Broadcasting Board of Governors contractors put hope for justice in a federal court
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington-based law firm, Themis PLLC, plans to file a motion sometime next week to…
Voice of America on its toes with Orlando coverage
BBG Watch On the Orlando terrorist shooting, for the first time in a long time the Voice of…
Voice of America virtual reality journalism story may be a result of virtual leadership
BBG Watch Commentary Today, the Voice of America’s parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announced the…
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Announces Thomas Kent As New President
BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty announced the appointment of…
BBC’s Live Program Dominance Over Voice of America
OPINION On Any Given Day: BBC Continues Its Live Program Dominance Over the Voice of America By Dan…
Conservative think tank reports: ‘Tax-Funded Government News Agency Campaigning Against Trump’
BBG Watch Commentary Donald Trump with a Nazi swastika – a screenshot from a Voice of America reporter’s…
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty joins Voice of America in posting one-sided anti-Donald Trump video
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which together with the Voice of America (VOA)…
U.S. tax-funded Voice of America joins anti-Donald Trump electioneering
BBG Watch Media A journalist working as a U.S. government employee for the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Dysfunction in Voice of America coverage of Clinton, Trump, and Tuesday primaries
BBG Watch Commentary We received these observations and screenshots (posted below) from a former senior Voice of America…
PAUL GOBLE US Sending the Wrong Signals to Peoples of Russia by Not Sending Them at All
BBG Watch America’s top expert on Kremlin propaganda Paul Goble said that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
DAN ROBINSON Voice of America needs honest self-examination, not ‘whitewash’
BBG Watch Media Writing in the USC Center on Public Diplomacy CPD Blog, former Voice of America (VOA)…
Clinton story on Voice of America – late and behind RT, SPUTNIK, DW, BBC – displaced by gorilla story
BBG Watch Commentary No kidding. Russia’s RT and SPUTNIK, Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW), BBC and nearly every other…
Voice of America – Staring Over The Precipice
OPINION Staring Over The Precipice Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By The Federalist …
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan addresses Tiananmen rally in NYC, appeals to BBG to keep radio to China and Tibet
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan addressed the 2016…
Even when ‘Federal websites can spill over into propaganda’ – BBG is ignored
BBG Watch Media “Websites operate in broadcast fashion: We publish, you read. We’ll allow feedback at our discretion.…
Voice of America journalists don’t want to be treated like children
BBG Watch Commentary VOICE OF AMERICA JOURNALIST: “I’ve got some ideas for what they can scavenge for.…
Voice of America employees question BBG CEO John Lansing e-mail about their future
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees received on Thursday, June 2, an e-mail with “Message…
David Jackson Op-Ed in PDC – International Broadcasting: The Nuclear Option
BBG Watch Former Voice of America (VOA) director David S. Jackson published an opinion article on the USC…
Masters of bad timing: BBG to eliminate Radio Liberty’s shortwave broadcasts in Russian
OPINION Masters of bad timing By Ted Lipien The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
Optimistic BBG plans to eliminate RFE/RL Radio Liberty shortwave radio transmissions to Russia, Crimea, other Russian-speaking regions
BBG Watch Commentary Russian Service of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) posted an announcement on its…
Sausage attack: serious journalism at RFE/RL in decline under increasing government ownership by BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Officials of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of…
Former BBG Governor Blanquita Cullum given 2016 Champion of Media – Radio award
BBG Watch Congratulations to radio broadcaster and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita Cullum…
Proposed privatization of Voice of America widely opposed
BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that a proposed privatization of the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Closed meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has posted a closed meeting notice to meet the…
Who is Rep. Mac Thornberry who wants to de-federalize Voice of America?
BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), who recently has introduced an amendment to FY2017 National Defense Authorization…
NYT: How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS
BBG Watch Media New York Times article, “How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS“ by Carlotta…
The Keogh Memorandum – Voice of America and U.S. Policy
BBG Watch History Documents & Quotes Series BBG Watch begins today publishing historical documents, some of…
Hidden history: U.S. Congress exposes Soviet propaganda at Voice of America
BBG Watch Historical Documents & Quotes Series BBG Watch begins today publishing historical documents, some of…
Thornberry Amendment to Reform Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The House of Representatives voted to include in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act an…
House passes Royce-Thornberry amendment to reform Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch The House of Representatives voted to include in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act an amendment,…
Voice of America journalist embarrassed by failure of VOA News to cover Ben Rhodes scandal
BBG Watch Commentary In a move that it likely to seriously damage the reputation of new Voice of…
Why is Voice of America News ignoring Ben Rhodes story as news
BBG Watch Commentary Why has U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America’s VOA News voanews.com English language website ignored as…
Reality Check
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost Reality Check By The Federalist There are some…
NYT overlooked Voice of America executive’s early attempt to deprive journalist of U.N. press credentials
BBG Watch Commentary A New York Times May 13, 2016 article, “After Frustrating Officials, a Longtime U.N. Blogger…
North Korean Photo Propaganda from U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Someone at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), whose salary is paid for by…
Top News headlines from Voice of America – Friday, the 13th
BBG Watch U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) mobile website offers an intriguing choice of top news headlines…
Crimea Realities Chief Says Ban Won’t Stop Website, BBG announced
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has posted a press release with a headline announcing…
Ben Rhodes and the Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Ben Rhodes, Assistant to President President Obama and his Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic…
Zofia Korbońska – a Voice of America hero
History On the 101 anniversary of the birth of legendary Voice of America Polish Service journalist and broadcaster…
Op-Ed: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty can’t cope with Putin propaganda
BBG Watch Media Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum and British journalist Edward Lucas assert in a Washington Post…
Panic News from Voice of America – Late – Not Quite Right
BBG Watch Commentary Everybody who checks and compares international news online knows by now that U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…
Mapping the New Battlespace of Information – A May 9 Washington, DC discussion
BBG Watch Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), a non-profit policy institute focusing on Central and Eastern Europe,…
It’s Time for Absolute Honesty, It’s Survey Time
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Worse Than Lost It’s Time for Absolute Honesty, It’s Survey Time!…
Employee morale commitment letter from BBG CEO
BBG Watch Commentary As the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is distributing links for federal employees to participate…
Broadcasting Board of Governors asked court to dismiss $400M contract employees’ class action suit
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In the $400 million class action lawsuit against the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) for…
Discarding imperial hubris could help some VOA and RFE/RL journalists
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has noticed tendency among some Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe…
When Exclusive is not Exclusive at Voice of America
BBG Watch OPINION When Exclusive is not Exclusive By Dan Robinson A headline on a…
Voice of America Russian Service interviews Crimean Tatar leader, VOA English newsroom continues to disappoint
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service correspondent in Moscow Danila Galperovich interviewed Mustafa Dzhemilev, the…
Harry Wu, Champion of Human Rights, CUSIB Board Member Dies
BBG Watch The Laogai Research Foundation and the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) announced the…
“Who Is Mr. Putin?” U.S. and English-language film premiere with reporter Anastasia Kirilenko fired by RFE/RL
BBG Watch Anastasia Kirilenko, a reporter who investigated Vladimir Putin and was fired last year by RFE/RL, is…