Former VOA Director Defends New USAGM Chief Against Critics
USAGM Watch Commentary In an article written for The Stream, Robert R. Reilly, Voice of America (VOA) director in 2001-2002,...
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Former USAGM Management Ignored A Decade of Federal Security Agencies’ Warnings on Hiring Practices at VOA and Other USG Media Entities
USAGM Watch Commentary Originally published on July 26, 2020 and last edited for formatting changes on February 19, 2021. ...
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USAGM Is Reviewing Journalist Visas For Compliance With U.S. Law; Countered NPR Report
USAGM Watch Commentary According to a spokesperson for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the management is undertaking a...
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Federal Judge Rules in Favor of USAGM CEO Michael Pack, Tells Fired Officials Decision Belongs “At the Ballot Box”
USAGM Watch Commentary Federal District Court Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell, appointed by President Barack Obama, ruled in favor of...
Read moreAfter Mass Firings, GOP Senators Threaten to Cut Funding if Trump Appointee Politicizes USAGM’s News Broadcasts
USAGM Watch Media Review After Mass Firings, GOP Senators Threaten to Cut Funding if Trump Appointee Politicizes USAGM’s News BroadcastsA...
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USAGM CEO Michael Pack Selected Temporary Acting Managers at VOA, OCB, RFA, MBN and RFE/RL
USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Chief Executive Officer Michael Pack issued a press release today naming...
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USAGM CEO Criticized by Some Conservatives for Firing Jamie Fly and Alberto Fernandez
USAGM Watch Commentary - Review of U.S. Political and Media Reactions Please note that USAGM Watch neither represents nor endorses...
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MALONE, BORGIDA, ROBINSON, ANONYMOUS VOA on Letter to Editor About USAGM CEO Michael Pack and Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary Two former Voice of America (VOA) reporters Jim Malone and David Borgida wrote in their Letter to...
Read moreUSAGM CEO Michael Pack’s First Days: Political and Media Reactions
USAGM Watch Commentary - Review of U.S. Political and Media Reactions Please note that USAGM Watch neither represents nor endorses...
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Reassignments of Managers by New CEO Expected at USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, the newly Senate-confirmed CEO of the $800 million mismanaged U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM),...
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Current and Former Voice of America Journalists Look at Resignation of VOA Director Amanda Bennett
USAGM Watch Commentary By Current and Former VOA Journalists VOA Director Amanda Bennett and her deputy, Sandy Sugawara, resigned on...
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Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett Resigned Amid Accusations of Failing to Stop China and Iran Propaganda in VOA Programs
USAGM Watch Commentary UPDATE Voice of America Amanda Bennett and her deputy Sandy Sugawara have submitted their resignations on June...
Read moreVoice of America Director Amanda Bennett Says ‘VOA’s protest coverage…nothing short of extraordinary’ as New CEO Starts Work
USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, President Trump's appointee to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) was sworn in...
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U.S. Senate Confirms Michael Pack As Head of USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary By Former Voice of America Reporters The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Michael Pack to...
Read moreSenate Votes to Confirm Michael Pack as USAGM CEO
USAGM Watch Commentary In a vote along party lines, the U.S. Senate confirmed today (June 4, 2020) the nomination of...
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Majority Leader Advanced Senate Vote on Michael Pack for USAGM CEO
USAGM Watch Commentary Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has asked for waiving the mandatory quorum call on the nomination...
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JAMSHID CHALANGI Voice of America, or Voice of the ‘Mullahs in Iran’?
USAGM Watch Commentary Jamshid Chalangi, one of the well-known and respected Iranian refugee journalists, has published an article strongly critical...
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Journalist counters Tara Sonenshine on U.S. Agency for Global Media
USAGM Watch Commentary A journalist writing under open name whom we were able to identify as having decades of international...
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WHITE HOUSE on VOICE OF AMERICA (VOA) Why are US Taxpayers Funding a ‘Voice of the Mullahs’ in Iran?
USAGM Watch Comentary West Wing Reads page on the WhiteHouse.gov official White House website has a link to an op-ed...
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U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State Says Voice of America Is Letting Down Iranian People
USAGM Watch Commentary Brian Hook, the U.S. Special Representative for Iran, Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State Mike...
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