Read More 12 minute read Voice of America digital meltdown redux of PBS for BBG CIO?December 31, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chief Information Officer and former Interim CEO and Director André…
One BBG executive apologizes, others keep silentDecember 30, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary “Meanwhile, please accept my personal apologies for this serious event. It is very…
Read More 11 minute read Voice of America Digital Failure, saga continues, frustrations mount WED. PM UPDATEDecember 30, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary The latest digital equipment failure at the Voice of America (VOA) — one of many…
Read More 9 minute read Voice of America Digital Failure, saga continues, frustrations mountDecember 30, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary There is no end in sight to equipment and other failures at the Voice of…
Read More 1 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Fantasy ReformDecember 30, 2015 OPINION/COMMENTARY Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: It’s Over. We Lost. Fantasy Reform By The Federalist …
Read More 5 minute read Digital failure at Voice of America MONDAY PM UPDATEDecember 28, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 4 minute read Technical and management troubles don’t cease at Voice of America, BBGDecember 28, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary New Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing may be finding out that the…
Read More 12 minute read $400M class action suit may signal more trouble ahead for new BBG CEODecember 28, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Report and Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the reported $400 million class action lawsuit…
Read More 5 minute read Union warned about abuses behind $400M class action suit against BBGDecember 28, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary AFGE Local 1812, the union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees, had warned repeatedly…
Read More 4 minute read Russia propaganda machine gains on U.S. | Washington TimesDecember 28, 2015 BBG Watch Media In an interview with The Washington Times, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep.…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America or Voice of Castro?December 27, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America or Voice of Castro? While surfing the web, we recently came across…
Read More 12 minute read Voice of America broadcasters fed up with technical mishapsDecember 24, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) broadcasters are completely fed up with repeated technical mishaps at their…
Read More 5 minute read Misclassified: BBG faces $400mn lawsuit over contracting practices, report claims — RT USA reportsDecember 24, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary RT USA, the English language website of Russia’s overseas propaganda media outlet RT, is reporting…
Read More 7 minute read BBG hit with $400M employee contractors suitDecember 23, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary A $400 million class action lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Federal…
Read More 8 minute read BBG employees ‘crippled’ by technical breakdowns ‘lose confidence’ in leadersDecember 22, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has received an urgent message from a Voice of America (VOA) journalist intended…
Read More 4 minute read Bureaucratic appointments by new BBG CEO worry agency writerDecember 22, 2015 OPINION A writer, who wants to remain anonymous, comments on recent personnel appointments made by new Broadcasting…
Read More 5 minute read All About America or mostly What’s Wrong About America on VOA blog?December 22, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary When someone in the Middle East discovers by reading the “All About America” Voice of…
Read More 3 minute read Deeper propaganda analysis sometimes missing even from otherwise excellent RFE/RL reportsDecember 21, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists are capable of excellent reporting. “In Forgotten…
Read More 10 minute read BBG CEO gives two longtime SES executives new dutiesDecember 21, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Some Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees are scratching their heads to explain a recent…
Read More 10 minute read Is this Russian RT, SPUTNIK or something else?December 19, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Was this Facebook item posted by Russian propaganda channel RT, Russian disinformation news agency SPUTNIK…
Read More 3 minute read Will Broadcasting Board of Governors Reform Itself?December 17, 2015 EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Report With A Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge…
Read More 3 minute read Former Voice of America broadcasters remember Evelyn LiebermanDecember 15, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Evelyn Lieberman, who died on Saturday in Washington, is being remembered by former Voice of…
Read More 1 minute read Former VOA director Evelyn Lieberman dies at 71December 15, 2015 By Ted Lipien The New York Times chose to use a catchy headline, “Evelyn Lieberman, Aide Who Moved…
Read More 5 minute read CUSIB, other experts disagree with David Ensor and one Superman CEO solution for BBGDecember 14, 2015 BBG Watch Media The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) posted a comment in Foreign Policy…
Read More 3 minute read Martial law Poland – Kirk Douglas and Voice of AmericaDecember 12, 2015 By Ted Lipien A few Voice of America English newsroom correspondents and some VOA managers who…
Read More 29 minute read How Frank Sinatra and Voice of America countered communist propagandaDecember 12, 2015 By Ted Lipien Today, December 12, 2015, is Frank Sinatra’s birthday. He would have been…
Read More 3 minute read How Kirk Douglas and Radio Free Europe countered Soviet propagandaDecember 11, 2015 By Ted Lipien Despite gasps of indignation from the Kremlin and quite a few Western fellow travelers who…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America misleads world with Donald Trump headline, endangers AmericansDecember 10, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary After trying to convince the world last week that Americans were in a “State…
Read More 2 minute read FedSmith, FEDweek list Broadcasting Board of Governors as one of the worst federal agencies for employeesDecember 10, 2015 BBG Watch Media FedSmith.com In a December 8, 2015 article, “What Are the Worst Agencies to Work for…
Read More 9 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: We Lost – State of Fear – NOT!December 9, 2015 OPINION “State of Fear” – a Voice of America (VOA) article published shortly after the terrorist attack in…
Read More 3 minute read Maria González To Head Office Of Cuba Broadcasting, Carlos A. Garcia-Pérez not pushed out for suspicion of Castro regimeDecember 8, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from a well-informed Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) source that the…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America power and broadcasting outage UPDATEDecember 8, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE It took the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) massive administrative and technical support staff a…
Read More 2 minute read Power outage disrupts Voice of America broadcastsDecember 7, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE A power outage today at the Washington, DC headquarters of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 4 minute read VOICE OF AMERICA FRENCH or VOA Agence France Presse ?December 7, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Why is no one at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) apparently concerned that the…
Read More 1 minute read Op-Ed: Voice of America falsely tells world U.S. is in a “State of Fear”December 7, 2015 BBG Watch Media “Two days before President Obama’s Oval Office address on domestic terrorism, the Voice of America…
Read More 2 minute read Another yesterday’s news tomorrow weekend at Voice of America – still no Carter storyDecember 6, 2015 BBG Watch Assume you are someone in Africa who likes and is interested in former U.S. President Jimmy…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America tells world U.S. is in a ‘State of Fear’December 6, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) told its international audiences in a homepage headline and in an…
Read More 2 minute read On the day of Obama’s terrorism address, Voice of America shows 21 hour old TweetDecember 5, 2015 BBG Watch On Saturday, President Obama made a radio address on domestic terrorism. The Voice of America had…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America news foul-ups — Point/CounterpointDecember 5, 2015 BBG Watch BBG Watch commentary: “Voice of America homepage link to California shooting did not work as story…
Read More 9 minute read BBG and VOA managers too busy traveling and teaching journalism abroad to manage their ownDecember 3, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Too much foreign travel not related to a core activity can make a government agency…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America homepage link to California shooting did not work as story developedDecember 3, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary In yet another journalistic, digital and managerial embarrassment for U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 12 minute read Voice of America opponents of ‘countering violent extremism’ not likely to be asked to do itDecember 3, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English newsroom reporters, some of whom make more than $150,000 per…
Read More 12 minute read Carter Administration opposed consolidation of U.S. government broadcasting and Voice of America privatizationDecember 2, 2015 Commentary By Ted Lipien Recently released U.S. government documents show that President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor (1977–1981)…