Briefing Memo 1 for New BBG CEO – IBB Overview
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
Mario Corti Letter to BBG Watch: keep an eye on RFE/RL
BBG Watch Mario Corti, an Italian journalist, author, Russia expert and former director of Radio Liberty Russian Service,…
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…
News Censorship and Assault on Voice of America Charter
BBG Watch Commentary The American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, has revealed new shocking information about…
U.S. taxpayers can’t afford Voice of America correspondent’s proposal
PHOTO: The power of Russia’s information machine is shown in a Voice of America map in which Crimea…
BBC to cut 1,000 jobs in management cull | The Telegraph
BBG Watch Media The Telegraph reported on July 2 (sorry for the delay in highlighting this; many of…
BBG Governor Weinstein: RFE/RL level of energy-no comparison to five years ago
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “multimedia expansion and rapid growth” was the focus of Broadcasting…
Voice of America late on Russia veto of UN Srebrenica resolution, appears to misinterpret US Ambassador’s comments
BBG Watch Commentary More than two hours after BBC, RT, RFE/RL and other international news organizations reported on…
Voice of America Shuns Professionalism, Commentary Magazine contributor observes
BBG Watch Media BBG Watch has been pointing out for some time one-sided commentaries on the Voice of…
OPINION Conundrums of Self-Promotion
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
The Katyn Massacre Lie and U.S. International Broadcasting
BBG Watch Guest Commentary The Katyń Lie and U.S. International Broadcasting Why did the Voice of…
State Department Lamely Markets Anti-IS Messages to Millennials
BBG Watch Media Much of the same thing has been going on at the Broadcasting Board of Governors’…
OPINION Jeffrey Gedmin: Congress and Obama administration dither over reform of US international broadcasting
BBG Watch Media In an opinion article posted on the Atlantic Council website, former Radio Free Europe /…
Messages of success from BBG Interim CEO & Director André Mendes
BBG Watch According to Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Interim CEO and Director André Mendes, the U.S. taxpayer-funded…
Daily Beast article makes allegations against congressman behind BBG reform bill
BBG Watch Media “Rep. Ed Royce says it’s a misunderstanding. But government watchdogs are growling about his bill…
Voice of America News has no Rachel Dolezal story – BBC, RT, DW do
BBG Watch Media “A local leader of the African American advocacy group the NAACP has reportedly been pretending…
‘Crimea overwhelmingly happy to be part of Russia,’ Voice of America reported year ago citing faulty BBG poll
BBG Watch History U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is now under new interim leadership after the recent…
‘Everywhere you look you can see our Agency on the move,’ BBG CEO says
BBG Watch According to sources, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) interim CEO is claiming significant management successes while…
OPINION: Voice of America Information War: Lost – Essential Ingredients: Threats, Deception and Management By Clichés
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
‘Good news! Kelu Chao Takes Over As Acting Director Of Voice Of America,’ CUSIB director tweets
BBG Watch Ann Noonan, executive director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org)…
WP: VOA chief threatens to ‘kill’ other U.S. broadcast stations if . . .
BBG Watch Media In his “In the Loop” Washington Post column, Al Kamen reports on former Voice of…
Voice of America asleep on Ukrainian fighting, gives more play to Peskov and Lavrov than Harf
BBG Watch In a show of incredible slowness, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to make the…
Voice of America has news and web issues
BBG Watch Early Wednesday afternoon, new Russsian military offensive in Ukraine was number two news story on BBC…
David Ensor issued a blunt warning to BBG freedom media before leaving his post
BBG Watch Exclusive Commentary According to several Voice of America (VOA) journalists who attended a meeting last week…
Jeff Shell takes issue with OIG’s ‘ineffective leadership’ assessment of BBG
BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell responded to some of the recent findings of…
OPINION The Departure of Voice of America Director David Ensor
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
Union pleased with reform bill protecting ‘journalistic integrity’ of Voice of America news
BBG Watch A union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) posted online a commentary…
Some in Congress took note of Voice of America director’s ‘lobbying’ against reform legislation EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Some members of Congress and congressional staffers took note of Voice of America director David…
‘FAREWELL’ post from Voice of America director David Ensor
BBG Watch In a “FAREWELL” post on his official Voice of America blog, VOA director David Ensor tosses…
Radio Liberty removes post on alleged Putin graft to protect interviewee
BBG Watch Commentary www.Kremlin.ru 2006 Photo of President Putin Radio Svoboda Screen Shot 2015-05-27 at 5:38 PM ET…
Voice of America skipped some White House news on holiday weekend
BBG Watch Commentary A significant portion of Voice of America’s news coverage on Memorial Day weekend was done…
House Panel Advances Reforms of US International Media – Voice of America News
VOICE OF AMERICA COVERAGE OF HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE BBG Watch Commentary The VOA News report…
Foreign Affairs Committee passes legislation to reform Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Thursday, May 21, 2015, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to reform…
Congressman Kevin Yoder concerned by BBG Iraq and Balkans cuts, bureaucratic waste EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE U.S. Congressman Kevin Yoder (R-K) has written a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Policy heavyweights support Royce-Engel U.S. media reform bill
BBG Watch Commentary According to a new report released by the Aspen Institute, at the third annual Aspen…
Journalism 101: A Thought Experiment
BBG Watch Guest Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to report on its main voanews.com English…
No rebuttal on Voice of America to ex-CIA official calling Seymour Hersh’s Osama bin Laden report ‘rubbish’
BBG Watch Commentary In an apparent violation of the VOA Charter and Journalistic Code, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
‘Coolest’ videos from Voice of America and RT – MUST SEE
BBG Watch Some say that the United States is losing the information war to Russia. What would be…
DAVID JACKSON How to Save the Voice of America
BBG Watch Media Former Voice of America (VOA) director David S. Jackson has published an opinion article on…
Death for Tsarnaev – earlier speculative Voice of America headlines undermined credibility
BBG Watch Commentary Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death over the April…
Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroduced
BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with greater protection…
Voice of America experiment in short news videos had a bad start
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch was told by several sources that a 39 second video of Voice of…
Speculative news headlines: Voice of America can’t learn from its mistakes
BBG Watch A few days ago, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) news operation for international audiences speculated…
Voice of America – North Korea has a ruthless capitalist economy and ‘it is working’
BBG Watch Commentary North Korea has a ruthless political and economic system called totalitarian communism and a total…
VOA and RFE/RL fail to report online in English on Putin’s defense of Nazi-Soviet Pact
BBG Watch Media During the Cold War, both Voice of America (VOA) and particularly Radio Free Europe /…
Op-Ed: Voice of America disappoints
BBG Watch Media “U.S. taxpayer funded Voice of America (VOA) has problems offering timely analysis of Kremlin propaganda,…
WATCH: Veteran VOA correspondents Jim Malone, Andre de Nesnera react to flyover
BBG Watch At the end of its today’s report, “US, Europe Mark 70th Anniversary of VE Day,” Voice…
Old news on Voice of America homepage
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Broadcasting Board…
Oops, Cameron not ousted as Voice of America speculated
BBG Watch Commentary British Prime Minister David Cameron was not ousted as Voice of America (VOA) speculated he…
Voice of America speculates Cameron could be ousted in UK vote, BBC and RT coverage more cautious
BBG Watch Media A Voice of America (VOA) news report speculates that British voters “could make a Scottish…