This page has links to statements by Vice President Joe Biden, BBG Watch and USAGM Watch commentaries on the coverage of his vice-presidency by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and later U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) entities, in this case mostly the Voice of America (VOA), as well as links to other views on the management and performance of VOA and the rest of the agency.
Please note that BBG Watch and USAGM Watch neither represent nor endorse any of the individuals or groups profiled on this site.
Voice of America Refuses to Disclose Review of Deleted Work by Former VOA Freelance Reporter Questioned in Ukraine and Arrested in Poland for Alleged Spying for Russia
Voice of America refuses requests to disclose the results of its review of VOA news reports by its…
Asking About Voice of America’s Stalin Peace Prize Winner May Be McCarthyism or Merely Amusing, Former VOA Director Said
Former Voice of America (VOA) director Sanford J. Ungar, who served under President Clinton from 1999 to 2001,…
Voice of America Censors ‘Let’s Go Brandon’
Voice of America censors “Let’s go Brandon” phrase in an apparent effort to protect President Biden. No VOA…
Criticism of Amanda Bennett by Immigrants Ignored by Biden in Proposing Her for USAGM CEO
President Joe Biden ignored criticism of Amanda Bennett by immigrants in announcing his intent to nominate the former…
USAGM or US Agency for Global Mayhem
USAGM or US Agency for Global Mayhem: Cut, Run and Lost Credibility A Commentary By The Federalist “In…
Voice of America VOA News Failed to Report on Rejection of Bipartisan Congressional Friends of Belarus Caucus’ Plea to Biden to Meet Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
USAGM Watch Commentary The Voice of America VOA News English-language website has not reported the recent forming of…
Voice of America’s failure in Ethiopia needs Biden’s attention for stopping genocide and reforming VOA and USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien #TigrayGenocide President Biden must act quickly to reform the Voice of America…
Biden can combat foreign propaganda by reforming Voice of America
OPINION An op-ed in The Washington Examiner by a co-founder and supporter of USAGM Watch was written in…
USAGM CEO Michael Pack, His Critics, Analyses by Former and Current VOA Journalists
USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, Trump-appointed and U.S. Senate confirmed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media…
ROBINSON and ELLIOTT on Reforming USAGM in Charge of Voice of America, Other USG Media
USAGM Watch Media Commentary The Biden Choice on USAGM: Business as Usual, or Major Change. By Dan Robinson,…
Biden’s USAGM Transition Member Bruce Sherman Claimed Crimeans Wanted Annexation by Russia
USAGM Watch Commentary Bruce Sherman, one of the members of the advisory transition team selected by President-elect Joe…
Biden’s USAGM Transition Leader Richard Stengel Criticized for Advocating Restrictions on Free Speech
Richard Stengel’s October 29, 2019 op-ed in The Washington Post, “Why America needs a hate speech law,” has been…
Senator Biden and Other Leaders on Transatlantic Relations – VOA’s New Europe Review 2004
By Ted Lipien In 2004, foreign language broadcasters in the Voice of America (VOA) Eurasia Division in Washington,…
Native Americans, 2020 Elections, and Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary Many U.S. news media outlets have reported that President Trump may have lost at least…
Exposing’Rot’ at USAGM May Be More Likely in Liberal Media with Trump Out and Biden In
USAGM Watch Commentary Liberal U.S. media outlets, or if one prefers to call them left-leaning, were reluctant to…
Biden Ignored VOA and RFE/RL in His Article on Russian Propaganda, Needs to Reform USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary While President-Elect Joe Biden has been a strong longtime supporter of U.S. international broadcasting, especially…
Will Voice of America Campaign Video Help Biden Win Michigan?
USAGM Commentary This BBGWatch.com (USAGM – BBG Watch) video is about the Voice of America (VOA) Urdu Service one-sided social media presentation…
Obama-Biden White House Used Voice of America for Political Publicity with No Protests from VOA, Liberal Media or Congress
USAGM Watch Commentary There were no protests from the Voice of America (VOA) English central newsroom reporters, liberal…
Will Voice of America Biden Video Change How Muslim Americans Vote?
USAGM Watch Commentary This BBGWatch.com (USAGM – BBG Watch) video is about the Voice of America (VOA) Urdu…
Tax-Funded Voice of America Shows Almost No #MeToo Interest in Joe Biden and Tara Reade
USAGM Watch Commentary Tax-Funded Voice of America Gave U.S. Voters A Barrage of Russian-style Reporting on Trump and…
Violations of VOA Charter — Firewall Breached Part III
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary FOR BACKGROUND SEE: NBC’s Andy Lack visited Ukraine as US official in charge…
Voice of America Ukraine Expert Called Joe Biden A ‘Good Man’
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary FOR BACKGROUND SEE: NBC’s Andy Lack visited Ukraine as US official in…
NBC’s Andy Lack visited Ukraine as US official in charge of Voice of America
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary NBC’s Andy Lack visited Ukraine as US official in charge of Voice…
Biden ignores RFE/RL, VOA, BBG in Foreign Affairs article on Russian propaganda
OPINION An important article in Foreign Affairs on Russia’s propaganda and disinformation against the West, “How to Stand…
Voice of America used Putin’s narrative in a Russian report, ignored Biden on WWII history
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America Russian Service has posted a report and video on the 77th…
BBG, VOA, RFE/RL blow off Biden’s Hitler-Stalin Pact remarks in Latvia, post funny videos and a VOA message from terrorists
BBG Watch Commentary August 23, 2016 marked the 77th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the…
OPINION – DAN ROBINSON – Mixing Advocacy with News Reporting at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary All views expressed are those of the author. One Year Later — Dysfunction, News Failures,…
Hillary Clinton, Obama, Biden, Bicentennial of U.S. Anthem — All Ignored by Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) did not cover Hillary Clinton during…
White House meeting with Yazidi leaders gets one sentence on Voice of America English website
BBG Watch Commentary A White House meeting with Yazidi leaders got one sentence on the Voice of America…
Voice of America News ignores Biden in Brazil, meeting with winning US World Cup team
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America English News can’t find America’s top fan at the World Cup in…
David Ensor on Combating Propaganda in Ukraine with Voice of America programs
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to cover a gathering of…
Biden, U.S. Congress delegation not mentioned in VOA video report from Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the VOA Charter requires the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America to “present the…
Voice of America did not send staff reporter from Washington with Biden to Ukraine, paid for Europe trip for VOA Director instead
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: Later in the day, VOA added the name of Gabe Joselow as a byline…
Deutsche Welle does Voice of America’s reporting job on Hunter Biden and Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English website did not have a news report on Hunter…
RFE/RL praised for StoryMap, multimedia reporting comparisons with VOA and DW
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) “made this brilliant interactive map of Moscow’s coercive diplomacy using the open source…
Biden and Kerry on ‘Toward a Europe Whole and Free’ and Reuters reports from Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to arrange for its own coverage of Secretary…
As effort to reform Voice of America starts in Congress, VOA uses Reuters to report on Obama Europe trip, is four hours late
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America executives were too busy today meeting behind closed doors to decide how…
Biden announces Obama will visit Poland, other NATO countries — Voice of America not yet reporting
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: As of 4:15 PM EDT, Voice of America English news website still has nothing…
Voice of America English News website fails to report on Obama’s statement on Armenian Remembrance Day and Congressional visit to Armenia
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English News website and most of VOA’s language services failed to…
VOA had no correspondent with Biden, offered limited coverage of his visit to Ukraine, but re-posted Al Jazeera tweet
BBG Watch Commentary While re-posting a tweet from Al Jazeera, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) did not…
Is VOA hobbling?
BBG Watch Commentary The latest example of VOA’s hobbled state was observed on Sunday, April 20, 2014. VOA’s…
Deutsche Welle offers two news analyses on Biden’s trip to Ukraine, Voice of America – a short news item from Reuters
BBG Watch Commentary Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW) has posted on its English-language website two lengthy news analyses on…
Deutsche Welle reports on what Biden said today in Warsaw, Voice of America is not
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another news reporting failure, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) still has nothing…
Voice of America not reporting on Biden’s planned visit to Poland and Lithuania, Voice of Russia and BBC are
BBG Watch Commentary In weekend mode, Voice of America is not reporting on Biden’s visit next week to…
After business hours: no Voice of America report on meeting between Biden and Ukrainian PM
BBG Commentary Things have gotten back to normal at the Voice of America (VOA) after some improvement in…
Voice of America fails to report on Biden’s Friday phone call with Ukraine’s PM
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another news reporting failure, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), which is charged…
3PM VOA radio newscast refers to AM Obama-Dalai Lama meeting as if it is still taking place, no mention of hours old White House Ukraine reaction
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) not only does not frequently update its online news reports…
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA
The Voice of America (VOA) failed to report yesterday on a phone call between U.S. Vice President Joe…
Biden threatened Yanukovych with sanctions in a call on Thursday, BBC, DW, RFE/RL reported – no report or updating of Ukraine news by Voice of America Thursday evening and Friday morning
BBG Watch Commentary 4:00 AM EST UPDATE: VOA English audio newscast accessed online at 4:00 AM EST Friday…
Voice of America fails to report on yet another phone call between U.S. Vice President Biden and Ukraine’s President Yanukovych
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another of a long string of news reporting failures, the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…