Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: 2015 – A Year For Living Dangerously
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch presents a variety of opinions on U.S. international media outreach. One of our…
VOA’s Gongadze first with tweet on John Kerry going to Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary The State Department made an announcement more than an hour ago and shortly thereafter popular…
Future of News on BBC World Service, Voice of America Applicable
BBG Watch Media Due to high interest, BBG Watch is providing a longer excerpt from the “Future of…
Why foreign media are better at reporting interesting U.S. news than Voice of America?
BBG Watch Media Commentary “Obama could be final jumbo jet customer” is the most popular (most read) news…
World Service at risk of decline, warns BBC – FT.com
BBG Watch Media The BBC World Service is at risk of “decline” because it is unable to compete…
Top American Diplomat Decries ‘Lies’ of RT | Foreign Policy
BBG Watch Media Victoria Nuland, the assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, rebuts RT’s (formerly…
A double win for BBG Watch at Voice of America may be linked to arrival of CEO Andy Lack
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has scored a double win at the embattled U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America…
CUSIB supports BBG’s Andy Lack in a row with Russia’s RT
BBG Watch The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a strong statement of…
Voice of America Information War Lost: A Malfunction Of Comment and Punctuation
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch offers various opinions on the latest Russia’s RT campaign to discredit new Broadcasting…
As Andy Lack gets flak from RT, we repost ‘RT Anchor Quits on Air’ video
BBG Watch Commentary With RT going after Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) director Andy Lack with a vengeance,…
HELLE DALE: Andy Lack has a Herculean task ahead of him at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary In analyzing the start of Andy Lack’s CEO job at the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Voice of America Information War Lost: The Education Of Andy Lack
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Information War Lost: The Education Of Andy Lack By The Federalist…
Stengel on RT Disinformation Campaign
BBG Watch Media With RT and SPUTNIK falling all over themselves to claim an undeserved news organization status…
RT disguises Kremlin propaganda as alternative to mainstream media
BBG Watch Media An analysis by Daniil Gorbatenko in Atlas Network is worth reading in light of RT…
Government Executive on Lack and RT
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive: Head of American Overseas Media Picked a Fight With Russian State TV Repeating…
SPUTNIK goes after Lack, misses the point
BBG Watch Commentary SPUTNIK: State Dept. Says RT Not in Same Category of US Concerns as Terrorist Groups…
RT milking it
‘Not acceptable’: Nabeel Rajab slams US media head for listing RT with terror groups Lack did not actually…
State chickens out on Andy Lack and RT
RT: State Dept disagrees with head of US state media over equation of RT with ISIS When the…
RT looking for attention, attacking BBG’s Andy Lack
Russia’s RT looking for attention. RT: Head of US state media put RT on same challenge list as…
If we are behind Russia and China, that will change, BBG director Andy Lack tells NYT
BBG Watch In an interview with New York Times reporter Ron Nixon, newly sworn-in Chief Executive Officer and…
History – Radio Liberty’s First Director Francis (Ronny) S. Ronalds
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is restarting its series on the history of U.S. international broadcasting, which despite…
Speaking to the Russophones is ‘sad and dull’ on TV from Europe and America
BBG Watch “The story of European and American news organisations trying to connect with the Russian-speaking audience is…
Voice of America Information War Lost: Andrew Lack And Mission Impossible?
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Information War Lost: Andrew Lack And Mission Impossible? By The Federalist On…
Op-Ed: U.S. must protest lack of Cuban visas for VOA and Marti reporters
BBG Watch The Obama Administration is silent on Voice of America (VOA) and Radio and TV Marti reporters…
‘No Lack of Challenges Ahead for New BBG CEO’ says anonymous VOA journalist
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Andy Lack Swearing In Today – BBG Chair Shell
Dear Colleagues, It is my great pleasure to announce that respected journalist and media executive Andrew Lack will…
Broadcasting Board of Governors has the worst-rated senior leaders in federal government
BBG Watch Commentary Something to consider for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) new director, Andy Lack, who…
Voice of America Information War Lost – Words And Their Meanings
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Information War Lost – Words And Their Meanings By The Federalist …
Matt Armstrong’s MountainRunner Reboots
BBG Watch News “Matt Armstrong’s blog on public diplomacy, international journalism, and the struggle against propaganda” will resume…
Some senior Voice of America correspondents have less than 100 Twitter Followers, one VOA reporter has 10
BBG Watch Commentary Most reporters who regularly tweet news on the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) main…
Jeff Shell to swear in Andy Lack next week as BBG Director – EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch Exclusive Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Jeff Shell will swear in next week…
Voice of America Turkish Service ignored ban on showing Charlie Hebdo cover
BBG Watch Commentary In a display of independence and journalistic courage, the Turkish Service of the Voice of…
Voice of America bashing Israel and Netanyahu
BBG Watch Editorial Voice of America bashing Israel and Netanyahu A column on U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
Good journalism is always good public diplomacy
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. Views expressed here are only those of the…
Cuba and Paris – Radio and TV Marti, VOA, U.S. public diplomacy doing great or limping?
BBG Watch Commentary No well-meaning journalist who cares about bringing news to people living under government censorship and…
Voice of America Information War Lost: Old Year, New Year, What’s the Difference?
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Information War Lost: Old Year, New Year, What’s the Difference? By The…
Change – Andy Lack to be sworn in as Broadcasting Board of Governors CEO – EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch Exclusive News and Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the appointment of Andy Lack as Broadcasting…
HEIL: VOA’s pursuit of truth continues
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) deputy director Alan Heil, who is listed as a member…
Don’t hold your breath for Voice of America to correct its news mistake
BBG Watch Commentary No, the United States did not veto a United Nations Security Council draft resolution on…
Voice of America Only Partly Corrects: U.S. Didn’t Veto Palestinian Statehood Bid
BBG Watch Commentary A protest from the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America had some…
Russian-Language TV Program Expands To Latvia
BBG Watch reposts Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) press release about the launching in Latvia of…
Voice of America Boston terror trial report sends confusing, wrong message abroad
BBG Watch Commentary Even when U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) manages to produce more than a perfunctory…
One Voice of America service got U.S. UN Palestine vote right as VOA Central News issued misleading report
BBG Watch Commentary While the Central News service of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) issued a misleading…
Voice of America and RT wrongly call US UN ‘no’ vote on Palestinian state a veto
BBG Watch Commentary Both U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and Russia’s propaganda outlet RT wrongly described as…
Leadership Change Needed at Voice of America
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Voice of America Information War Lost – December Shorts (Continued)
BBG Watch Commentary This is the last column for 2014 from The Federalist, BBG Watch’s most read commentator.…