U.S. and International Media
BBG Watch Commentary Having published a letter to the New York Times editor in defense of his stewardship at the helm of a U.S. tax-funded media outlet serving international audiences—“Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Defends Itself”—RFE/RL President Thomas Kent announced that…
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BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has obtained screenshots showing that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a U.S. taxpayer-funded institution managed by the ailing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) agency, not only targeted Americans with Facebook ads in violation…
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BBG Watch Commentary Some of the U.S. federal employees who are news reporters for the Voice of America (VOA) international and through the internet also increasingly a domestic media entity exhibited in public behavior similar to what embattled FBI agent…
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OPINION “Weaponization?” US Government International Media Information War: Lost By The Federalist A recent article was brought to our attention concerning the Farsi language broadcasts to Iran by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) through the Voice…
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BBG Watch Commentary The Cold War Radio Museum has published audio, video and photos depicting the Voice of America in 1989/1990. Cold War Radio Museum 1990 VOA Polish Service Bilingual Polish-English Newscast The Cold War was almost…
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BBG Watch Commentary In an Associated Press (AP) report posted on the Voice of America (VOA) news website, the U.S. government-run and taxpayer-funded multimedia outlet targeting foreign audiences but available on the internet in the United States linked to President…
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BBG Watch Media “For close to a decade now, diplomacy has been used to promote liberal causes and lifestyles. This use of taxpayer money does not serve U.S. national interests and must stop,” Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at The…
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BBG Watch Guest Commentary This report was submitted by a Voice of America (VOA) journalist who wants to remain anonymous. VOA Is Now VOC (Voice of China), Many Chinese Say By Anonymous VOA Journalist On the 29th anniversary…
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BBG Watch Commentary Sheema Kalbasi, who tweets as @IranianWoman, is a U.S.-based Iranian poet, filmmaker, rights activist who had worked for UNHCR and Center for Refugees in Pakistan and UNA Denmark. She is one of many pro-democracy Iranians banned in…
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BBG Watch Commentary Coming back from the dead does not happen often. When Russian opposition journalist Arkady Babchenko first reported dead by the Ukrainian authorities is later declared by them to be alive, it immediately became a big news story…
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OPINION North Korea Part Two Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By The Federalist With the Donald Trump-Kim Jong-Un U.S.-North Korea summit meeting now called off by President Trump at least for the time…
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BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA), the official U.S. taxpayer-funded media outlet targeting overseas audiences but also seen on the web in the United States, is asking in a news report whether President Trump thinks immigrants are animals….
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BBG Watch Media Commentary Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, has a new op-ed in The Daily Signal with a strong defense of Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service journalists facing a hostile senior management…
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OPINION North Korea Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By The Federalist On May 12, 2018 an op-ed piece appeared in The Washington Post co-authored by Amanda Bennett (Voice of America [VOA] director) and…
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Guest Commentary By Ted Lipien I noticed through an online search of their news websites that neither the Voice of America’s (VOA) Russian and English services, nor the Russian Service of Radio Liberty (RL) — VOA’s Golos Ameriki, Radio Free…
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BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded, U.S. government-run Voice of America (VOA), poorly-managed by holdover officials, was soundly beaten this morning by other international broadcasters — Russia’s RT, BBC, Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW) and Radio France International (RFI) — and…
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