Does America need the Voice of America? – media expert Jonathan Marks asks
BBG Watch Commentary We strongly disagree with international media expert Jonathan Marks’s conclusion in his latest blog article…
Bad Management Threatens Voice of America’s Future
Commentary This commentary was sent to BBG Watch by VOA broadcaster who must remain anonymous. The Voice of…
Voice of America – Information War Lost: For or Against Agency Reform?
BBG Watch Commentary The best way for a small group of well-meaning but completely misguided and unrealistic Voice…
Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real
Commentary Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real By Ted Lipien No one I know…
Fixing U.S. International Broadcasting – At Last! – MULHAUPT and WIMBUSH
BBG Watch Commentary In one of the best reasoned and most coherent articles in favor of reforming the…
Is Congress trying to neuter Voice of America’s journalism or save it?
BBG Watch Commentary In a new Columbia Journalism Review article, former Voice of America (VOA) senior correspondent Gary…
IBB ends long-term partnerships with rebroadcasters in two-sentence emails and no thank you
BBG Watch Commentary Officials of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) in Washington are ending long-term partnerships with rebroadcasters…
BBG, IBB, VOA executives break all 10 commandments
BBG Watch Commentary BBG, IBB, VOA executives break all 10 commandments of good management on (not) announcing bad…
Dropping radio and going all digital: VOA Asia Twitter not updated since May 3
BBG Watch Commentary Executives in charge of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), which operates radio transmissions for the…
Voice of America often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes promotes it
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes even…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Facts and Fiction about H.R. 4490
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Management by Jane Doe
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
U.S. BBG pays for faulty, favoring Kremlin propaganda poll in Russia-annexed Crimea
BBG Watch Commentary Two top independent sociologists in Ukraine and Russia, as well as some American experts who…
Voice of America Ukrainian Service still works with same few staffers as before the crisis
BBG Watch Commentary Paraded in Public, Little Management Support Voice of America (VOA) Ukrainian Service has received very…
Face Off
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau Go Ahead: Try To Make Us Accountable – Information War Lost: Face…
Taking The Washington Post To Task
BBG Watch Commentary Reform of US Government international broadcasting cannot and must not be held hostage by a…
In-house Poroshenko analysis from BBC, DW, RFE/RL – Voice of America uses Reuters with no U.S. angle
BBG Watch Commentary It appears that in the current state of mismanagement, Voice of America (VOA) journalists, Vice…
Living In The Past
BBG Watch Commentary We find it ironic that while many rank-and-file Voice of America journalists and other employees…
RT hammers VOA in social media
RT report from earlier today, June 2, 2014, dealing with U.S. news, “Republicans criticize US swap with Taliban,…
Voice of America to target Americans despite ban on funding domestic news distribution, critics say
BBG Watch Commentary In a politically unwise press release, which according to critics at best violates the spirit…
Armstrong Going Off The Script: Calling H.R. 4490 ‘less than inarticulate’
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – Onward With Dysfunctional and Defunct! Information War Lost: Armstrong Going Off…
A Former VOA Correspondent on the Debate Over U.S. International Broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is providing a forum for discussion on the United States International Communications Reform Act of…
‘America doesn’t need varnished truth’ by Al Pessin in The Hill blog, and BBG Watch commentary
Al Pessin, a senior Voice of America foreign correspondent, currently based in London, posted this commentary in one…
Extraordinary Measures
International Broadcasting Bureau – Adding Disinformation to Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: Extraordinary Measures By The…
National Geographic article warning about RT tweets, sometimes used by Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary WARNING – The article quotes an obscenity. In an National Geographic article “The Twitter War: Social Media’s…
Voice of America posts tweets from Russia’s RT and ‘pro-Russia, Fuck the #US, German socialist ‘
BBG Watch Commentary WARNING: This commentary quotes an obscenity. Using U.S. taxpayers’ money, the Voice of America (VOA),…
Reforming U.S. International Broadcasting — Special Bipartisan Website Page of House Foreign Affairs Committee
BBG Watch Commentary The House Committee on Foreign Affairs, chaired by Republican Ed Royce of California, in close…
Voice of America mission critical programming ‘is not considered inherently governmental function’, IBB executives claim
BBG Watch Commentary — Investigative Report — Waste and Mismanagement In a series of investigative reports, BBG Watch…
Voice of America English headlines paint an image of unpopular and collapsing Ukraine government
BBG Watch Commentary In contrast to other Western broadcasters and its own Ukrainian and Russian services, Voice of…
The Hill on propaganda fears and reform of bureaucracy in charge of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary A report in The Hill, which focuses on a bipartisan bill to reform U.S. international…
Threat of propaganda or reform for Voice of America from bipartisan Congressional bill?
BBG Watch Commentary Denver Nicks wrote in an article for TIME on a bipartisan bill in Congress to…
Auschwitz, Obama, and Voice of America Charter — New Bill in Congress May Correct VOA’s News Failures
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to report on President Obama’s statement on the…
Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel Introduce U.S. International Broadcasting Reform Legislation — TEXT and PRESS RELEASE
BBG Watch Commentary Yesterday BBG Watch had an exclusive report on the bipartisan H.R. 4490, the United States International…
Reforming U.S. International Media Outreach
BBG Watch Commentary A draft bill originating in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which has U.S. Rep. Ed…
Voice of America offered disappointing coverage of John XXIII and John Paul II canonization
BBG Watch Commentary The Catholic Church sainthood for Popes John XXIII and John Paul II…
Sen. Wicker, Rep. Shock question BBG strategy as do BBG chair and members, but change seems still elusive
BBG Watch Commentary In an opinion article published Friday (April 25, 2014) on FoxNews.com, “America must not retreat…
Voice of America English News Continues to Ignore Congressional Visit to Ukraine, Call to Reform VOA
BBG Watch Commentary Even though U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and…
RT and Voice of Russia have much more on U.S. troops going to Poland, Baltics, and Black Sea than Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s Kremlin-run media outlets, RT and Voice of Russia, have done considerably more reporting on…
In less than grammatical English, rudderless Voice of America adds English lessons to its news mission
A Guest Commentary From A Former Voice of America Journalist I looked at the Voice of America (VOA)…
Propaganda, Disinformation, and Dirty Tricks: The Resurgence of Russian Political Warfare – Partial C-SPAN VIDEO
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: For full Heritage Foundation video and partial audio and transcripts, see: Is Voice of…
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…
Death By Division
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Just Love Being Dysfunctional and Defunct! – Information War Lost: Death By Division By The Federalist…
The Voice of America Shouldn’t Be A Whisper by John Lenczowski
BBG Watch Commentary In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, former President Reagan’s Soviet affairs advisor John Lenczowski argues…
The Master Practitioner
International Broadcasting Bureau – Defining Success By Being Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: The Master Practitioner By The Federalist…
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…
A Map, Malice and Mission Impossible
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Define Success By Being Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: A Map, Malice and…
The War on Information, a view from union of journalists and other BBG employees
BBG Watch Commentary The American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1812, a union representing federal employees of the…
Radio Liberty Russian Service Director warns of new Russian law restricting online and other media
BBG Watch Commentary At a recent Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) panel, no one in Washington picked up…
Eurasia Review: Why An American International Media Presence Is More Important Than Ever – OpEd by Michael D. Webber
BBG Watch Commentary “…services like VOA and RFERL are more important than ever. These networks provide news and…
Disastrous BBG Budget
“The true bureaucrat is a man of really remarkable talents. He writes a kind of English that…