U.S. and International Media
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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OPINION Employee Survey Time 2018 US International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist It’s time for the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS), the 2018 edition. We’ve seen a copy of the memo issued by John Lansing,…
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BBG Watch Commentary Three Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service journalists are still on forced paid leave imposed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and VOA senior management after the Guo Wengui live whistleblower interview which was shortened on…
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BBG Watch Commentary As Amanda Bennett, director of the Voice of America (VOA), was receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award Thursday, April 26 at the 5th Annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards, complaints are multiplying about her work at the U.S….
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BBG Watch Commentary Bennett Denies There was Chinese Pressure on Guo Wengui VOA Interview Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, denied there was pressure from the Chinese government on VOA…
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BBG Watch Commentary Both in its regular newsletter and online, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) sent a strong message on April 24, 2018 that Donald Trump is “a perceived ally” of “US extremist groups,” which — according to VOA…
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BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett has two scheduled public appearances in Washington, DC this week. They should be interesting in light of her recent statements and what the organization she leads has done for the…
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