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Current and Former U.S. Agency for Global Media Executives Protected Controversial VOA Managers
USAGM Watch Commentary by Former VOA English and VOA Foreign Language Reporters As we pointed out...
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Bad Management At Voice of America and USAGM Starts At The Very Top
USAGM Watch Commentary by Former VOA English and VOA Foreign Language Reporters Voice of America central...
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New Questions About Leadership at Voice of America and USAGM Regarding Ethiopia
USAGM Watch Commentary by Former VOA English and VOA Foreign Language Reporters Here We Go Again:...
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Voice of America (VOA) Failed Audiences in Iran, Ilan Berman Writes for The Hill
USAGM Watch Commentary Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, wrote...
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RFE/RL President Says ‘We will not be silenced’ in Russia
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks that he can silence Radio...
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Cubans desperately need a strong Radio Television Martí, says former OCB director Jeffrey Scott Shapiro
USAGM Watch Commentary Former director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) Jeffrey Scott Shapiro published...
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Mark Pomar Sees Opportunity for Radio Liberty to Stand Up to Putin After Being Kicked Out from Russia, Peter Gross Noted
USAGM Watch Commentary Peter Gross, Ph.D., professor emeritus and former Director of the University of Tennessee’s...
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Voice of America Fails to Post Story on Phishing Attack Against VOA Employees and Private Citizens
USAGM Watch Commentary The story of a December 2020 phishing attack on the U.S. Agency for...
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LIPIEN – Putin is blackmailing Radio Liberty
OPINION An op-ed by Ted Lipien, former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president, former...
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U.S. Agency for Global Media Notified Employees of Personal Information Security Breach Four Months After It Occurred
USAGM Watch Commentary Former Voice of America senior White House correspondent Dan Robinson who has written...
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Anthony Blinken Meets Kelu Chao – USAGM Watch Holds Voice of America and USAGM Government Officials Accountable
USAGM Watch Commentary In recent years, USAGM Watch has uncovered and commented on multiple management scandals...
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Russia’s RT Beat Voice of America on Biden Armenian Genocide Story
USAGM Watch Commentary Russian state TV and web news channel RT was more than half an...
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U.S. Senate Considers Bill to Give Extra Money to Radio Free Asia to Counter Disinformation from China, Lesser Boost to Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary A bipartisan bill, S. 1169, the Strategic Competition Act of 2021, introduced by...
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From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: RFE/RL President Condemns Ongoing Belarus Media Crackdown As Ihar Losik Marks 300 Days In Detention
USAGM Watch Commentary USAGM Watch citizen journalists express their full support and solidarity with Belarus blogger...
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Voice of America English Newsroom Failed to Notice Cuba Freedom Song ‘Patria y Vida’
USAGM Watch Commentary Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
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Good Enough for Government Work at Voice of America Newsroom
USAGM Watch Commentary In previous years, BBG Watch – the predecessor of USAGM Watch – made...
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Catching Up on USAGM: Biden’s U.S. Agency for Global Media Head Reinstates Executives Suspended by Michael Pack, Criticizes Him and His Appointees
USAGM Watch Commentary The Hill and other U.S. media reported in late February 2021 that five individuals,...
Read moreRumors, Myths, Untruths and Half-Truths from U.S. Agency for Global Media
From USAGM Watch Citizen Journalists: We are pleased to see the return of The Federalist, our...
Read moreBBC Russian: Radio Liberty and Current Time Invited Some Employees to Leave Russia
USAGM Watch Commentary BBC Russian Service reported online that the leadership of Radio Liberty and the...
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Assessing the Terrain: USAGM Watch Resumes Watchdog Role
Assessing the Terrain: USAGM Watch Resumes Watchdog Role USAGM Watch Commentary Four months into 2021, the...
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