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Why are US-funded USAGM journalists defending Russia, Iran over the Hamas massacre? – Ted Lipien ...
My new op-ed in The Hill includes comments on the latest barbaric attacks by Hamas terrorists on Israeli civilians—defenseless Jewish women, children, and the elderly. I discuss the hard-to-understand and explain defense of propaganda and disinformation from Iran and Russia by U.S. government-managed and funded U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) journalists, including federal employees working for the Voice of America (VOA). They went ...VOA’s Russian influence crisis calls for congressional intervention | The Hill op-ed by Ted Lipien
VOA’s Russian influence crisis calls for congressional intervention | The Hill BY TED LIPIEN, OPINION CONTRIBUTORCongress Needs to Investigate Censorship at the Voice of America
Commentary By Ted Lipien for Free Media Online There is a long history of censorship at the Voice of America (VOA) in the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Whenever censorship occurs at the Voice of America, it is usually inspired by repressive foreign regimes targeting VOA with their propaganda, influence operations, and intimidation measures. Congress needs to launch a ...Despite Scandals at Voice of America, Amanda Bennett Appears Cleared for Senate Confirmation as U.S. ...
Despite a long record of unprecedented management scandals during her tenure as Voice of America (VOA) director and VOA Charter violations caused by the partisanship and foreign propaganda influence, especially from Iran, China, Russia, and Cuba, the well-connected Amanda Bennett appears cleared for Senate confirmation as the next U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO. USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. Senate ...Cancelation of Voice of America China and Taiwan TV Worries Critics of VOA Management
VOA cancels Chinese-language programs on Taiwan, and critics say the official broadcaster is softening Voice of America China and Taiwan coverage, Bill Gertz writes in The Washington Times. USAGM Watch Commentary Voice of America is canceling two Chinese-language programs focused on the standoff between China and Taiwan in a move critics say signals a softening of the broadcaster’s coverage of communist China. VOA spokeswoman Anna Morris confirmed ...Message from the USAGM Acting CEO Kelu Chao: Opportunity to Support the DHS Volunteer Force
USAGM Watch Commentary Because of its significance for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and the Voice of America (VOA) journalists, USAGM Watch is reposting the text of the Message from the Acting USAGM CEO Kelu Chao: Opportunity to Support the DHS Volunteer Force. An appeal from the agency head to journalists to volunteer for work for a law ...
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Black history hero Homer Smith fought racism at home and Soviet propaganda abroad
Smith should be recognized for his principled refusal to contribute to the manipulation of the Western media by the Soviets, as well as for his struggle against racism in America. COMMENTARY By Ted Lipien As a Polish American journalist and a media freedom advocate, I would like to end Black ...Symbolic Justice for Stalin’s Victims, But Not Yet From Voice of America Management
Commentaries about Stalin’s victims, Voice of America By Ted Lipien (Tadeusz Lipień) In my Washington Examiner Christmas Day op-ed, and in my post about Polish artist, writer, and witness of genocide Józef Czapski, I write about Stalin’s victims and the Voice of America (VOA) in the U.S. Agency for Global ...At Voice of America, history repeats itself
At Voice of America, history repeats itself because of poor USAGM leadership, partisan bias, and violations of the VOA Charter. USAGM Watch Media Commentary According to the former Voice of America journalist and manager who led the VOA Polish Service during the peaceful Solidarity revolution against communism and Soviet Russia’s ...The Death of Democracy at USAGM, says Michael Pack
The death of democracy at USAGM is claimed by former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack. USAGM Watch Media Commentary In a Washington Examiner op-ed, former Trump-appointed U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack says that the death of democracy at USAGM happened when he tried to ...How Zofia Korbońska, Voice of America refugee journalist, campaigned against communism, resisted German-Nazi fascism
Zofia Korbońska, a Voice of America refugee journalist, was a remarkable Polish-American woman who fought against two of the 20th century’s deadliest totalitarian ideologies. She was a World War II anti-Nazi resistance hero during the German occupation of Poland, and later, she was my colleague for many years in the ...Longtime Execs at Low Employee Morale USAGM Against Former Short-Time CEO
USAGM Watch Commentary USAGM Watch offers a selection of links to media articles and official U.S. government documents illustrating the fight of longtime executives in the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), known for its record low employee morale under their watch during the past decade, against former Trump-appointed short-time ...Voice of America report favored Castro regime in Cuba protests – The Washington Examiner op-ed
USAGM Watch Commentary An op-ed in The Washington Examiner analyzes an early Voice of America (VOA) central English newsroom VOA News report on protests in Cuba and concludes that it favored the communist regime. The op-ed’s author is a journalist, writer, and media freedom advocate Ted Lipien. He was Voice ...Biden can combat foreign propaganda by reforming Voice of America
OPINION An op-ed in The Washington Examiner by a co-founder and supporter of USAGM Watch was written in response to recent media reports suggesting that leaders who have been long in charge of both the Voice of America (VOA) and the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) are responsible for ...LIPIEN – Putin is blackmailing Radio Liberty
OPINION An op-ed by Ted Lipien, former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president, former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and co-founder of USAGM Watch, was published Monday by the Washington Examiner. Putin is blackmailing US taxpayer-funded Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, where I served briefly ...USAGM CEO Michael Pack, His Critics, Analyses by Former and Current VOA Journalists
USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, Trump-appointed and U.S. Senate confirmed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), is being criticized right and left, but his explanations are rarely mentioned in mainstream media reports, which generously repeat accusations and claims of his critics but omit to mention alleged conflicts ...‘Voice of One America’ on Voice of America is against US law
USAGM Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien, who is a co-founder and supporter of BBG – USAGM Watch, argues in an new Washington Examiner op-ed that most of U.S. mainstream media have mislead Americans about what is going on at the $800 million U.S. ...Dangerously naive VOA journalists make fools of themselves
USAGM Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director (2006), who during his 34-year international broadcasting career was also VOA Eurasia Division director (2003-2005), Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) [U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) since 2018] Regional Marketing director for Eurasia based in Munich Germany ...LIPIEN After a decade of extreme bias and foreign propaganda, Voice of America needs a ...
OPINION Originally posted on July 6, 2020 and last edited for formatting changes on February 19, 2021. Ted Lipien writes in an Washington Examiner op-ed that the Voice of America (VOA) suffered under the disastrous arrangement of being run by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Board members. Some of ...
