Rep. Scott Perry: VOA Misallocates Funds and Suppresses Negative Stories About Iran
2 VOA China veteran reporters fired – Lansing and Bennett show no mercy
Trump Sticks With Pack for Broadcasting Chief, WFB reported
WFB: House Foreign Affairs Committee uncovered new spate of management failures at USAGM and VOA
Senators block attempt to entrench bureaucrats at Voice of America and USAGM
WFB: “Corker, Menendez Push Effort to ‘Neuter’ Trump’s Broadcasting Chief”
Royce calls for new BBG CEO and VOA reform
Congress Seeks IG Probe of VOA China Interview – WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
Secretary Tillerson Supportive of OIG Investigation into Voice of America China Controversy
Iranian Dissident Banned from VOA for Criticizing Tehran, Ban Later Removed
VOA Fires Two More Reporters for Chinese Dissident Interview
May 23, 2019 … By Bill Gertz. Fred Wang and Robert Li, veteran VOA reporters with the Chinese language branch, were notified May 15 by the U.S. Agency for Global Media …
Corker Bill Aimed at Undermining Trump’s Broadcasting Chief Dies
Jan 3, 2019 … By Susan Crabtree. It also gives the board a veto in the hiring and firing of the VOA head and all other top officials of the related agencies, including Radio Free …
Royce: USAGM, VOA Management Must Be Strengthened
Dec 22, 2018 … By Susan Crabtree. In fact, a review of six VOA language services found at least 860 Smith-Mundt violations over a two-year period. The violations continued even …
Conservative Senators Fight Corker Bill Aimed At ‘Neutering …
Dec 18, 2018 … By Susan Crabtree. However, several conservative senators are committed to stopping it, worried that it would prevent Pack from firing any top officials at the VOA …
Corker, Menendez Push Effort to ‘Neuter’ Trump’s Broadcasting Chief
Nov 30, 2018 … By Susan Crabtree. Critics say the Menendez measure would prevent Pack from firing any top officials at the VOA and related agencies, including Amanda Bennett, …
Royce Urges Trump to Initiate BBG, VOA Reforms by Naming New …
Mar 21, 2018 … Susan Crabtree. A longtime critic of the Broadcasting Board of Governors is throwing his weight behind efforts to replace the Obama-era leaders still running the …
Partisan Tensions Bubble Over at BBG, VOA as Trump Delays …
Mar 5, 2018 … By Susan Crabtree. Conservative critics complain that BBG’s $684 million budget is being used to undermine Trump’s agenda at home and abroad.
VOA to Fire Three Employees Over Controversial Radio Interview
Nov 15, 2017 … By Bill Gertz. VOA has notified three employees of its Chinese language division that it plans to fire them for conducting an interview with a Chinese …
Think Tank Cancels Talk by Chinese Dissident Under Pressure from …
Oct 4, 2017 … By Bill Gertz. In April, the VOA cut off a live Chinese-language radio interview with Guo after an hour and 19 minutes and suspended four VOA employees.
Congress Seeks IG Probe of VOA China Interview
Jun 15, 2017 … By Bill Gertz. Congress Seeks IG Probe of VOA China Interview. Tillerson denies China pressured US to cut short broadcast of exiled Chinese businessman.
China Intervenes to Block Businessman From Revealing Spying …
May 23, 2017 … By Bill Gertz. Four VOA employees were suspended last month after more than an hour of the radio’s exclusive interview with billionaire businessman Guo …
Dissidents Demand Investigation Into Iran’s Secret U.S. Lobbying …
Feb 20, 2017 … By Adam Kredo. The letter cites VOA’s Persian service as a source of pro-Iran corruption. The Free Beacon has reported multiple times on claims that VOA has …