Read More 6 minute read When a “Private Blogger” Isn’tJuly 11, 2013 When a “Private Blogger” Isn’t – International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard For Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government…
Read More 4 minute read The Thomas Affair at Voice of America – BBG Governor Susan McCue and Governor Victor AsheJuly 10, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Agency sources have shared with us summaries of some of the comments Broadcasting Board of…
The Thomas Affair at Voice of America – BBG WatchJuly 10, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor and Executive Editor Steve Redisch had refused to…
The Thomas Affair at Voice of America – the UnionJuly 10, 2013 This commentary was published by the American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, the union representing the…
Personnel news from inside BBG, IBB, VOA and RFE/RL as reported and commented on by sourcesJuly 10, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary CFO BBG Watch has learned that Leslie Hyland has been hired as the new Chief…
Facebook Likes for Voice of America and Russia Today 7 Top News: 122 – 4,539 – July 9, AM – VOA vs. BBC: 122 – 10,357July 9, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has compared Tuesday morning Washington, DC time the number of Facebook “Likes” (same…
Tweets for Voice of America and Al Jazeera 7 Top English News: 143 – 810, July 9, AM ETJuly 9, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary, BBG Watch has compared Tuesday morning Washington, DC time the number of Tweets for top…
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind?July 9, 2013 International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind? by The…
Voice of America English news on White House statement on Egypt comes from Reuters – 0 Facebook ‘Likes’July 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary For many hours Monday, Voice of America English website could not post its own original…
New low for Voice of America – no original coverage of massacre in Egypt – leads with Reuters news – shows 0 Facebook ‘Likes’ – Al Jazeera already has 2,500July 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary 42 protesters have been killed, including women and children in the overnight clashes in Egypt.…
Read More 2 minute read IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott renews private blogging with comments about Rep. Ed Royce and Radio Free AsiaJuly 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary After several months of absence from private blogging on international broadcasting, Kim Andrew Elliott an…
Former CNN executives at Voice of America had no video on San Francisco plane crash, Russia Today video got 33K views as of Sunday eveningJuly 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Al Jazeera, Russia Today and BBC had thousands of Facebook “Likes” and Tweets for their…
Voice of America routed by Russia Today and Al Jazeera for top news on Facebook and TwitterJuly 7, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Whether a top news story is new or has been on the website for several…
China’s CCTV coverage of San Francisco plane crash puts Voice of America to shameJuly 7, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary China’s international satellite television channel, CCTV, is providing full coverage of the South Korean airliner’s…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America and Russia Today Saturday Turkey Protests coverage compared: VOA Facebook “Likes” – 2, RT – 923 (Sun. 1PM DC)July 7, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary 923 to 2 – Russia Today (RT) English beats Voice of America (VOA) English in…
China’s CCTV offers full coverage of San Francisco plane crash, no original coverage on VOA English websiteJuly 7, 2013 BBG Commentary There was no original coverage Saturday on the Voice of America (VOA) English news website of…
When a plane crashes in US, web audiences abroad go to Al Jazeera, BBC, Russia Today – not Voice of AmericaJuly 7, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary When a South Korean airliner crash-landed at the San Francisco International Airport, Al Jazeera, BBC…
Egypt explodes, Voice of America English news nowhere to be seen on social media, VOA director goes on vacationJuly 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members are having a difficult…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Proud of It! – Self-FlagellationJuly 5, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Proud of It! – Self-Flagellation by The Federalist …
43 to 1 – Voice of America beaten by Al Jazeera on Morsi ouster news story in social media engagement on the webJuly 5, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary English is America’s official language, but critics charge that news collection and reporting by the…
Read More 4 minute read ‘LET THEM EAT ICE CREAM’ on 4th of July – media freedom journalists suffer injustice, humiliation and hardships under IBBJuly 4, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary “While in Miami the lives of many honest, hardworking people are utterly destroyed, here in…
Read More 8 minute read American journalist still fuming over Voice of America official’s attempt to ban him from the UN is part of a much bigger problem for BBGJuly 4, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary When U.S Government officials try to ban journalists, deprive them of work or defame them,…
Read More 11 minute read A day late, BBG Media Highlights include a critical Columbia Journalism Review article on Voice of AmericaJuly 3, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) officials included today in BBG Media Highlights a Columbia Journalism Review…
Radio World reports on House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on BBG and CUSIB statementJuly 2, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The online publication Radio World has been following rather closely developments in U.S. international broadcasting.…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Beyond Rehabilitation – Embracing The Totalitarian ModelJuly 2, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Beyond Rehabilitation – Embracing The Totalitarian Model by The…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Not Getting Any Better – Failure CompoundedJuly 2, 2013 EDITOR’S NOTE: BBG Watch strongly supports the concept of all BBG programs fully paid for by American taxpayers…
Read More 4 minute read Who at VOA refused to answer questions for Gary Thomas’ Columbia Journalism Review article, dismissed him in a Soviet-style fashion?July 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that just as we are, BBG member Victor Ashe is also…
Employee union of U.S. international broadcasters comments on a Congressional hearing, calls for trimming bureaucracyJuly 1, 2013 The union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees, AFGE Local 1812, commented on the June 26th hearing…
CUSIB calls for more Congressional hearings and reform of BBG, blames most problems on IBB bureaucracyJuly 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In a press release issued today, the independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting…
Read More 1 minute read U.S. International Broadcasting “Defunct”—Congress Finally Steps In by Helle Dale, The Heritage FoundationJuly 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Helle Dale, the Heritage Foundations Senior Fellow in Public Diplomacy studies, comments in the Heritage…
U.S. officials accused of practicing censorship are now in charge of distributing news to AmericansJuly 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary [aside] BBG Press Release BBG International Broadcasts Now Available Within The United States Domestic BBG…
Read More 3 minute read Mission impossible: should Voice of America do news or public diplomacy?July 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Gary Thomas, a former Voice of America (VOA) journalist, published a significant analysis and opinion…
Aspen Ideas Festival kept VOA Director Ensor from dealing with crisis in CambodiaJuly 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary An agency source told BBG Watch that Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor was…
Voice of America Director Ensor missing during broadcasting crisis in CambodiaJuly 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Several sources pointed out that Voice of America Director David Ensor was missing over the…