Read More 8 minute read Facebook, Russia, Trump – Did Voice of America violate U.S. laws?September 7, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary As reported by The Washington Post and others, Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it…
Read More 8 minute read Pre-Trump bureaucratic hiring frenzy by BBG and VOA chiefs who may soon leaveNovember 17, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary As if the “practically defunct” (Hillary Clinton’s words in 2013) Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 4 minute read Richard Stengel is Obama’s nominee for Chairman of Broadcasting Board of GovernorsOctober 24, 2016 BBG Watch News and Commentary President Obama announced his intent to nominate Richard Stengel for Member and Chairman…
Read More 10 minute read Are you in good hands, BBG?August 12, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary “It’s playing everywhere here – even during the Olympics!,” a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 9 minute read Flawed law permits Broadcasting Board of Governors members to do private business in Russia and ChinaAugust 6, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary With increasing demands for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to come clean about accusations against…
Read More 7 minute read VOA live convention views less than 0.0001% in China, 0.006% in Russia, 0.03% in IranJuly 25, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary According to Voice of America Director Ms.Amanda Bennett’s figures, less than 0.0001% Mandarin speakers, 0.0004% English speakers, 0.002% Spanish speakers, 0.006% Russian speakers,…
Read More 6 minute read ‘Moving Forward, VOA Haunted by Its Past,’ BBG employees’ union saysJuly 22, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The last few weeks brought more bad news for Voice of America (VOA) employees. This…
Read More 6 minute read Downward Spiral At Broadcasting Board of GovernorsJune 27, 2016 Opinion Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost The Never-Ending Downward Spiral Part Two By The Federalist …
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 4 minute read Closed meeting of the Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMay 23, 2016 BBG Watch The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has posted a closed meeting notice to meet the…
Read More 15 minute read RFE/RL as Radio Free Kremlin, Not An April Fools Day JokeApril 1, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary This is not an April Fools Day Joke, as much as we wished it to…
Read More 7 minute read A Fantasy of Success at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMarch 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary “‘It’s a whirlwind of positive change.’ Summing up the recent (February 26 [2016]) bimonthly public…
Read More 2 minute read HELLE DALE Broadcasting Reform At BBG Is Urgently Needed To Fight ISISFebruary 29, 2016 BBG Watch Media Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, has called for urgent…
Read More 50 minute read Smart Soft Power Needs Flexibility and DiversificationFebruary 28, 2016 Smart Soft Power Diversified Diversified Outreach of U.S. Media and Public Diplomacy During the Cold War – American…
Read More 4 minute read Some in Congress fuming over BBG lobbying for status quo EXCLUSIVEFebruary 25, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Some members of Congress are angry at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), its board…