Read More 6 minute read A favorite Broadcasting Board of Governors manager of former BBG Democratic ChairmanMarch 23, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary André Mendes, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) manager in the center of a recent media…
Read More 1 minute read Voice Of America In Iran Propagandizes For The Ayatollahs, columnist and Iranians sayMarch 22, 2018 BBG Watch Media “Why do people in Iran call the U.S. Voice of America (VOA) the ‘Voice of…
Read More 3 minute read Royce calls for new BBG CEO and VOA reformMarch 21, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce (R-CA) has called for new CEO…
Read More 4 minute read CNN, Rep. Engel got played by ‘BBG whistleblowers’March 21, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary For several days, some contributors to BBG Watch were being bombarded with rumors from secondary…
Read More 5 minute read Public Diplomacy Challenges for the Trump AdministrationMarch 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) has posted multiple raw videos without any commentary or context…
Read More 5 minute read Putin Won By Bringing ‘Strength’ to Russia, RFE/RL Head Tom Kent tells BBGMarch 18, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary It would have been inconceivable for the head of U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe and…
Read More 4 minute read Why Putin Will Win, RFE/RL President Tom Kent ExplainsMarch 17, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary On March 14, 2018, Tom Kent, President of U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), explained…
Read More 8 minute read White House denies McMaster firing rumor spread among others by Voice of America senior reporter’s tweetsMarch 16, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In a tweet with 9:11 PM – 15 Mar 2018 time stamp, Steve Herman, White…
Read More 8 minute read Ann Noonan Addresses BBG on ChinaMarch 14, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB –…
Read More 6 minute read #ReformBBG — BBG, VOA, RFE/RL Employees Ask for Immediate ReformsMarch 12, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary According to the announcement posted on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) website, the Broadcasting…
Read More 2 minute read Propaganda for North Korea regime from Voice of AmericaMarch 9, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The surprise announcement that President Trump is planing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un…
Read More 2 minute read Dissident VOA Persian journalists decry mismanagement and loss of objectivityMarch 6, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary A group of Voice of America (VOA) Persian Service journalists has prepared a memorandum in…
Read More 6 minute read Activist Messaging from VOA DirectorMarch 6, 2018 OPINION Messaging US Government International Media: Information War Lost By The Federalist A recent BBG Watch report noted…
Read More 1 minute read Washington Free Beacon quotes BBG Watch on violations of VOA CharterMarch 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Free Beacon senior writer Susan Crabtree has written an extensive analysis of management…
Read More 1 minute read BBG, VOA, RFE/RL – Management Failures in Images – 2016-2018March 4, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary These images from the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Read More 11 minute read Voice of America director posts: immigrants ‘afraid…prepare themselves for the worst’ under TrumpFebruary 27, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Director of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) Amanda Bennett has a post on her…
Read More 12 minute read HISTORY Voice of America 1951 – ‘Drab’ and ‘Unconvincing,’ Rep. Wigglesworth Quotes VOA Listeners in PolandFebruary 27, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary As part of our HISTORY series, we repost today an article from the Cold War…
Read More 5 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors – A Myopic Agency ViewFebruary 26, 2018 OPINION US Government International Media A Myopic Agency View Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost …
Read More 10 minute read Whether YouTube warning should stay, VOA should ask Bernie Sanders or Robert MuellerFebruary 22, 2018 OPINION Haroon K. Ullah, chief strategy officer for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), had his op-ed published…
Read More 11 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part TwoFebruary 20, 2018 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part Two US Government International Media Know Your Audience? By…
Read More 14 minute read Tehran and Warsaw: Two Uprisings, Two Voice of America FailuresFebruary 20, 2018 OPINION Tehran and Warsaw: Two Uprisings, Two Voice of America Failures A Blueprint for Reform By…
Read More 10 minute read Voice of America 1951 – Presidents’ Day and Debates on VOA’s FutureFebruary 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Wishing all of our readers and contributors Happy Presidents’ Day, we repost the latest article…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America helps Iranian regime stay in power, Pahlavi warnsFebruary 17, 2018 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary Reza Pahlavi, the older son of the late Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi,…
Read More 6 minute read VOA reporter makes fun of Trump with Kim Jong-un hair photoFebruary 13, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary A U.S. federal government employee who works as a reporter for taxpayer-funded Voice of America…
Read More 2 minute read Hit With $24M Cut, BBG Not Even Mentioned in FY 2019 White House Budget SummaryFebruary 12, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The mismanaged and ailing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and its mission are not even…
Read More 8 minute read Senior managers at RFE/RL failed to earn respect, alienated staff, journalists sayFebruary 12, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Respect must be earned by managers and that’s something that senior executives in charge of…
Read More 6 minute read Total Meltdown 5.0 for BBG in Russia with RFE/RL and VOA Current TimeFebruary 11, 2018 OPINION RFE/RL, VOA – Total Meltdown 5.0 for BBG in Russia US Government International Media In Need…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America senior manager gives a smug response to Iranian American raising concernsFebruary 7, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Matthew Baise, the Director of Digital Strategy for U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), gave…
Read More 2 minute read HELLE DALE: Voice of America Is Undermining the U.S. AbroadFebruary 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, says in her latest…
Read More 7 minute read Vaclav Havel Fellows condemn management practices at RFE/RLFebruary 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In response to the recent developments around რადიო თავისუფლება, the Georgian Service of Radio Free…
Read More 7 minute read Chinese dissident Zhang Lin decries recent decline in quality of VOA programs to ChinaFebruary 4, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Among those disagreeing with Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Voice of America (VOA) officials…
Read More 5 minute read Watch Voice of America video of American Communist Angela DavisFebruary 3, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) produced and posted online a video of Angela Davis…
Read More 6 minute read Respected RFE/RL Tbilisi Bureau Chief Marina Vashakmadze resigns in protest against senior managementFebruary 1, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Dr. Marina Vashakmadze, a well-known and highly respected journalist and media scholar in Georgia, has…
Read More 8 minute read Highly-respected journalist David Kakabadze fired by RFE/RL bossesFebruary 1, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The senior management of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), led by RFE/RL president…
Read More 10 minute read Big names in Georgia sign petition in defense of RFE/RL Georgian ServiceJanuary 30, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Some of the most prominent academics, writers, artists, and human rights activists in Georgia have…
Read More 3 minute read Many in #IranProtests call VOA Voice of the Mullahs, says Kenneth TimmermanJanuary 28, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In an interview with John Loeffler for his “Steel on Steel” radio program on January…
Read More 9 minute read Another former RFE/RL newswoman Shahida Tulaganova slams managementJanuary 27, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary UK-based award-winning investigative reporter Shahida Tulaganova joined another award-winning journalist Khadija Ismayilova, a former political…
Read More 5 minute read Renowned newswoman Khadija Ismayilova blasts RFE/RL bosses after quittingJanuary 25, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary After quitting in frustration her freelancer position with U.S. tax-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio…
Read More 1 minute read WASHINGTON EXAMINER OP-ED: VOA’s Failure in Iran and ChinaJanuary 24, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former VOA acting associate director who is one of the co-founders and…
Read More 4 minute read Pueblo anniversary: How BBG touted North Korean propaganda in a bizarre VOA reportJanuary 23, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary January 23rd was the 50th anniversary of the Pueblo incident. As recalled in an excellent…
Read More 2 minute read BBG employees blame bosses for poor communication on shutdownJanuary 22, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Whenever there is any kind of crisis, the management in charge of the Broadcasting Board…
Read More 5 minute read Management’s push threatens credibility of RFE/RL Georgian programsJanuary 22, 2018 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary BBG Watch has learned from multiple sources in Washington, DC and Tbilisi, Georgia that…
Read More 9 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown on IranJanuary 19, 2018 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown Mode on Iran: 4.0 US Government International Media By…
Read More 3 minute read ‘Deplorable’ VOA to Iran -The Hill op-edJanuary 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Two Iranian human rights activists, Mariam Memarsadeghi and Akbar Atri, say in an op-ed in…
Read More 4 minute read Wall Street Journal: Broadcasting Board of Governors ‘slow and backward’ on Iran and freedomJanuary 18, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL: Today’s dissenters need software to evade the regime’s internet…
Read More 2 minute read More Iran regime propaganda from VOAJanuary 18, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Showing zero sensitivity toward anti-regime protesters in Iran who demand regime change and hope for…
Read More 6 minute read U.S. Trump critics love porn star tabloid tweet from Voice of AmericaJanuary 14, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Critics of President Trump in the United States seem delighted with a tweet by the…
Read More 5 minute read VOA News not reporting on Ayatollah Shahroudi in Germany, called him ‘moderate’January 13, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Isn’t is strange that Voice of America VOA English News is not reporting on the…
Read More 7 minute read U.S. scholars defend Voice of America Chinese journalistsJanuary 12, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary A group of some of the most prominent U.S. scholars specializing in China studies has…
Read More 1 minute read #ReformBBG – Support #IranProtestsJanuary 11, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Dear Americans, The U.S. taxpayer-founded @VOANews & @RFERL never took the right stance on #IranProtests…