North Korea’s way with extreme insults – another good analysis from BBC
BBG Watch Commentary BBC has outdistanced all other international media outlets in reporting on and analyzing the latest…
Lady Liberty Spotlights RFE/RL’s Women Journalists – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE Lady Liberty Spotlights RFE/RL’s Women Journalists To mark the U.N. observance of Human Rights…
Revamped Board Meeting to Feature Netflix CEO, VOA Deep Dive – BBG Press Release
BBG Watch Commentary FOR UPDATE TO THIS REPORT SEE: “Mission and Innovation — Netflix CEO at Broadcasting Board…
VOA and North Korea: Criticism of 2011 press release and VOA video describing Pyongyang as ‘vibrant city’
BBG Watch Commentary With a new focus on North Korea following the execution of a once-powerful uncle of…
BBC offers best coverage and analysis in English of North Korean execution
BBG Watch Commentary Among major international media outlets, BBC is by far the best source for coverage and…
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un’s Uncle Executed: Report – Radio Free Asia
This report on the execution of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un’s uncle was posted on the Radio Free…
Al Jazeera, BBC, Russia Today report on execution of N Korea leader’s uncle – VOA English website not being updated
BBG Commentary With its top news lineup Thursday not updated for some hours, the Voice of America English…
More than 2 million 400 thousand hits on BBG Watch site
We have just passed another mark. BBG Watch website has had more than 2 million 400 thousand hits.…
Possibility of U.S. sanctions against Ukrainian government is top BBC news story, but not Voice of America’s
BBG Watch Commentary “US considers sanctions against Ukraine,” is the top news story on the BBC website, but…
Kerry’s expression of ‘disgust’ with government use of force in Ukraine does not make Voice of America main homepage
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English news website has hidden U.S. Secretary of State John…
Voice of America website not updating news from Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary During the night of December 10/December 11 in Washington, which was already daytime in Europe,…
BBC beats VOA News by hours on U.S. budget deal in Congress
BBG Watch Commentary The VOA Central English Newsroom and the VOA English website team have not been able…
BBG Watch Marks Human Rights Day
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch Marks Human Rights Day by sharing an open letter written by the daughters…
CUSIB Marks International Human Rights Day
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) posted a new press release about its activities in…
On Mandela, Ukraine – Voice of America executives can’t arrange for special news coverage
BBG Watch Commentary Take a look at these two screenshots showing BBC’s and Voice of America’s (VOA) home…
U.S. visit to Ukraine reported by Russia Today, but not by Voice of America English service
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s state media outlet Russia Today is reporting on a vist of a high ranking…
Russia Today now reports on Biden’s call to Yanukovych – still nothing on VOA English website
BBG Watch Commentary Several hours ago, the state broadcaster Voice of Russia (VOA) reported that that U.S. Vice President Joe…
RFE/RL counters Russian state media propaganda on events in Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary This has been posted on Facebook by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Russian state-controlled…
Voice of Russia reports Biden called Ukrainian President – still no report on Voice of America English site
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: As of 7:30PM ET Monday, December 9, 2013, the Voice of America English news…
Voice of Russia name gone? – Putin goes for highly successful Russia Today brand-name in reorganization of state-run media
BBG Watch Commentary President Vladimir Putin has ordered the merger of the RIA Novosti news agency and the…
Even Russia Today posted George Clooney video in support of Ukrainian protesters – will Voice of America English news do the same?
BBG Watch Commentary Even Russia’s state international media outlet, Russia Today, posted on its English news website a…
RFE/RL – Live Blog: Massive Protests In Kyiv – VOA Ukrainian covers U.S. reactions – VOA English relies on Reuters
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is providing live coverage in English of protests…
Voice of America Reuters report on toppling Lenin statue in Kiev gets 18 Facebook ‘Likes’ – BBC 7,709 – Russia Today 2,800
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English website did not post an original VOA news report…
Voice of America English website ignores Biden’s media freedom remarks in China
BBG Watch Commentary With the kind of news coverage the Voice of America provides these days, Lech Wałęsa…
Wałęsa: ‘I would not be the man I am today without VOA’
BBG Watch Commentary Lech Wałesa: “I would not be the man I am today without VOA. One-third of…
If Richard Lobo did not make his agency ‘defunct’ – who did? Hillary Clinton?
BBG Watch Commentary As reported on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) website, at an agency-wide staff meeting on…
Waiting for VOA interview with Wałęsa
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that rather than arranging for news coverage of Lech Wałęsa’s return…
Governor Meehan Surveys Egyptian Media Scene – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE Governor Meehan Surveys Egyptian Media Scene DECEMBER 5, 2013 Cairo, Egypt – BBG Governor Michael…
BBG Expands Collaboration With Leading International Media – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE BBG Expands Collaboration With Leading International Media DECEMBER 5, 2013 Paris, France – Representatives of…
Alhurra TV Launches Season 2 Of “Rayheen Ala Fain?” – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE Alhurra TV Launches Season 2 Of “Rayheen Ala Fain?” DECEMBER 4, 2013 Alhurra Television announced…
VOA Afghan TV Program Links Kabul And Washington Studios – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE VOA Afghan TV Program Links Kabul And Washington Studios Voice of America and Channel One…
RFE/RL’s Exclusive Interview With Afghan President Hamid Karzai – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE RFE/RL’s Exclusive Interview With Afghan President Hamid Karzai NOVEMBER 26, 2013 Akbar Ayazi, Unit Director…
Governor Armstrong Travels To California For BBG Outreach – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE Governor Armstrong Travels To California For BBG Outreach NOVEMBER 26, 2013 BBG board member Matt…
Photos from Lech Wałęsa December 2013 visit to Capitol Hill — news event ignored by Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary When Solidarity leader, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former President of Poland returned to the…
Voice of America ignores U.S. Congress screening of Wałęsa biopic, his return visit to Capitol Hill
BBG Watch Commentary When Lech Wałęsa was leading the Solidarity trade union in the 1980s, the Voice of…
Voice of America English news website features Russian spokesman but not Ambassador Rice on rights violations in Russia and interference in Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Decline of the Voice of America (VOA) English news website continues as it fails to…
Martial law prisoners in Poland praised Reagan, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe
Originally posted on December 4, 2013 Today’s political prisoners who are fighting for democracy and human rights are…
Czech Helsinki Committee calls on BBG Chairman Jeff Shell to stop discrimination of foreign journalists at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary In a letter addressed to new Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Jeff…
Voice of America English News largely nonfunctioning during holiday weekend – outstanding coverage of Ukraine protests by VOA Ukrainian Service and RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary While Voice of America (VOA) English News was in a full holiday mode in the…
Ukraine Protests Sunday – VOA 19 Facebook ‘Likes’ – BBC 2,364 – Russia Today over 3,200
BBG Watch Commentary The VOA English news website had no original reporting on major anti-government demonstrations in Kiev,…
Voice of America not reporting on NYC train derailment
BBG Watch Commentary For many hours, the Voice of America (VOA) English news website was not reporting on…
Voice of America English News has one sentence on U.S. condemnation of violence in Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another example of the Voice of America’s (VOA) failure to adequately cover U.S.…
ON THIS THANKSGIVING…
BBG Watch wishes Happy Thanksgiving to our readers, contributors and supporters. The following commentary is reposted from the…
Memo To The Board #2
BBG Watch Commentary The new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell deserves credit for seeing to…
The Age of Wearable Devices
The following commentary has been posted on the website of the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1812,…
Voice of America fails American Greenpeace detainees in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Despite numerous appeals for more reporting and warnings from BBG Watch that American Greenpeace activists…
Outstanding reporting by RFE/RL – Lee Harvey Oswald’s Days In Minsk
BBG PRESS RELEASE RFE/RL’s Exclusive Interviews: Lee Harvey Oswald’s Days In Minsk For more than two years in…
What Would President Obama Tell THIS Cuban Dissident?
As BBG Watch reported, the Voice of America (VOA) English news website failed to post a news on…
CUSIB Supports Media Coverage for Tiananmen Massacre Commemoration
BBG Watch is reposting a press release that appeared on the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSUB –…
Not Everything We Need to Know
BBG Watch Commentary The most worrying characteristic of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) is the ever growing number…