U.S. and International Media
BBG Watch Commentary Of course, BBC and Russia’s RT had live Facebook feeds from the aftermath of the Barcelona terror attack. As you might have guessed, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) did not. Eventually, quite a while after BBC…
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BBG Watch Commentary A few days ago, a young Chinese American girl wrote a check made out to VOA5 Justice. It was the first check from her first ever checking account. As she gave it to one of the five…
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BBG Watch Commentary Chinese maverick billionaire whistleblower Guo Wengui has taken on the Voice of America (VOA), still controlled by holdover Obama era officials, with a meme posted on on Twitter and Facebook showing the VOA logo lumped together with…
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BBG Watch Commentary The White House has released yesterday (Thursday) a statement on the death of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner and dissident Liu Xiaobo, but the Voice of America (VOA) failed to report on it on its English news…
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BBG Watch Media As reported by the Washington Free Beacon, “Congress is preparing to ask the State Department inspector general to conduct an investigation into the Voice of America and whether it was pressured by China to halt a live…
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BBG Watch Commentary Two of “VOA Mandarin Five” journalists suspended with pay by Voice of America director Amanda Bennett showed great courage, dignity and strength in describing their ordeal over the shortened Guo Wengui interview controversy to members of the…
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BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service chief, Dr. Sasha Gong, spoke today at the open board meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). She is one of the “VOA Mandarin Five” journalists placed on administrative leave…
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OPINION Can Things Get Any Worse? US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist When it comes to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the Voice of America (VOA) the answer is: yes, they can….
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BBG WATCH COMMENTARY In a rare comment from America’s top diplomat about increasing programming and management controversies at the Voice of America (VOA), Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in response to a question from Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) at…
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BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Four Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service journalists have expressed concerns that their personal security has been jeopardized as a result of what they allege is a botched-up and retaliatory investigation launched against them by VOA’s…
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BBG Watch Commentary “A dispute over why Voice of America abruptly shut down an interview with a vocal critic of Beijing is raising questions about whether Chinese leadership influenced the U.S. broadcaster,” CNBC reporter Evelyn Cheng wrote in an online…
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BBG Watch Commentary In a speech delivered at a largely Chinese American event in Flushing, New York organized by Beijing Spring to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive…
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BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) director Robert R. Reilly had his letter to the editor published in the Wall Street Journal, in which he defends five VOA Mandarin Service journalists under fire from current VOA director Amanda…
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BBG Watch Commentary As reported by the Voice of America (VOA), “Sunday marks 28 years since Chinese tanks rolled into crowds of demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, opening fire and killing hundreds of pro-democracy activists. Some estimates put the total number…
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BBG Watch Media Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, commented on the latest scandal at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) where a decision by Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett and other senior…
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BBG Watch Media Sasha Gong, Voice of America’s Mandarin Service Chief who has been suspended by VOA director Amanda Bennett, has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled “How China Managed to Muffle the Voice of America.” The full…
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