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Tarnishing the Legacy of Cold War Winners

By Tadeusz Lipien November 19, 2024

Ted Lipien with his mentor, anti-Nazi underground Home Army radio coder in German-occupied Poland, journalist Zofia Korbońska, at the Voice of America Polish Service in Washington, DC, circa 1974. Faulty research by three British academics distorts the history of the Cold War. Tadeusz “Ted” Lipien This postcard was sent from Poland to the Voice of America Polish Service in the…

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How Voice of America’s poor leadership entangled it in a spy scandal | Ted Lipien | THE HILL

By Tadeusz Lipien November 13, 2024

Before Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, I wrote an op-ed for THE HILL on how the dangerous loopholes in security vetting of Voice of America (VOA) talent employed by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) led to the hiring of an alleged Russian spy to produce news reports for VOA from countries of the former Soviet Union. The alleged…

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Urgent reform needed to stop anti-Trump hate by VOA’s partisan journalists | Ted Lipien | THE HILL

By Tadeusz Lipien November 13, 2024

Before Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, I wrote an op-ed for THE HILL on partisan journalism at U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) managed by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Lacking competent leadership, VOA cannot effectively counter Vladimir Putin’s disinformation. It even employed known former Russian propagandists who had worked for Putin’s state media, defended his invasion of…

About Me

Tadeusz (Ted) A. Lipien is an international media executive, journalist, writer, blogger, and press freedom advocate. He worked in or wrote about U.S. international broadcasting for over 40 years, beginning as a radio announcer for the Voice of America (VOA) in 1973 and serving as Polish Service chief during Solidarity trade union’s struggle for democracy, Acting VOA Associate Director and for a short time as President of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). His articles on U.S. international broadcasting have been published in American Diplomacy Journal, National Review, The Washington Times, The Washington Examiner and Digital Journal. His views on media have been quoted by CNN, NBC, FOX, NPR, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. He is the author of a book published in English and Polish about feminism and Pope John Paul II.