U.S. and International Media
BBG Watch Commentary In a stunning display of chaos, mismanagement and lack of oversight, key management units within the federal Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) have for several years followed and legitimized a Twitter account allegedly belonging to the director…
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BBG Watch Media In a Washington Times op-ed published November 21, 2016, New York Times best-selling author, political commentator, investigative reporter and Republican Party activist Kenneth R. Timmerman accused U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe /…
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BBG Watch Commentary According to Voice of America Director Ms.Amanda Bennett’s figures, less than 0.0001% Mandarin speakers, 0.0004% English speakers, 0.002% Spanish speakers, 0.006% Russian speakers, and 0.03% Persian speakers watched VOA’s live online streaming of Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump’s speech last week at the Republican National Convention…
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BBG Watch Just Asking After Sohrab Ahmari, an editorial page writer for the Wall Street Journal Europe published a commentary on how U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), in violation of its VOA Charter generates some news and information which lack balance…
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BBG Watch Media Sohrab Ahmari, an editorial page writer for the Wall Street Journal Europe, based in London, has a commentary on how U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), in violation of its VOA Charter generates some news and information…
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BBG Watch Commentary Seven and a half hours after a Voice of America (VOA) interview with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (both text and video) was posted today, July 21, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. EDT, on the VOA English…
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BBG Watch Media It is unlikely in the extreme that Voice of America (VOA) director David Ensor (who will soon leave his post), his principal deputy, VOA Executive Editor Steve Redisch, and other senior VOA editors and executives would not…
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BBG Watch Media “When it comes to a few important journalistic new media skills, such as speed of posting information online and use of social media, U.S. State Department’s public diplomacy is leagues ahead of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America…
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BBG Watch Media Voice of America Persian slide into irrelevance on social media While most people would expect that on such a big story as the U.S. – Iran nuclear deal framework, Facebook followers would flock to…
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BBG Watch Commentary Members of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) should hold top Voice of America (VOA) executives accountable for disastrous VOA social media engagement stats on one of the biggest news days so far this year with…
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BBG Watch Commentary The most popular Voice of America (VOA) Persian TV show, a satirical news program OnTen (Antenna in English), was discontinued due to the departure of its host and co-writer Arash Sobhani, which sources blame on incompetent management…
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BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and its parent U.S. federal agency the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) are both promoting a VOA news report that reads like a North Korean press release and fails to meet…
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BBG Watch Commentary The embattled Voice of America (VOA) Persian Service was today (Sunday. Jan. 12) hours behind BBC Persian Service in reporting online on a major White House announcement that the interim Iran nuclear deal will take effect on…
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BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has not reported on its English news website the tragic news that four Iranian-expatriate musicians living in Brooklyn, New York — members of a popular Iranian rock band The Yellow Dogs,…
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BBG Watch Commentary Observers of U.S. international broadcasting see the latest personnel change at PNN (Persian News Network), the Voice of America (VOA) Persian Service, as yet another sign that VOA Director David Ensor and his deputy, Executive Editor Steve…
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BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor said on August 6, 2013 during an all-staff meeting that “the state of VOA is strong and is getting stronger all the time.” David Ensor can sing “It’s Getting Better…
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