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Ted Lipien, Opinion Contributor

Ted Lipien, Opinion Contributor

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Don't give up on saving honest journalism at USAGM

Elon Musk and Richard Grenell's call to shut down Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty and the Voice of America would harm US national and international...

12.02.2025 10

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Ted Lipien, Opinion Contributor

Kari Lake will face a harrowing task in fixing a very broken VOA

Changing VOA's culture of radical ideological bias and managerial incompetence won't be easy when she takes her position.

22.12.2024 10

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Ted Lipien, Opinion Contributor

Warning to Trump: Putin is not your friend

Trusting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine or any significant issue is like trusting his role model, Joseph Stalin, and could lead to a...

17.11.2024 3

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How USAGM officials misused taxpayer resources to attack their critics

USAGM officials have been using taxpayer funds to provide legal and logistical assistance to outside individuals to smear media critics, including...

20.09.2024 3

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How Voice of America's poor leadership entangled it in a spy scandal

A Russian spy posing as a VOA freelance journalist was released by Poland in a prisoner swap, highlighting the dangerous loopholes in security...

05.08.2024 5

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Ted Lipien, Opinion Contributor

Urgent reform needed to stop anti-Trump hate by VOA's partisan journalists 

Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee summoned USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett and two other officials to testify about a "culture of...

16.07.2024 2

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Ted Lipien, Opinion Contributor