VOA talks with astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko – a missed opportunity
BBG Watch For some reason, Voice of America (VOA) Central English Newsroom did not produce a separate news…
New BBG CEO John Lansing is having a positive impact, but is it enough?
BBG Watch Commentary There are clear signs that new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing is…
RFE/RL’s Brian Whitmore counters Kremlin propaganda, management plays it safe
BBG Watch Commentary Judging by often poor quality re-writes of wire service Russia news on Radio Free Europe…
Voice of America English News fails to report online White House spokesman confirming ‘Putin is corrupt’
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America’s VOA Central English Newsroom failed to report on its main…
Is Voice of America talking down to foreign audiences?
BBG Watch Commentary Compared to BBC, Deutsche Welle (DW), Radio France Internationale (RFI) and even Russia’s RT and…
BBC investigates corruption by Putin, where were Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America?
BBG Watch Commentary Rather than interviewing U.S. officials about corruption charges leveled against Vladimir Putin, Voice of America…
VOA and IBB employees did well in D.C. snowstorm
BBG Watch From: IBB Notices Admin Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:02 AM To: IBB Notices Administration Subject:…
Official RFE/RL announcement of Russian Service leadership change
BBG Watch Commentary As BBG Watch reported in “Change in Radio Liberty Russian Service director post EXCLUSIVE,” Radio…
Radio Liberty Gave No Support To Investigative Reporters
BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: In Russia, journalists who run afoul of the Kremlin or the business mafia, end…
Life in Post-Soviet Russia of Former Radio Liberty Reporter
BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: A young and successful Russian investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko is one of many who…
No Particular Radio Liberty Support For Interview With Putin’s Accuser
BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: A young and successful Russian investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko is one of many who…
A Putin Corruption Reporter Too Radical For Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: In Russia, journalists and opposition leaders who run afoul of the Kremlin or the…
Change in Radio Liberty Russian Service director post EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a U.S. taxpayer-funded media outlet overseen by the…
SPEAK UP VOA – BBG Cyber Mess Makes It To Politico – More BBG Bad News
BBG Watch Media POLITICO‘s “Morning Cybersecurity,” a daily briefing on politics and cybersecurity, has a
CORRECTION VOA did not break Burkina Faso terror news, AFP did
BBG Watch CORRECTION On January 15, BBG Watch reported that Voice of America (VOA) French-to-Africa Service broke the…
Ismayilova Confirms Amal Clooney as Defense Counsel
BBG Watch Commentary “Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist and RFE/RL contributor Khadija Ismayilova has confirmed that prominent human rights lawyer…
Broadcasting Board of Governors cyber policies not ready for primetime
BBG Watch Media The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) “response to cybersecurity incidents and its newly developed policy…
BBG Watch reaches 6 million hits
BBG Watch We have just passed 6 million hits for our BBG Watch website. Our hit counter records…
Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Introduction to “Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service: A View From Russia”…
VOA French to Africa broke the news on terrorist attack in Burkina Faso
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Voice of America (VOA) French-to-Africa Service broke the news of what appears to be a…
Bruce Sherman leaving BBG as Office Of Strategy And Development Director
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Bruce Sherman is leaving the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Russian investigative reporter mocks RFE/RL’s Radio Liberty management for censoring out her name
BBG Watch Commentary Anastasia Kirilenko, one of the most enterprising and fearless young Russian investigative reporters, has mocked…
Voice of America Launched Extremism Watch Desk EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary Defying her critics in the Voice of America (VOA) Central English Newsroom who object…
Voice of America Newsroom gave VOA services largely unipartisan comments to Obama’s address
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch was alerted by concerned Voice of America (VOA) journalists that VOA Central English…
Complaint to U.N. Human Rights Council Against BBG EXCLUSIVE Text
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE This article covers legal issues. Please read our Disclaimers and Terms of Use.…
No substantive duplication between RFA and VOA: Radio Free Asia Releases English e-Book on North Korea’s Prison Camps
BBG Watch Commentary Illustration from Radio Free Asia North Korean Prison Camps E-Book Voice of America…
Has RFE/RL officially lost it by comparing images of Soviet mass murderers to photos of Hollywood stars?
BBG Watch Commentary Has U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) officially lost it in late…
Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce on urgent need to reform BBG
BBG Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) continues to argue for splitting different elements…
Communicators with new BBG CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch Media C-SPAN has posted its Communicators with John Lansing video. John Lansing is new Chief Executive…
Appointment of an information czar is bureaucratic overreach | WT op-ed
BBG Watch Media A single U.S. information czar not confirmed by the U.S. Senate in charge of absolutely…
BBG Contract Employees $400M Class Action Complaint EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary This article covers legal issues. Please read our Disclaimers and Terms of Use. …
Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform
OPINION Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform Will Taxpayers Continue to Foot This…
TV Martí Wins Emmy Award
BBG Watch BBG Watch congratulates Office of Cuba Broadcasting’s (OCB) TV Marti journalists who won an Emmy award…
Voice of America gets hit with ‘Extreme Temperature Swings’
BBG Watch Commentary If electricity and digital outages, disrupting for hours and in some cases several days delivery…
Voice of America finds balance, sort of, for its ‘Americans say they are selfish’ story
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is trying to find balance, sort of, for its…
VOA News days behind BBC, RT, DW, NYT on Cologne attacks
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America’s VOA English News (not counting VOA Learning English section which is not…
Voice of America Central News ignores sexual assaults on women in Cologne
BBG Watch Commentary It was not a big surprise to us that as of 1:30 AM EST, Wednesday,…
‘The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same’ at Voice of America
Commentary | History The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same By Alex Belida…
Money before reform or vice versa: BBG’s Shell v. Royce in WT
BBG Watch Media Should the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal agency in charge of U.S. information outreach…
Edward R. Murrow – A Propaganda Hound
Commentary Ted Lipien, who is one of BBG Watch’s sponsors and supporters, has agreed to write for us…
A profile of new BBG CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch Media AllGov.com has published a profile of John Lansing, the new CEO and Director…
The Big Kahuna Hits A Wall at Broadcasting Board of Governors
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: We Lost – The Big Kahuna Hits A Wall By…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: Reform needed for U.S. soft power to work
BBG Watch Media “U.S. needs more money for more soft power outreach abroad, but Congress and President must…