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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.
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Tarnishing the Legacy of Cold War Winners

November 19, 2024

Ted Lipien with his mentor, former 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…

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

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…

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JFK on VOA and RFE 1962

March 27, 2018

Cold War Radio Museum     Commentary by Ted Lipien In his February 26, 1962 speech to mark the 20th anniversary of the Voice of America (VOA), President Kennedy discussed the necessity of freedom of information and complete truthfulness of the press, but he also argued that the Voice of America is different from private U.S. news media. He pointed…

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