Breaking News Failures at VOA Still Not in the Past
A commentary on breaking news failures at VOA by Dan Robinson. One of the huge problems at Voice…
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…
BBC Russian: Radio Liberty and Current Time Invited Some Employees to Leave Russia
USAGM Watch Commentary BBC Russian Service reported online that the leadership of Radio Liberty and the Current Time…
Think-tank declares USAGM reforms of VOA and RFE/RL Iran programs inadequate EXCLUSIVE
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE A just released study by the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) concludes…
HISTORY 1953 CIA Source: People Died in Czechoslovakia Because of Pro-Communist Propaganda from Voice of America
OPINION AND ANALYSIS Cold War Radio Museum 1953 CIA Source: People Died in Czechoslovakia Because of Pro-Communist…
BBC, DW, RT went Facebook Live with Blasey Ford; VOA did not
BBG Watch Commentary BBC, Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW) and Russia’s RT all had Facebook LIVE transmissions of the…
RT, BBC, DW, RFI all beat VOA on Trump-Kim Jong-un June 12 Singapore summit news
BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded, U.S. government-run Voice of America (VOA), poorly-managed by holdover officials, was soundly…
VOA or RT, which is a stronger Voice of the Mullahs?
OPINION BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch commented early on Monday that U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) confirmed…
Iran Protests Missing from Voice of America VOA News English Homepage
BBG Watch Commentary BBC has a report on multiple demonstrations in Iran on its homepage as top world…
Voice of America White House correspondent initially tweeted NYC terror attack was due to apparent road rage
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 million in FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) was late in reporting…
Journalists Call Voice of America NYC Shooting Coverage ‘Pitiful’
BBG Watch Commentary The incident in New York City on Tuesday afternoon provided another example of how the Voice…
Voice of America still clowning around
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($220 million FY 2017) Voice of America, run by its dysfunctional federal parent…
Voice of America hour behind DW, RT, BBC on Germany vote results
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($221 million FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA), which during the Cold War…
Russia’s RT beats VOA hands down on Irma coverage, audience engagement
BBG Watch Commentary As Hurricane Irma hit Florida, Russia’s RT beat U.S. taxpayer-funded ($221 million FY 2017) Voice…
Haj to Mecca top “USA News” on Voice of America mobile site
BBG Watch Commentary It may be nothing more than just one of many web-related mistakes at the mismanaged…
Voice of America News ignores Antifa violence in Berkeley
BBG Watch Commentary As of Monday morning, August 28, 2017, even the very liberal Washington Post had a…
Voice of America gets hammered on Facebook by RT on #Barcelona
BBG Watch Commentary Of course, BBC and Russia’s RT had live Facebook feeds from the aftermath of the…
Voice of America over one hour late reporting on Trump Charlottesville statement
BBG Watch U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has failed to report on President Trump’s Monday statement on…
No live VOA Comey feed, dismal audience
BBG Watch Commentary Unlike BBC, Al Jazeera, RT, DW and almost all other major international and U.S. news…
Both BBC and RT beat Voice of America on Comey’s written remarks
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s RT posted the full text of fired FBI Director James Comey’s prepared remarks the…
VOA had no live Trump speech Facebook feed — RT, BBC, WP did
BBG Watch Commentary On one of the most crucial news days so far of Donald Trump’s presidency, U.S.…
RT Buries VOA in LIVE Facebook Views
BBG Watch Commentary Comparing Voice of America (VOA) 2016 U.S. presidential election night LIVE Facebook views (41) on…
BBG media digital failure on St. Petersburg blast
BBG Watch Commentary After posting late its breaking news on the St. Petersburg blast, Radio Free Europe /…
Senior VOA reporter quit updating Twitter since Trump’s victory
BBG Watch Commentary A source told us that a senior reporter working in the newsroom of the U.S.…
Meltdown-mode Voice of America fails on Carrie Fisher
BBG Watch Commentary “May The Force Be With You.” “The Force” is definitely not with U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M…
Voice of America reporters demean Ivanka Trump, fail to report on plane harassment incident
BBG Watch Commentary A few days ago, Voice of America (VOA) newsroom reporters, editors and managers, who are…
Voice of America awakens to Castro’s death after humiliation on Facebook
BBG Watch Commentary After experiencing yet another humiliation on Facebook with absolutely dismal social engagement numbers for its…
Voice of America VOA English News about 10 hours late in posting to Facebook on Castro’s death
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America’s VOA English News was about ten (10) hours behind Russia’s RT,…
VOA, RT, BBC Facebook Castro posts compared: VOA 379; RT 11K; BBC 56K Likes
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America’s (VOA) declining relevance as an international media outlet was once again illustrated…
Many Voice of America services late on Castro’s death, Trump calling him “brutal dictator,” VOA journalists complain
BBG Watch Commentary Journalists working for U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) are complaining that because of poor…
Russia’s RT, BBC beat Voice of America hands down on Trump, Clinton and Obama speeches
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s propaganda channel carried President Obama’s post election speech LIVE on Facebook, reaching a large…
Russia’s RT gets twice as many LIVE Facebook views for Trump victory speech than Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s propaganda outlet RT is showing twice as many LIVE Facebook views for Donald Trump’s…
VOA News finally gets 1K LIVE Facebook views – BBC News has 23.9K
BBG Watch Commentary At 12:52 AM ET, U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY2017) Voice of America (VOA) finally managed to…
Voice of America VOA NOW is LIVE on Facebook with 41 views worldwide, RT has 1.2K, BBC had 17,800
BBG Watch Commentary We finally caught Voice of America’s VOA NOW English transmission LIVE on Facebook. At 10:33…
Media Live on Facebook with U.S. vote coverage, but not Voice of America VOA News
BBG Watch Commentary When U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY2017) Voice of America (VOA) did LIVE coverage on Facebook in…
5:30 PM ET – Still no Voice of America Facebook LIVE on US vote – BBC LIVE with 17.8K views
BBG Watch Commentary At 5:27 PM ET BBC News was LIVE on Facebook showing 17,000 live views and…
With 4-30 Live views, VOA News so far stays away from Facebook Live U.S. election coverage
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: Only within the last few minutes, VOA News had two Facebook Live reports, but…
Voice of America English News has dismal online traffic, fails to reach most nations without free media
BBG Watch Commentary According to U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 M, FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) internal email, the…
Is Voice of America ashamed of Huma Abedin’s heritage or simply sloppy?
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 M, FY2017) Voice of America (VOA) failed to mention Huma Abedin’s Muslim…
Mismanaged Voice of America waits till next day to do Michelle Obama Facebook post
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another example of leadership and managerial chaos at U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America…
45% of visits to Voice of America English website are from the U.S. – EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE One of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) newsroom editors disclosed in an internal…
Voice of America leagues behind BBC, RT on Twitter during Clinton-Trump debate
BBG Watch Commentary Our analysis of Voice of America retweets and tweet likes during the Clinton-Trump debate shows…
Good performance by VOA reporter on Clinton nomination but VOA still behind BBC and RT
BBG Watch Commentary Though the Voice of America (VOA) was quite sharp on the roll call vote at…
Misleading Voice of America terror in Germany headline
BBG Watch Commentary The headline on the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) English News website read: “Syrian…
Voice of America News asleep on Munich story for over 3 hours, 4 hours on Facebook and Twitter
BBG Watch Commentary As of early Saturday, July 23, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has not been…
Police identified Munich gunman as German-Iranian, VOA has no news updates for more than 2 hours
BBG Watch Commentary At 00:38 GMT, or 8:38 PM Friday Eastern Time (ET), Russia’s RT reported the German…
Voice of America digitally unprepared for Republican Convention
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) ($224.4 million in FY 2017) did quite poorly in…
RT before VOA with Obama on Baton Rouge, posts full text, VOA has 3 sentences
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s RT was well ahead in reporting on President Obama’s statement on the shooting of…
BBC, RT, SPUTNIK, others report on policemen shot in Baton Rouge, nothing yet from Voice of America at 11:11 AM ET
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) was minutes behind BBC, Russia’s RT and SPUTNIK and other…
Turkey Coup: VOA posts quick updates to Facebook following earlier criticism
BBG Watch Commentary Following the earlier BBG Watch criticism that “Voice of America was not updating Facebook news…