Read More 12 minute read Beware of Government Propaganda “Experts”June 5, 2022 Disinformation governance by government propaganda experts can be dangerous, judging by the record of the early officials in…
Read More 7 minute read As Terrorists Kill Family Member of DW Journalist, VOA Offers Optimistic Taliban-Focused News from Afghanistan – Example IIAugust 20, 2021 Voice of America – VOA offers largely optimistic Taliban-focused news from Afghanistan meant to reassure the Afghans, particularly…
Read More 19 minute read USAGM or US Agency for Global MayhemAugust 19, 2021 USAGM or US Agency for Global Mayhem: Cut, Run and Lost Credibility A Commentary By The Federalist “In…
Read More 29 minute read Voice of America Polygraph.Info Posts Against Russia Fake News Have Near Zero Likes After 4 YearsAugust 14, 2021 USAGM Watch Commentary Despite being sold to members of the U.S. Congress and U.S. media as one of…
Read More 13 minute read Cuban Refugee Journalist: Sloppy Voice of America Boosts Communist PropagandaJuly 16, 2021 USAGM Watch Guest Commentary A Cuban refugee journalist in the United States has submitted to us an analysis…
Read More 2 minute read Biden can combat foreign propaganda by reforming Voice of AmericaJune 30, 2021 OPINION An op-ed in The Washington Examiner by a co-founder and supporter of USAGM Watch was written in…
Read More 8 minute read False claim in Voice of America reporter’s tweet about a dead Kurdish girlOctober 16, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Experts critical of Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyib Erdoğan have raised…
Read More 4 minute read What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL?May 6, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL? • In…
Read More 4 minute read Stunning BBG CEO John Lansing SPUTNIK interview: ‘US, Russia Not in State of Information War’February 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John F. Lansing apparently gave an interview to Russia’s…
Read More 9 minute read Voice of America revels in anti-U.S. ignorance abroadOctober 21, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary We are sorry to report that with increasing frequency in recent months U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America rewrites history on Mao’s murderous ruleSeptember 16, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) and its taxpayer-funded parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Turkey and EU headlines could have been written by RTJune 29, 2016 OPINION VOA Should Quote Experts, Not Mix News With Commentary By Ted Lipien Voice of America…
Read More 4 minute read How the US is working to defeat ISIS online with no mention of the BBGJune 25, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Yet another media article on how the U.S. is trying to defeat ISIS online was…
Read More 6 minute read Even when ‘Federal websites can spill over into propaganda’ – BBG is ignoredJune 5, 2016 BBG Watch Media “Websites operate in broadcast fashion: We publish, you read. We’ll allow feedback at our discretion.…
Read More 7 minute read New VOA director should question BBG PR claims, employees sayApril 18, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Amanda Bennett has been named director of the government-owned broadcaster Voice of America (VOA), Ron…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America or Voice of Castro?December 27, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America or Voice of Castro? While surfing the web, we recently came across…
Read More 12 minute read U.S. taxpayers can’t afford Voice of America correspondent’s proposalJuly 18, 2015 PHOTO: The power of Russia’s information machine is shown in a Voice of America map in which Crimea…
Read More 9 minute read BBG Governor Weinstein: RFE/RL level of energy-no comparison to five years agoJuly 12, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “multimedia expansion and rapid growth” was the focus of Broadcasting…
Read More 10 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroducedMay 14, 2015 BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with greater protection…
Read More 2 minute read Op-Ed: Voice of America disappointsMay 12, 2015 BBG Watch Media “U.S. taxpayer funded Voice of America (VOA) has problems offering timely analysis of Kremlin propaganda,…
Read More 3 minute read They Have ‘Propaganda,’ US Has ‘Public Diplomacy’–and a Servile Private Sector — FAIRApril 21, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary An analysis by FAIR of the New York Times article about the Voice of America…
Read More 12 minute read Ed Royce – ‘U.S.-broadcasters are laboring under a flawed bureaucracy’ – Rep. Engel says reform is comingApril 15, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,…
Read More 19 minute read Russia’s RT and SPUTNIK report on Andy Lack, NBC, BBG, VOA, RFE-RL, Royce, Nuland, Kerry – but not Voice of AmericaMarch 7, 2015 BBG Watch Media U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is showing a remarkable lack of journalistic curiosity in…
Read More 1 minute read BBG Chair Jeff Shell and Governor Ken Weinstein Q and A with Employees Part I I AUDIOMarch 4, 2015 BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell announced today that CEO and Director Andrew…
Read More 1 minute read BBG Chair Jeff Shell and Governor Ken Weinstein Q and A with Employees Part I AUDIOMarch 4, 2015 BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell announced today that CEO and Director Andrew…
Read More 9 minute read With Andy Lack leaving BBG for NBC, Voice of America continues to hobbleMarch 3, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary As news of the Andy Lack negotiations with NBC and his imminent departure as director…
Read More 1 minute read VOA and RFE/RL Russia media outreach in Op-Ed: Murder of Polish priest may offer clues in Boris Nemtsov’s caseMarch 3, 2015 BBG Watch Media The importance of effective U.S. media outreach through the Voice of America (VOA) and Radio…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America gives full coverage to Kremlin investigation theories on Nemtsov murder, no questions askedFebruary 28, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) reposted a large part of a press release from…
Read More 1 minute read RT disguises Kremlin propaganda as alternative to mainstream mediaJanuary 25, 2015 BBG Watch Media An analysis by Daniil Gorbatenko in Atlas Network is worth reading in light of RT…
Read More 4 minute read ‘RUSSIA’S WAR ON INFORMATION’ — Analysis by BBG Governor Matt ArmstrongDecember 16, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Matt Armstrong, who serves as a Governor on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) since…
Read More 3 minute read Sputnik, Putnik, Another RTNovember 12, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The name — SPUTNIK — for a news agency and international radio may sound silly…
Read More 4 minute read U.S. expert: ‘Putin Cleverly Exploits Three Weaknesses of the West,’ including journalistsSeptember 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) senior executives could learn a lot from the most recent article…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America – Russian TV program used for attacks on U.S. appears to be over, for nowSeptember 19, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch sources confirmed that U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America’s (VOA) participation in a controversial…
Read More 13 minute read White House on VOA-RFE/RL Russian TV, controversial VOA – Russia TV project not mentionedSeptember 19, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In the “FACT SHEET: U.S. Support for Ukraine,” the White House has announced a…
Read More 4 minute read No invasion of Ukraine if U.S. had 24/7 Russian TV channel, Paul Goble saysSeptember 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In a lecture on the topic of Putin’s disinformation war, delivered at the Institute of…
Read More 2 minute read DIGITAL JOURNAL Op-Ed: Propaganda war in which Voice of America helps PutinSeptember 9, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien, who is now director of…
Read More 15 minute read Information war – Russia 2 : Voice of America 0, experts agreeSeptember 7, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel observed recently…
Read More 10 minute read JOE BRUNS The Voice of America: A Worthy Mission for the 21st CenturyAugust 22, 2014 Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Joe Bruns who was named Deputy…
Read More 9 minute read Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez takes issue with BBG decision to close down Voice of America Greek ServiceAugust 14, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary While the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) wastes millions of taxpayers dollars on its overblown…
Keeping Radio Liberty Russian Service director in Moscow will make the job of Putin's secret police much easierJuly 18, 2012 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has a new president and new senior managers, none of whom is a…