Read More 18 minute read OPINION The Departure of Voice of America Director David EnsorMay 31, 2015 Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
Read More 4 minute read Union pleased with reform bill protecting ‘journalistic integrity’ of Voice of America newsMay 29, 2015 BBG Watch A union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) posted online a commentary…
Read More 3 minute read Some in Congress took note of Voice of America director’s ‘lobbying’ against reform legislation EXCLUSIVEMay 29, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Some members of Congress and congressional staffers took note of Voice of America director David…
Read More 7 minute read ‘FAREWELL’ post from Voice of America director David EnsorMay 29, 2015 BBG Watch In a “FAREWELL” post on his official Voice of America blog, VOA director David Ensor tosses…
Read More 10 minute read Radio Liberty removes post on alleged Putin graft to protect intervieweeMay 27, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary www.Kremlin.ru 2006 Photo of President Putin Radio Svoboda Screen Shot 2015-05-27 at 5:38 PM ET…
Voice of America skipped some White House news on holiday weekendMay 26, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary A significant portion of Voice of America’s news coverage on Memorial Day weekend was done…
Read More 3 minute read House Panel Advances Reforms of US International Media – Voice of America NewsMay 22, 2015 VOICE OF AMERICA COVERAGE OF HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE BBG Watch Commentary The VOA News report…
Read More 8 minute read Foreign Affairs Committee passes legislation to reform Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMay 22, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Thursday, May 21, 2015, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to reform…
Congressman Kevin Yoder concerned by BBG Iraq and Balkans cuts, bureaucratic waste EXCLUSIVEMay 21, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE U.S. Congressman Kevin Yoder (R-K) has written a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 12 minute read Policy heavyweights support Royce-Engel U.S. media reform billMay 20, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary According to a new report released by the Aspen Institute, at the third annual Aspen…
Read More 2 minute read Journalism 101: A Thought ExperimentMay 18, 2015 BBG Watch Guest Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to report on its main voanews.com English…
Read More 8 minute read No rebuttal on Voice of America to ex-CIA official calling Seymour Hersh’s Osama bin Laden report ‘rubbish’May 18, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary In an apparent violation of the VOA Charter and Journalistic Code, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
Read More 3 minute read ‘Coolest’ videos from Voice of America and RT – MUST SEEMay 17, 2015 BBG Watch Some say that the United States is losing the information war to Russia. What would be…
Read More 7 minute read DAVID JACKSON How to Save the Voice of AmericaMay 15, 2015 BBG Watch Media Former Voice of America (VOA) director David S. Jackson has published an opinion article on…
Read More 3 minute read Death for Tsarnaev – earlier speculative Voice of America headlines undermined credibilityMay 15, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death over the April…
Read More 7 minute read H.R. 2323 BBG reform report language clarifies Voice of America mission EXCLUSIVEMay 15, 2015 BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has seen the H.R. 2323, the United States International Communications Reform Act of…
Read More 10 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroducedMay 14, 2015 BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with greater protection…
Read More 1 minute read Voice of America experiment in short news videos had a bad startMay 14, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch was told by several sources that a 39 second video of Voice of…
Read More 2 minute read Speculative news headlines: Voice of America can’t learn from its mistakesMay 14, 2015 BBG Watch A few days ago, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) news operation for international audiences speculated…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America – North Korea has a ruthless capitalist economy and ‘it is working’May 14, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary North Korea has a ruthless political and economic system called totalitarian communism and a total…
Read More 15 minute read VOA and RFE/RL fail to report online in English on Putin’s defense of Nazi-Soviet PactMay 13, 2015 BBG Watch Media During the Cold War, both Voice of America (VOA) and particularly Radio Free Europe /…
Read More 2 minute read Op-Ed: Voice of America disappointsMay 12, 2015 BBG Watch Media “U.S. taxpayer funded Voice of America (VOA) has problems offering timely analysis of Kremlin propaganda,…
Read More 5 minute read WATCH: Veteran VOA correspondents Jim Malone, Andre de Nesnera react to flyoverMay 8, 2015 BBG Watch At the end of its today’s report, “US, Europe Mark 70th Anniversary of VE Day,” Voice…
Read More 4 minute read Old news on Voice of America homepageMay 8, 2015 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Broadcasting Board…
Read More 5 minute read Oops, Cameron not ousted as Voice of America speculatedMay 8, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary British Prime Minister David Cameron was not ousted as Voice of America (VOA) speculated he…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America speculates Cameron could be ousted in UK vote, BBC and RT coverage more cautiousMay 7, 2015 BBG Watch Media A Voice of America (VOA) news report speculates that British voters “could make a Scottish…
Read More 2 minute read SPUTNIK goes after Russian opposition politician and BBG Governor ArmstrongMay 7, 2015 BBG Watch Media Russian news agency SPUTNIK published an attack on Russian opposition politician Ilya Ponomaryov who is…
Read More 2 minute read CUSIB urges use of radio and TV to counter new ‘Great Cannon’ in ChinaMay 6, 2015 BBG Watch Media The Laogai Research Foundation (LRF) established by Laogai survivor Harry Wu has reported on the…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America Ebola page not updated for close to two monthsMay 6, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) had an “EBOLA Special Coverage” page which for close…
Read More 1 minute read Matt Armstrong on RT as a foreign agentMay 5, 2015 BBG Media BBG Governor Matt Armstrong posted an article discussing how Russia’s RT could be viewed as a…
Read More 1 minute read Op-Ed: Walter Isaacson on U.S. media and public diplomacyMay 5, 2015 BBG Watch Media American writer Walter Isaacson, in a Broadcasting Board of Governors conversation about U.S. public diplomacy…
Read More 3 minute read BBG Chair Jeff Shell and CUSIB both warn of ‘Great Cannon’ new China Internet censorship toolMay 2, 2015 BBG Watch BBG Watch reposts the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) press release which focuses…
Read More 6 minute read Wimbush and Portale respond to Thomas on BBG reformMay 1, 2015 BBG Watch On April 30, 2015, BBG Watch published an opinion article by a former Voice of America…
Read More 10 minute read Jimmy Carter justifies Russia’s annexation of Crimea on Voice of AmericaMay 1, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary In commenting on the Voice of America Russian Service posting of VOA News exclusive interview…