Daily Beast article makes allegations against congressman behind BBG reform bill
BBG Watch Media “Rep. Ed Royce says it’s a misunderstanding. But government watchdogs are growling about his bill…
Voice of America News has no Rachel Dolezal story – BBC, RT, DW do
BBG Watch Media “A local leader of the African American advocacy group the NAACP has reportedly been pretending…
‘Crimea overwhelmingly happy to be part of Russia,’ Voice of America reported year ago citing faulty BBG poll
BBG Watch History U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is now under new interim leadership after the recent…
‘Everywhere you look you can see our Agency on the move,’ BBG CEO says
BBG Watch According to sources, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) interim CEO is claiming significant management successes while…
OPINION: Voice of America Information War: Lost – Essential Ingredients: Threats, Deception and Management By Clichés
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
‘Good news! Kelu Chao Takes Over As Acting Director Of Voice Of America,’ CUSIB director tweets
BBG Watch Ann Noonan, executive director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org)…
WP: VOA chief threatens to ‘kill’ other U.S. broadcast stations if . . .
BBG Watch Media In his “In the Loop” Washington Post column, Al Kamen reports on former Voice of…
Voice of America asleep on Ukrainian fighting, gives more play to Peskov and Lavrov than Harf
BBG Watch In a show of incredible slowness, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to make the…
Voice of America has news and web issues
BBG Watch Early Wednesday afternoon, new Russsian military offensive in Ukraine was number two news story on BBC…
David Ensor issued a blunt warning to BBG freedom media before leaving his post
BBG Watch Exclusive Commentary According to several Voice of America (VOA) journalists who attended a meeting last week…
Jeff Shell takes issue with OIG’s ‘ineffective leadership’ assessment of BBG
BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell responded to some of the recent findings of…
OPINION The Departure of Voice of America Director David Ensor
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
Union pleased with reform bill protecting ‘journalistic integrity’ of Voice of America news
BBG Watch A union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) posted online a commentary…
Some in Congress took note of Voice of America director’s ‘lobbying’ against reform legislation EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Some members of Congress and congressional staffers took note of Voice of America director David…
‘FAREWELL’ post from Voice of America director David Ensor
BBG Watch In a “FAREWELL” post on his official Voice of America blog, VOA director David Ensor tosses…
Radio Liberty removes post on alleged Putin graft to protect interviewee
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 weekend
BBG Watch Commentary A significant portion of Voice of America’s news coverage on Memorial Day weekend was done…
House Panel Advances Reforms of US International Media – Voice of America News
VOICE OF AMERICA COVERAGE OF HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE BBG Watch Commentary The VOA News report…
Foreign Affairs Committee passes legislation to reform Broadcasting Board of Governors
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 EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE U.S. Congressman Kevin Yoder (R-K) has written a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Policy heavyweights support Royce-Engel U.S. media reform bill
BBG Watch Commentary According to a new report released by the Aspen Institute, at the third annual Aspen…
Journalism 101: A Thought Experiment
BBG Watch Guest Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to report on its main voanews.com English…
No rebuttal on Voice of America to ex-CIA official calling Seymour Hersh’s Osama bin Laden report ‘rubbish’
BBG Watch Commentary In an apparent violation of the VOA Charter and Journalistic Code, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
‘Coolest’ videos from Voice of America and RT – MUST SEE
BBG Watch Some say that the United States is losing the information war to Russia. What would be…
DAVID JACKSON How to Save the Voice of America
BBG Watch Media Former Voice of America (VOA) director David S. Jackson has published an opinion article on…
Death for Tsarnaev – earlier speculative Voice of America headlines undermined credibility
BBG Watch Commentary Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death over the April…
H.R. 2323 BBG reform report language clarifies Voice of America mission EXCLUSIVE
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has seen the H.R. 2323, the United States International Communications Reform Act of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroduced
BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with greater protection…
Voice of America experiment in short news videos had a bad start
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch was told by several sources that a 39 second video of Voice of…
Speculative news headlines: Voice of America can’t learn from its mistakes
BBG Watch A few days ago, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) news operation for international audiences speculated…
Voice of America – North Korea has a ruthless capitalist economy and ‘it is working’
BBG Watch Commentary North Korea has a ruthless political and economic system called totalitarian communism and a total…
VOA and RFE/RL fail to report online in English on Putin’s defense of Nazi-Soviet Pact
BBG Watch Media During the Cold War, both Voice of America (VOA) and particularly Radio Free Europe /…
Op-Ed: Voice of America disappoints
BBG Watch Media “U.S. taxpayer funded Voice of America (VOA) has problems offering timely analysis of Kremlin propaganda,…
WATCH: Veteran VOA correspondents Jim Malone, Andre de Nesnera react to flyover
BBG Watch At the end of its today’s report, “US, Europe Mark 70th Anniversary of VE Day,” Voice…
Old news on Voice of America homepage
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Broadcasting Board…
Oops, Cameron not ousted as Voice of America speculated
BBG Watch Commentary British Prime Minister David Cameron was not ousted as Voice of America (VOA) speculated he…
Voice of America speculates Cameron could be ousted in UK vote, BBC and RT coverage more cautious
BBG Watch Media A Voice of America (VOA) news report speculates that British voters “could make a Scottish…
SPUTNIK goes after Russian opposition politician and BBG Governor Armstrong
BBG Watch Media Russian news agency SPUTNIK published an attack on Russian opposition politician Ilya Ponomaryov who is…
CUSIB urges use of radio and TV to counter new ‘Great Cannon’ in China
BBG Watch Media The Laogai Research Foundation (LRF) established by Laogai survivor Harry Wu has reported on the…
Voice of America Ebola page not updated for close to two months
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) had an “EBOLA Special Coverage” page which for close…
Matt Armstrong on RT as a foreign agent
BBG Media BBG Governor Matt Armstrong posted an article discussing how Russia’s RT could be viewed as a…
Op-Ed: Walter Isaacson on U.S. media and public diplomacy
BBG Watch Media American writer Walter Isaacson, in a Broadcasting Board of Governors conversation about U.S. public diplomacy…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell and CUSIB both warn of ‘Great Cannon’ new China Internet censorship tool
BBG Watch BBG Watch reposts the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) press release which focuses…
Wimbush and Portale respond to Thomas on BBG reform
BBG Watch On April 30, 2015, BBG Watch published an opinion article by a former Voice of America…
Jimmy Carter justifies Russia’s annexation of Crimea on Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary In commenting on the Voice of America Russian Service posting of VOA News exclusive interview…
OPINION: Flying journalism under a false flag
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This commentary by former Voice of America foreign…
Voice of America can’t get news of its own reform right
BBG Watch Media It is unlikely in the extreme that Voice of America (VOA) director David Ensor (who…
Wilson Center Panel on Reform of BBG
BBG Watch The Woodrow Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy program sponsored a panel discussion on reforming U.S.…
Voice of America Mission by Hans Tuch in New York Times
BBG Watch Media Hans N. Tuch, former acting director and deputy director of the Voice of America (VOA),…
They Have ‘Propaganda,’ US Has ‘Public Diplomacy’–and a Servile Private Sector — FAIR
BBG Watch Commentary An analysis by FAIR of the New York Times article about the Voice of America…