Washington Examiner – BBG and USAGM Watch

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Leadership failure at Voice of America and US Agency for Global Media calls for bipartisan reform | Washington Examiner Op-Ed

March 8, 2023

USAGM Watch Media Commentary When both the Washington Post and National Review report on yet another senior management-created scandal at Voice of America,…

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More Charges of Voice of America and USAGM Senior Management Dysfunction

February 27, 2023

USAGM Watch Media Commentary “Voice of America junket shows it needs new leadership“ By Michael Rubin in The…

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U.S. Foreign Policy Expert on Management Dysfunction at USAGM and VOA – Voice of America

February 18, 2023

USAGM Watch Media Commentary Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, highlighted in a recent…

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Voice of America’s lame excuse for censorship | Washington Examiner Op-Ed

December 7, 2022

The censorship was outrageous, as was the nonchalant manner in which senior leaders in charge of upholding the…

Photograph: New York, New York. A. Marcus Garveyite reading the OWI (Office of War Information) publication Negroes and the War, April 1943. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540, USA. OWI was the Executive Branch agency under the control of the White House. Its Overseas Division produced World War II shortwave radio broadcasts, which were later named the Voice of America (VOA).

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Black history hero Homer Smith fought racism at home and Soviet propaganda abroad

February 28, 2022

Smith should be recognized for his principled refusal to contribute to the manipulation of the Western media by…

In 2016 Voice of America (VOA) produced this graphic to illustrate reports on Fidel Castro’s death. It was used as the VOA Spanish Service Facebook Cover image.

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Symbolic Justice for Stalin’s Victims, But Not Yet From Voice of America Management

December 25, 2021

Commentaries about Stalin’s victims, Voice of America By Ted Lipien (Tadeusz Lipień) In my Washington Examiner Christmas Day…

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At Voice of America, history repeats itself

November 17, 2021

At Voice of America, history repeats itself because of poor USAGM leadership, partisan bias and violations of VOA…

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The Death of Democracy at USAGM, says Michael Pack

November 15, 2021

The death of democracy at USAGM is claimed by former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack.…

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How Zofia Korbońska, Voice of America refugee journalist, campaigned against communism, resisted German-Nazi fascism

August 10, 2021

Zofia Korbońska, a Voice of America refugee journalist, was a remarkable Polish-American woman who fought against two of…

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Voice of America report favored Castro regime in Cuba protests – The Washington Examiner op-ed

July 14, 2021

USAGM Watch Commentary An op-ed in The Washington Examiner analyzes an early Voice of America (VOA) central English…

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Biden can combat foreign propaganda by reforming Voice of America

June 30, 2021

OPINION An op-ed in The Washington Examiner by a co-founder and supporter of USAGM Watch was written in…

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LIPIEN – Putin is blackmailing Radio Liberty

May 4, 2021

OPINION An op-ed by Ted Lipien, former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president, former Voice of…

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‘Voice of One America’ on Voice of America is against US law

November 30, 2020

USAGM Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien, who is a co-founder and…

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Dangerously naive VOA journalists make fools of themselves

October 8, 2020

USAGM Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director (2006), who during his 34-year…

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LIPIEN After a decade of extreme bias and foreign propaganda, Voice of America needs a fresh start

July 6, 2020

OPINION Ted Lipien writes in an Washington Examiner op-ed that the Voice of America (VOA) suffered under the…

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An ahistorical Voice of America is dangerous for the nation

August 6, 2019

BBG – USAGM Watch Media Commentary The Voice of America should be completely nonpartisan and objective as a…

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Failure of leadership at BBG and VOA on North Korea

June 19, 2018

BBG Watch Media Washington Examiner OPINION Obama holdovers at VOA failed to broadcast the Singapore summit into North…

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WASHINGTON EXAMINER OP-ED: VOA’s Failure in Iran and China

January 24, 2018

BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former VOA acting associate director who is one of the co-founders and…

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The downhill slide of VOA

September 17, 2017

BBG Watch Media In an op-ed published in Washington Examiner, Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA)…

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Politico, Wash. Examiner pick up on WP description of BBG leadership as ‘regular bottom-feeder’ on employee morale

September 21, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary Update In the annual 2016 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS),…

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Voice of America ignores White House statement on Holodomor genocide in 1930s Ukraine, as does RFE/RL

November 8, 2015

BBG Watch Commentary Someone worked at the White House this Saturday, November 7, but not at the U.S.…

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What’s the difference between the VA and VOA?

September 30, 2014

BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…

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Blame the IBB, not the BBG Board, for making U.S. media outreach dysfunctional, says former VOA and IBB executive

April 15, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Journalist, writer and former Voice of America (VOA) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive, Ted…

BBG Gone Pravda

February 23, 2012

BBG Watch Commentary An old Soviet-era joke went something like this: “This is Armenian Radio; our listeners asked…

Trouble at PNN – Voice of America to Iran – BBG blamed

February 21, 2012

BBG Watch Commentary Several recent media reports point to serious problems at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…

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U.S. taxpayers funding pro-Putin VOA programs – Ted Lipien in Washington Examiner

February 20, 2012

BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and co-founder of BBG…