Representative Kaptur Speaks With RFE/RL And VOA
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) continues its excellent in depth coverage of events…
Government Executive publishes new details about 2012 firing of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive reporter Charles S. Clark, who often writes about the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Voice of America employee union supports H.R. 4490 reform bill criticized by VOA director
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, welcomed recent support…
Crossing The Line
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America – Information War Lost: Crossing The Line By The Federalist The…
Rep. Ed Royce: The danger to Voice of America is maintaining the status quo
BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has published a Letter…
CUSIB adds Albanian American voice to its Advisory Board
BBG Watch Commentary An Albanian American political and civic leader has joined the Advisory Board of the Committee…
Voice of America ignores opening of Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, Angelina Jolie’s speech
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another example of mismanagement and violation of its congressional Charter obligation to report…
Austin attacks Reilly, distorts his views on reforming Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) Director Dan Austin, who in 2008 ended all direct VOA…
Acting Ukrainian FM meets Voice of America director, Voice of Russia reports
BBG Watch Commentary Acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Deshchytsya meet with Voice of America Director David Ensor on…
VOA should stop broadcasting Iranian government propaganda back to Iran, satirist writes
BBG Watch Commentary One of the funniest, most brilliant satiric articles about the floundering Voice of America (VOA)…
Face Off
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau Go Ahead: Try To Make Us Accountable – Information War Lost: Face…
How Effective Is the BBG in 2014? – Radio World asks
BBG Watch Commentary In an article in Radio World, “How Effective Is the BBG in 2014?,” Randy J. Stine quotes…
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…
David Ensor on Combating Propaganda in Ukraine with Voice of America programs
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to cover a gathering of…
Biden, U.S. Congress delegation not mentioned in VOA video report from Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the VOA Charter requires the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America to “present the…
WP editorial: Voice of America needs to keep its objective voice, BBG Watch agrees
BBG Watch Commentary We do not disagree with the Washington Post editorial, “Voice of America needs to keep…
Voice of America did not send staff reporter from Washington with Biden to Ukraine, paid for Europe trip for VOA Director instead
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: Later in the day, VOA added the name of Gabe Joselow as a byline…
Voice of America Director Ensor at Atlantic Council international event in Poland not covered by VOA
BBG Watch Commentary After a confrontation on Tuesday with Voice of America (VOA) editors who told him they…
Employees speak out on VOA’s management problems and Royce-Engel bill
BBG Watch Commentary Current and former Voice of America (VOA) employees have spoken up about management problems at…
Ensor – Staff Meeting – Expert Describes Squandering of VOA’s News and Digital Potential
BBG Watch Commentary One of our UK-based international media experts who prefers to remain anonymous has sent us…
WSJ op-ed by former VOA director Robert Reilly – Unmuffling the Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America director Robert Reilly has written an op-ed for The Wall Street…
Digital Only BBG Watch has now more than 3 million hits
BBG Watch Commentary While we may be “Digital Only,” that is not what really matters. What really matters…
VOA Editor to Director Ensor: “Nobody Believes Anything Management Has to Say Anymore”
BBG Watch Commentary In a staff meeting that became “a vote of no confidence” in Voice of America…
Another Ruling, Another Judge, Another Decision For the Employees – op-ed by AFGE Local 1812
BBG Watch Commentary The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Law Judge slammed the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
VOA shows thousands of pro-Kremlin troll comments and some RT retweets
BBG Watch Commentary With the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) management allowing posting on the VOA English…
Federal Labor Relations Authority Judge slams BBG for law violations
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Federal Labor Relations Authority Law Judge slammed the Broadcasting…
VOA English News does not update Obama – Poland story for 11 hours, fails to cover Solidarity Prize for Crimean Tatar leader
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) posted its last VOA English News update on President…
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,…
LAT Op-Ed: Back off, Congress, and keep Voice of America real, by VOA corespondent Al Pessin
BBG Watch Commentary Al Pessin, a senior VOA foreign correspondent currently based in London, has written another op-ed…
Other than misspelled name of Poland’s President, finally a decent VOA report on Obama heading to Europe
BBG Watch Commentary While many U.S. and international media outlets were posting full length reports and news analyses…
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…
How to spot a Russian Twitter troll, Ukraine@war
BBG Watch Commentary “In the style of war that Putin fights, influencing the public opinion plays a very…
The Opinion-Makers: How Russia Is Winning the Propaganda War, DER SPIEGEL
BBG Watch Commentary “With the help of news services like RT and Ruptly, the Kremlin is seeking to…
Thumbs Down On “All Hands”
International Broadcasting Bureau – Just Call Us “Waste Unlimited!” – Information War Lost: Thumbs Down On “All Hands”…
Two sentences on WH Obama – Ukraine briefing, a full VOA report on private jet crash
BBG Watch Commentary While Voice of America (VOA) English News devoted only two sentences to the White House…
Voice of America gives Obama – Poroshenko meeting announcement two sentences
BBG Watch Commentary Rudderless and floundering Voice of America (VOA) English News devoted only two sentences to the…
The VOA Mission: Long May It Wave – AFGE Local 1812 Editorial on VOA Charter
BBG Watch Commentary We repost an editorial from the union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of…
BBC beats VOA with Shinseki resignation
BBG Watch Commentary BBC beats VOA with Shinseki resignation. BBC has five stories, main, and four linked on…
Memo for Voice of America Director: BBC, Radio Australia, RFI carried Obama speech live
BBG Watch Commentary For: Voice of America Director David Ensor CC: Members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Waste Without End
International Broadcasting Bureau – Dysfunctional and Defunct Is So Much Fun! – Information War Lost: Waste Without End…
Voice of America radio fails to carry Obama speech live, BBC radio does with commentary
BBG Watch Commentary A BBG Watch source in Asia told us that U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Former BBG Governor Susan McCue joins CUSIB
BBG Watch Commentary The independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), which supports U.S. international media…
Snowballs in Arizona
International Broadcasting Bureau – Maintaining Dysfunctional and Defunct is Our Most Important Business – Information War Lost: Snowballs…
Balanced NYT editorial on Voice of America and bipartisan Royce-Engel bill
BBG Watch Commentary The Pitch of America’s Voice, The New York Times
Voice of America more than 4 hours behind BBC in reporting on death of Jaruzelski
BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), which once offered breaking international news coverage and…
House passage of Hitler-Stalin Pact ‘Black Ribbon Day’ bill ignored by Voice of America, mismanagement continues
BBG Watch Commentary With Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Matt Armstrong calling House Foreign Affairs Committee bipartisan…
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…
McCue’s Resignation Letter: Tribute to BBG Journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Board member Susan McCue’s resignation letter to President Obama is…