BBG Staff Meeting – Nov. 18, 2013 – Audio
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is providing a link to an audio recording of the November 18, 2013…
VOA Special Examines Kennedy Legacy Through The Eyes Of Key Witnesses
BBG Watch Commentary There are many great and talented reporters and broadcasters working at the Voice of America…
Tibetan Exile Leader Visits Radio Free Asia – Radio Free Iraq Turns 15
BBG Watch Commentary One bright spot within the federal agency responsible for U.S. international broadcasting — the Broadcasting…
VOA not reporting on Russian plane crash – most read news on BBC
BBG Watch Commentary More than two hours after Russia Today and BBC reported that a Tatarstan Airlines Boeing…
Albania on Syrian chemical weapons: Voice of America English website again not updating news promptly
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English news website is once again showing outdated news and…
BBG Decries Ongoing Threats To Journalists Worldwide, Calls On United Nations To Act
BBG PRESS RELEASE BBG Decries Ongoing Threats To Journalists Worldwide, Calls On United Nations To Act NOVEMBER 14,…
CUSIB Director and BBG Chairman discuss U.S. international media outreach
BBG Watch is reposting a press release published on the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting website. CUSIB is…
World gets news about murder of Iranian rock musicians in the U.S. from BBC, not Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has not reported on its English news website the…
What is more important for Voice of America – Americans in Russian jail or beauty pageant in Moscow?
BBG Watch Just Asking What do you think U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America news organization considers to be…
Union Comments on Initial BBG Results from the 2013 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey
BBG Watch Commentary AFGE Local 1812, a union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
VOA English News fails to report on transfer of Greenpeace prisoners to St. Petersburg
BBG Watch Commentary While Voice of America (VOA) English News fails to take notice, BBC posted a report…
Why did VOA English website fail to report on Obama’s meeting with Cuban dissidents?
BBG Watch Just Asking Why did a short news item posted on the VOA English website fail to…
Voice of America English News fails to report on Obama meeting with Cuban dissidents
BBG Watch Commentary While VOA English News report “Obama Calls for Updated US Policy on Cuba” lacked both…
UPDATE VOA News posted 15 Reuters reports in one day, most got between 0 and 3 Facebook Likes in three days
BBG Watch Commentary On Thursday, November 7, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) had posted on its English…
VOA News posted 15 Reuters reports in one day, most got between 0 and 3 Facebook Likes in three days
BBG Watch Commentary On Thursday, November 7, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) had posted on its English…
Why VOA English website does not have an interview with Ambassador Crocker about nuclear negotiations with Iran in Geneva?
BBG Watch Just Asking We are wondering why the Voice of America (VOA) English news website does not…
CUSIB member Robert Reilly on How to Win the War of Ideas
Republished by BBG Watch from CUSIB – cusib.org. Robert Reilly, member of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting…
Voice of Russia quotes Ambassador Crocker, VOA English news misses key NYT Iran op-ed
BBG Watch Board Note We thought that former U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker’s New York Times op-ed on…
BBC Russian Service interview with Pavel Litvinov, father of American Greenpeace activist jailed in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary The BBC Russian Service has paid close attention on its news website to British nationals…
Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty win at AIBs
BBG Watch Commentary We note with great pleasure that two of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) surrogate…
BBG Governor Matt Armstrong talks with agency’s journalists about management reforms
BBG Watch Commentary We note with some encouragement and pleasure reports from our sources that one of the…
THEARCTIC30 FROZEN OUT BY VOA
THEARCTIC30 FROZEN OUT BY VOA Guest Commentary by Marie Ciliberti, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org)…
BBC, other foreign public media report extensively on their Greenpeace nationals jailed in Russia, but not Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) journalist and executive Ted Lipien noted in articles in Digital…
Russia Today indulges in Anonymous protests coverage, BBC covers, VOA ignores and reports on zombies
BBG Watch Commentary Russia Today and the Voice of Russia offered extensive coverage of worldwide Million Mask March…
BBC beats VOA hands down on U.S. elections coverage
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English news website has not been updating its homepage news…
How long before VOA does a news story on American Greenpeace activists in Russian jail?
BBG Watch Commentary – Just Asking Public Radio International (PRI) has a news story (in English) about Dimitri…
VOA not reporting on Kerry’s tribute to Mazowiecki, as it failed earlier to report on Polish leader’s death
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch already reported that the Voice of America (VOA) had ignored on its English…
Voice of America repeats Russian politician’s attack on Greenpeace without retort, misleads world on U.S. law
BBG Watch Commentary “Greenpeace’s actions were just to create a political scandal and draw more attention to Greenpeace.…
Voice of America ignores plight of American Greenpeace activists jailed in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is ignoring two American Greenpeace activists jailed in…
Freedom of Speech Abridged – The Federalist
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard For Dysfunctional and Defunct in the US Government – Information War Lost: Freedom of…
Voice of America far behind Russia Today, BBC, and Al Jazeera on LAX shooting
BBG Watch Commentary International online audiences went to Russia Today, BBC, and Al Jazeera rather than the Voice…
VOA and IBB heads preach about social media while Voice of America news and social media outreach collapses
BBG Watch Commentary As Voice of America (VOA) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) directors preach at an event…
Radio Free Asia video news report on China’s ‘gutter oil’ goes viral
BBG Watch Commentary One can still find good journalism, good investigative reporting, social media success and good news…
A Memo to the Board – The Federalist
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: A Memo to the Board by The Federalist On Wednesday, October 23,…
Letter from illegally RIFed OCB employee reveals personal hardships
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has received text of an email sent to a supporter by one of…
Voice of America’s audience in 2013 is nearly the same as in 1989
Voice of America’s audience in 2013 is nearly the same as in 1989 despite about 40% population growth,…
Can the BBG Transform Itself? – Helle Dale, Heritage Foundation expert, asks
BBG Watch Commentary After years of dysfunction, U.S. international broadcasting might be headed for better times as new…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan in Radio World: U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management
BBG Watch Commentary CUSIB’s Executive Director Ann Noonan has called for a new vision and better management for…
VOA fails to report on death of Poland’s first post-communist prime minister, ignores White House statement
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) did not report Monday on the death of Poland’s first…
CUSIB Director expressed alarm about decline of Voice of America’s ability to cover U.S. and world news
BBG Watch Commentary CUSIB normally does not comment on news content issues, but its Advisory Board members apparently…
IBB Director Richard Lobo Announces His Resignation
International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) Director Richard Lobo reads his resignation letter to President Obama at an open meeting…
BBG Governor Ambassador Ryan Crocker Forces Behind Marine Barracks Bombing Still Active in Syria
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Ambassador Ryan Crocker said that the forces behind the…
BBG Governor Kenneth Weinstein on U.S. International Media Outreach and Internet Freedom
At an open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Washinton, DC, October 23, 2013, newly…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan Bemoans Decline in Voice of America U.S. News Coverage
BBG Watch Commentary Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB — cusib.org)…
Voice of America Director Ensor checks on World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, gets 5 VOA English website reports on royal christening in Britain
BBG Watch Commentary The public Facebook page of Voice of America director David Ensor shows under “Recent Activity” that he…
VOA ignores death of Poland’s first post-communist Prime Minister, posts Reuters report on funeral of Yugoslav communist leader’s wife
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America English news website ignored today’s news of the death of Tadeusz Mazowiecki,…
Working on restoring BBG Watch
We apologize to our readers for BBG Watch being unavailable. We are working on restoring the site. Some…
IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott is wrong on USIA’s record at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary was provided by Ted Lipien, director of the independent Committee for U.S. International…
Voice of America news failures offer audience gaining opportunities for Al Jazeera, state-funded media in Russia and China
BBG Watch Commentary In an op-ed for Digital Journal, former Voice of America (VOA) executive Ted Lipien pointed…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: VOA and U.S. Public Diplomacy Failed on Obama-Malala Meeting
Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. public diplomacy failed to take full advantage of President Obama’s meeting Friday…