentary “Members of the U.S. Congress have been contacted by employees criticizing the U.S. government-backed…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
How Voice of America lost control of its website to obscene Russian trolls for eight years
OPINION “How Voice of America lost control of its website to obscene Russian trolls for eight years” by…
Voice of America 2012 Fake Interview with Navalny Was A Security Threat
USAGM Watch Commentary Suspected poisoning in Russia of politician and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny is yet another sign…
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…
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…
Former VOA Russian Chief Natalia Clarkson on Revolutions
OPINION The following article about former Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service Chief Natalia Clarkson was posted by…
Voice of America Russian Service gets 336 Facebook LIVE views on election day
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service was getting 336 LIVE Facebook views for its report…
Voice of America Russian U.S. vote posts got only 3-27 Facebook Likes, 0-4 Comments, 0-4 Shares
BBG Watch Commentary In the last 2 hours, Voice of America (VOA) Russian U.S. vote posts got only…
Voice of America used Putin’s narrative in a Russian report, ignored Biden on WWII history
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America Russian Service has posted a report and video on the 77th…
Voice of America for Trump in a Russian puff video
BBG Watch Commentary A number of former and current Voice of America (VOA) journalists, including both…
VOA live convention views less than 0.0001% in China, 0.006% in Russia, 0.03% in Iran
BBG Watch Commentary According to Voice of America Director Ms.Amanda Bennett’s figures, less than 0.0001% Mandarin speakers, 0.0004% English speakers, 0.002% Spanish speakers, 0.006% Russian speakers,…
U.S. tax-funded Voice of America joins anti-Donald Trump electioneering
BBG Watch Media A journalist working as a U.S. government employee for the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Voice of America Russian Service interviews Crimean Tatar leader, VOA English newsroom continues to disappoint
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service correspondent in Moscow Danila Galperovich interviewed Mustafa Dzhemilev, the…
Excellent reporting by Voice of America Russian Service journalists
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA), which now has new director, Amanda Bennett, is still capable…
Widow of Russian Ex-spy Calls His Poisoning ‘State-sponsored Crime’ | Voice of America
BBG Watch While this Voice of America report could have mentioned that Vladimir Putin is an ex-KGB spy,…
Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Introduction to “Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service: A View From Russia”…
Russian investigative reporter mocks RFE/RL’s Radio Liberty management for censoring out her name
BBG Watch Commentary Anastasia Kirilenko, one of the most enterprising and fearless young Russian investigative reporters, has mocked…
Voice of America irrelevant on social media during Democratic presidential debate
BBG Watch Commentary America is calling, but is anyone looking at Voice of America news content on social…
U.S. Media Outreach to Russia Between Optimism and Despair
BBG Watch Commentary Two recent articles touched upon a little noticed debate over U.S. response to Vladimir Putin’s…
Robert Conquest, WSJ, VOA Russian, RFE/RL, Cat Fashion Show
BBG Watch Commentary The decline of the Voice of America (VOA) as a serious news organization could be…
RFE/RL video commentary on death of Robert Conquest, pedestrian VOA Russian coverage
BBG Watch Commentary As Voice of America (VOA) English News website completely ignored the recent death of British-American…
Robert Conquest and Voice of America’s intellectual decline
BBG Watch Commentary Robert Conquest (left), who died on August 3, 2015, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom…
Radio Free Iraq no longer needed, shut down, Broadcasting Board of Governors announced
BBG Watch Commentary With the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), a jihadi extremist…
Voice of America news often not updated for more than 24 hours
BBG Watch Commentary As of 12:15 PM ET, Monday, March 9, 2015, the news on the U.S. taxpayer-funded…
White House on VOA-RFE/RL Russian TV, controversial VOA – Russia TV project not mentioned
BBG Watch Commentary In the “FACT SHEET: U.S. Support for Ukraine,” the White House has announced a…
Austin attacks Reilly, distorts his views on reforming Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) Director Dan Austin, who in 2008 ended all direct VOA…
Voice of America gives Obama – Poroshenko meeting announcement two sentences
BBG Watch Commentary Rudderless and floundering Voice of America (VOA) English News devoted only two sentences to the…
Voice of America English headlines paint an image of unpopular and collapsing Ukraine government
BBG Watch Commentary In contrast to other Western broadcasters and its own Ukrainian and Russian services, Voice of…
Voice of America English News website fails to report on Obama’s statement on Armenian Remembrance Day and Congressional visit to Armenia
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English News website and most of VOA’s language services failed to…
RT and Voice of Russia have much more on U.S. troops going to Poland, Baltics, and Black Sea than Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s Kremlin-run media outlets, RT and Voice of Russia, have done considerably more reporting on…
Is Voice of America hobbling along? – Ariel Cohen, Blanquita Cullum, David Ensor, Dan Robinson respond
BBG Watch Commentary At the Heritage Foundation panel discussion today (April 21, 2014) on “Propaganda, Disinformation, and Dirty…
Voice of America English news site ignores Kerry and Stengel, equates Obama with Putin
BBG Watch Commentary We found it interesting that Voice of America (VOA) English news website ignored the swearing-in…
China’s CCTV reported Secretary Hagel spoke with Ukrainian Defense Minister — no reporting from Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary We have learned from China’s CCTV that on Friday afternoon U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck…
Biden threatened Yanukovych with sanctions in a call on Thursday, BBC, DW, RFE/RL reported – no report or updating of Ukraine news by Voice of America Thursday evening and Friday morning
BBG Watch Commentary 4:00 AM EST UPDATE: VOA English audio newscast accessed online at 4:00 AM EST Friday…
Voice of America Russian Service wins contest for biggest Sochi Olympics banner
BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Russian Service of the Voice of America (VOA) has possibly one of…
Madonna and Pussy Riot in NY on Putin get 0 reports on VOA English news site, Justin Bieber gets 6
BBG Watch Commentary As of late afternoon Thursday, February 6, the Voice of America (VOA) English news website…
Voice of America fails to report on yet another phone call between U.S. Vice President Biden and Ukraine’s President Yanukovych
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another of a long string of news reporting failures, the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…
Voice of Russia, RT, RFE/RL offer vastly more coverage of McFaul’s resignation than Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded international media outlet Voice of America (VOA) posted online a perfunctory 200-word English-language…
Voice of America English News joins Russia’s RT in editorializing headline about Ukrainian opposition
BBG Watch Commentary Both U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) Worldwide English News and Russia’s RT English news…
U.S. State Department ‘disappointed’ with Russian visa denial to American journalist, Voice of America has not yet reported
BBG Watch Commentary Nine hours later, the Voice of America is still not reporting on a State Department…
The Russian Front – The Federalist
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: The…
VOA Reporting About North Korea Needs to Change – RFA’s Korean Service Provides Insight On Execution Of Kim Jong Un’s Uncle
BBG Watch Commentary Well-managed on a small budget, Radio Free Asia (RFA) has been doing an excellent job…
Day later, Voice of America English website still has no updates on beating of Ukrainian journalist
BBG Watch Commentary Despite many new details emerging, as well as videos, photos and protests from U.S. officials,…
Voice of America not updating news on brutal beating of Ukrainian journalist
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch UPDATE: As of 12:45AM ET, December 26, the VOA English website still has…