Hillary Clinton bemoans decline of U.S. outreach abroad through Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary In a recent interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and in her latest book, Hard…
Government Executive on BBG Watch coverage of H.R. 4490 reform bill
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: BBG Watch, the anonymous blog that harshly criticizes the BBG, has been sympathetic toward the bill.…
Dear John Letter from VOA Girl
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries, including parodies and other humorous musings. If such adult content…
Are VOA Contractors Really Employees? – Commentary by AFGE Local 1812
BBG Watch AFGE Local 1812, which represents Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees has posted a commentary on…
Beer – Yes, but no Voice of America report on North Korea sanctions vote in Congress
BBG Watch Commentary SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER: “There’s a level of irony here… VOA claiming their journalistic integrity is…
Chairman Royce Applauds House Passage of Legislation to Reform U.S. International Broadcasting – PRESS RELEASE
Chairman Royce Applauds House Passage of Legislation to Reform U.S. International Broadcasting JUL 28, 2014 Washington, D.C. – Today,…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell on House Passage of International Communications Reform Act of 2014
Statement by BBG Chairman Jeff Shell to Broadcasting Board of Governors Employees Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed…
Chairman Royce Statement on Letter to President Obama Urging Support for Legislation to Reform U.S. International Broadcasting — PRESS RELEASE
Chairman Royce Statement on Letter to President Obama Urging Support for Legislation to Reform U.S. International Broadcasting JUL…
Trouble with English at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) employees have told BBG Watch of continuing management shortcomings within the…
House Passes Bill To Overhaul US International Broadcasting — Voice of America take lacks balance
BBG Watch Commentary It took Voice of America a few hours to post a report, which includes quotes…
House Passes U.S. International Broadcasting Reform Bill
BBG Report and Commentary Saying the United States is “losing the information battle” with Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
Community leaders support reform of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: H.R. 4490, the bipartisan Royce – Engel United States International Communications Reform Act of…
Resistance to reforms equals not enough reach and respect for Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Resistance to reforms from the entrenched bureaucracy equals not enough respect for Voice of America…
H.R. 4490 U.S. BBG broadcasting reform bill scheduled for House vote next week
BBG Watch Congressional and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) sources have confirmed that the bipartisan Royce – Engel…
Voice of America Reform – Wishful Thinking Versus Reality
Commentary Voice of America – Losing The Information War: Wishful Thinking Versus Reality By The Federalist A…
Why the Broadcasting Board of Governors Is Nothing Like RT — BBG Chair Jeff Shell
BBG Watch Commentary In theory, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell is right in his Time…
BRUNS Commentary: Reform legislation restricts Voice of America too much
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Joe Bruns, media executive and former…
Report language on H.R. 4490 strengthens journalistic integrity, includes VOA Charter, limits Voice of America to non-surrogate role
BBG Watch Commentary Report language for H.R. 4490, the United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014, has…
BBG abandoned many RFA and VOA Asian shortwave radio audiences to China
BBG Watch Commentary Without any proper advance notice to shortwave radio listeners, the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG)…
‘American policies are being blasted to bits’ while Voice of America shortwave radio goes silent in Asia
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Victor Goonetilleke, a native of Sri…
BBG Shortwave Committee Chair defends himself against criticism by CUSIB, Radio World reports
BBG Watch Commentary Radio World reported that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Shortwave Committee Chair Matt Armstrong expressed…
BBG union continues strong support for H.R. 4490 U.S. broadcasting reform
BBG Watch Commentary American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, continues to offer strong support for the…
Is it news, or is it propaganda? – Op-Ed in The Hill by Mollie King of IBB and formerly Voice of America
BBG Watch Mollie King, a program analyst within the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) under the Broadcasting Board of…
How Voice of America Destroys Itself
Voice of America – Information War Lost: How VOA Destroys Itself By The Federalist Alex Belida and…
Human rights organizations write to BBG urging end to discrimination of RFE/RL foreign journalists
BBG Watch Commentary The latest human rights organization to send a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Robert Reilly reviews new book by Martha Bayles on U.S. public diplomacy
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. public diplomacy and U.S. international broadcasting were at one time liked through the United…
Leslie Hyland has new assignment, André Mendes is Acting CFO
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chief Financial Officer, Leslie Hyland,…
Radio Free Asia listeners in Vietnam upset over abrupt ending of RFA shortwave broadcasts
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Asia (RFA) listeners in Vietnam are upset over the abrupt ending of RFA’s…
VOA radio listener in Asia to BBG: bankruptcy without even a proper good bye
BBG Watch Commentary A longtime Voice of America (VOA) shortwave and medium wave listener in Asia has written…
CUSIB Calls for Matt Armstrong to Step Aside as Shortwave Chair
BBG Watch Commentary The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has called for the…
Voice of America accuses Ukraine of inflaming rhetoric over downing of Malaysian airliner
BBG Watch Commentary VOICE OF AMERICA NEWS: “Ukrainian officials have further inflamed the rhetoric over the…
Voice of America Lost in a Dream
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America – Information War Lost: Lost in a Dream By The Federalist …
Maximum Hubris Revisited: Some Predictions, and Cutting Through the Propaganda – ROBINSON OP-ED
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Dan Robinson, former Voice of America…
Brave New World Vision for Voice of America Challenged
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former acting associate director for the Voice of America (VOA) and co-founder of…
CUSIB Director Meets with BBG Chairman Shell
BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that Ted Lipien, Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International…
Don’t Silence America’s Voice — Belida and Pace Op-Ed
A Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Alex Belida and Sonja Pace,…
Agency admits it fired workers who reported wastefulness to Congress, WT reports
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Times reported that “in a notice recently posted in the Broadcasting Board of…
Former BBG Governors, CUSIB Director support reform of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary Two former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members, Ambassador Victor Ashe and Blanquita…
House Foreign Affairs Chairman: Overhaul Pro-Freedom Broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary Newsmax reported that “House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce has called for a complete…
LIPIEN: A propaganda-free Voice of America, WT op-ed
BBG Watch Commentary In a Washington Times op-ed, strongly supporting management reforms proposed in the Royce – Engel…
Former BBG member Ashe comments on expected settlement of OCB employees’ case
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned and reported earlier that thanks to the intervention of Broadcasting Board…
A historical perspective on H.R. 4490 debate — propaganda — public diplomacy — VOA Charter
BBG Watch Commentary VOA CHARTER To protect the integrity of VOA programming and define the organization’s mission, the…
Voice of America Should Start Reporting on U.S. Marine Imprisoned in Mexico, Voice of Russia Does
BBG Watch Commentary Yet another U.S. news story not covered by the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
U.S. agency should do charity drive to bring Voice of America radio back to Asia and Middle East
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary contains elements of satire and sarcasm. If you object to such content, please…
Don’t make Voice of America an arm of State Dept. – Letter to Obama from Paul Westpheling
A Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Paul Westpheling, Former General Vice-President…
OUR DYSFUNCTIONAL INTERNATIONAL RADIO/TV STATIONS – Guy W. Farmer Op-Ed
A Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Guy W. Farmer who supervised…
Joe Bruns on radio and new media at BBG and at VOA under USIA
BBG Watch Commentary The lack of adequate advance notice to our audiences is inexcusable, said numerous Voice of…
The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
Radio’s Brave New World by James Cridland offers lessons for BBG
BBG Watch Commentary James Cridland has published a thought provoking article on radio. He is the Managing Director…
BBG Governor Matthew Armstrong says ‘You can’t censor the Internet’, DW reports
BBG Watch Commentary Speaking at the Deutsche Welle (DW) Global Media Forum in Bonn last week in a…