This page has links to statements by Secretary of State John Kerry, BBG Watch and USAGM Watch commentaries on the coverage of his tenure as Secretary of State 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) and Radio Free Europe (RFE/RL), as well as links to other views on the management and performance of VOA, RFE/RL and the rest of the agency.
BBG meets with Secretary Kerry, gets praise despite anti-Israel, pro-Putin messaging
BBG Watch Commentary According to Secretary Kerry, “Today’s Broadcasting Board of Governors is not the BBG of a…
John Kerry Voice of America interview proved VOA’s irrelevance on social media
BBG Watch Commentary Seven and a half hours after a Voice of America (VOA) interview with U.S. Secretary…
Obama and Castro Meet Face-to-Face – Voice of America downplays U.S. congressional criticism
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) posted a report on the face-to-face meeting between President…
Voice of America misses Obama in its ‘Partisan US Response’ to Netanyahu victory report
BBG Watch Commentary In an example of an apparent lack of journalistic curiosity, duty to the VOA Charter…
Russia’s RT and SPUTNIK report on Andy Lack, NBC, BBG, VOA, RFE-RL, Royce, Nuland, Kerry – but not Voice of America
BBG Watch Media U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is showing a remarkable lack of journalistic curiosity in…
Rep. Ed Royce asks Administration to back reform at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, convened a hearing on…
Kerry tells Royce he’s 100 percent with him on BBG reform, asks for more money
BBG Watch Secretary of State John Kerry testifed before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the fiscal year…
VOA’s Gongadze first with tweet on John Kerry going to Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary The State Department made an announcement more than an hour ago and shortly thereafter popular…
Voice of America executives took a break at ice-cream social to forget about John Kerry
BBG Watch Commentary Thanks to the power of social media, we have seen photos of Voice of America…
Digital Last at Voice of America with John Kerry – Good Enough for Government Work
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary describes how Voice of America was “Digital Last” in its handing of an…
VOA Interview with Kerry — no video, no audio*, no photo, no Facebook** — SKYPE interview with VOA reporter instead
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America executives have once again shown how unable they are to manage a…
Kerry’s representative to BBG writes about Egypt and media freedom, ignored by VOA
BBG Watch Commentary Richard Stengel, who serves as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs…
Voice of America ignores opening of Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, Angelina Jolie’s speech
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another example of mismanagement and violation of its congressional Charter obligation to report…
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…
Voice of America English news site ignores Kerry and Stengel, equates Obama with Putin
BBG Watch Commentary We found it interesting that Voice of America (VOA) English news website ignored the swearing-in…
Kerry: ‘No decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine’ – low in VOA report, near top in others
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English language news report from Paris on the Kerry-Lavrov meeting has…