Bureaucrats With A Grudge
Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Bureaucrats With…
Voice of America ignores Presidential Proclamation on International Day of the Girl, 2013
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English news website was late and superficial in reporting on…
Where Voice of America failed on Malala news story, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty did not
BBG Watch Commentary We have reported extensively on how the Voice of America (VOA) failed to cover Pakistani…
Voice of America report on Obama meeting with Malala lacks details and photo
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) news report on U.S. President Barack Obama meeting at the…
BBC reports that U.S. reopens landmark tourist sites, no special report from Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary BBC has reported that U.S. tourist sites including the Grand Canyon and Statue of Liberty…
Voice of America English news website ignored Malala’s appearance on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America English news website for international audiences ignored Malala Yousafzai’s appearance last Tuesday…
Taxpayers pay for Voice of America news about birth of Halle Berry’s baby while some human rights news goes unreported
BBG Watch Commentary Most of the U.S. government may be in a shutdown mode, but taxpayer-funded Voice of…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan in Radio World: U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management
BBG Watch Commentary In an article published in the October International Edition of Radio World magazine, Ann Noonan,…
Don’t worry, be happy – IBB government employee responds to Smith-Mundt questions as a private blogger
BBG Watch Commentary Kim Andrew Elliott is a government employee at the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) who claims…
Shutdowns, Threats and a Car Chase
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Shutdowns, Threats and a Car…
The Daily Beast gets it wrong – U.S. taxpayers’ money can now be used to provide news to Americans but controversy lingers
BBG Watch Commentary The Daily Beast article, “The Story Behind That Incredibly Riveting Video of the D.C. Car…
BBG Resolution on Travel Policy was designed to limit wasteful spending by IBB and VOA executives
BBG Watch Commentary Considering that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) new Chairman Jeff Shell reportedly had to tell…
New BBG Chairman Reportedly Told Top IBB and VOA Officials to Cancel Planned Trip to Paris
BBG Watch Commentary Well-placed sources told BBG Watch that the new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff…
Voice of America English News Ignores Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng’s New U.S. University and Think-Tank Affiliation
BBG Watch Commentary In a continuing saga of top-level mismanagement and provincialism in news reporting to audiences overseas,…
Reforming U.S. international broadcasting agency won’t be easy as entrenched bureaucrats try to hold on to their jobs
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting,…
AFGE Tribute to BBG Governor Susan McCue: AFGE1812 SALUTES A GOVERNOR AND A LADY
BBG Watch Commentary AFGE Local 1812, a union representing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) workforce, posted on…
Core BBG Activities To Continue During U.S. Government Shutdown – BBG Press Release
BBG Watch Commentary As a result of poor management by the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and its bureaucratic…
Departures of good BBG Governors allow failed IBB and VOA managers to stay
BBG Watch Commentary Not all Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members have been great. Some were disengaged or…
Voice of America English and Russian News Ignores Walesa Human Rights Award for Khodorkovsky
BBG Watch Commentary As a further example of how mismanaged and provincial the Voice of America (VOA) has…
Lech Wałęsa’s Historic VOA Interviews – 1985 – 1987 – 2002
BBG Watch Commentary Poland’s Post Office is issuing a stamp in honor of Solidarity (Solidarność) trade union leader…
BBG Governor Susan McCue Nominated to Millennium Challenge Corporation Board
BBG Watch Commentary Several current and former U.S. international broadcasting employees contributed to this BBG Watch article. What…
Lech Walesa on Importance of Voice of America in Poland’s Struggle for Freedom and Democracy
BBG Watch Commentary Thanks to Ted Lipien, former director of the Voice of America Polish Service (1982-2003), we…
No Class
BBG Watch Commentary No Class An event of sorts took place today, Monday, September 23, at the Cohen…
Voice of America (VOA) Persian-language editorial broadcasts to Iran may face a major reduction
BBG Watch Commentary In a report in The Washington Free Beacon, “Voice of America on Mute,” Alana Goodman…
Senate Confirms Kenneth Weinstein To BBG
BBG Watch Commentary The United States Senate today (Monday, September 23, 2013) unanimously confirmed Dr. Kenneth R. Weinstein…
Connecting Some Dots
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Connecting Some Dots by The…
Near Nuclear Disaster in the U.S. in 1961 – BBC 16,390 Facebook Likes – Russia Today 6,900 – No news report on Voice of America English Website
BBG Watch Commentary Like most of international media, Russia Today reported already two days ago that a newly…
Anniversary of the mass firings of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Some of the fired journalists were asked by the new management to return to Radio…
BBG Chairman Shell Visits RFE/RL In Prague – BBG Press Release
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch reported two weeks ago that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell…
Stories on Brazil President’s U.S. Trip Cancellation – VOA 2 Facebook Likes – Russia Today 4,100 – BBC 2,480
BBG Watch Commentary Tuesday, the Voice of America English website instead of using its own White House reporter…
Voice of America does not do propaganda or represent the White House, VOA Director says
BBG Watch Commentary “The Voice of America is not a propaganda organization and is not a mouthpiece of…
Intimidation Continues In Iran Despite New Government, RFE/RL Press Release
Intimidation Continues In Iran Despite New Government, RFE/RL Press Release September 11, 2013 RFE/RL’s Persian language Service, Radio…
Yet another personnel change at PNN – Voice of America Persian Service – is a sign of deep leadership crisis at VOA
BBG Watch Commentary Observers of U.S. international broadcasting see the latest personnel change at PNN (Persian News…
UK web user bemoans Voice of America’s decline, hopes for reforms to restore VOA’s former news reporting power
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary was sent to BBG Watch by a Voice of America (VOA) listener and…
BBC, Russia Today, CNN Int’l, Al Jazeera lead in social media coverage of Kerry-Lavrov Syria deal, VOA had only 8 Facebook ‘Likes’
BBG Watch Commentary When it comes to finding out what the United States does on the world scene,…
A New Campaign of Truth
Two recent articles posted on the website of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’s (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local…
BLOATED BUREAUCRACY
BBG Watch Commentary Two recent articles posted on the website of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’s (BBG) employee…
Richard Stengel leaving Time for State Department public diplomacy job with duties at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Politico and The New York Times reported that Richard Stengel, the top editor of Time…
China Dissident Zhang Lin’s Daughters Come to the US, Father and Supporters Still in Prison
China Dissident Zhang Lin’s Daughters Come to The US – The Backstory By Ann Noonan In a human…
Voice of America’s amateur hour on Obama’s Syria speech
BBG Watch Commentary Let’s face it: Voice of America’s (VOA) news reporting and management structure are completely broken.…
BBG Watch – Two Million Hits Since Launch
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch, our little news and media freedom advocacy website, launched in September 2011…
Zero online visitors’ comments for VOA on Obama speech on Syria, Al Jazeera shows 355, Russia Today 97
BBG Watch Commentary As of 10:45 AM Washington, DC time, the Voice of America (VOA) English website still…
VOA ‘Featured Video’ this morning still shows monkeys instead of Obama’s speech on Syria, no U.S. reactions piece to speech
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) “Featured Video” on the English news website this morning is still…
BBG Watch site only 2,000 short of 2 million hits, reaching 2 million before morning expected
BBG Watch Commentary Since the two million hits mark for the BBG Watch website is likely to be…
On Obama’s Syria address, Voice of America far behind Russia Today, BBC and Al Jazeera in social media outreach
BBG Watch Commentary After President Obama’s address to the nation on plans for military actions against Syria, the…
BBG Chairman Jeff Shell will head Universal, reports say
BBG Watch Commentary The Los Angeles Times and other media reported that Jeff Shell, a longtime Comcast Corp.…
Why Secretary Kerry has not yet designated anyone to represent him at BBG meetings?
BBG Watch Commentary As far as we know, Secretary of State John Kerry has not yet designated anyone…
Voice of America Management and Syria – Faulty Risk Calculus
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the US Government – Faulty Risk Calculus and Other…
APOLOGISTS HARD AT WORK, HOPEFULLY NOT ON TAXPAYERS’ DIME
BBG Watch Commentary We are reposting a commentary which has been posted on the AFGE Local 1812 website.…
Magic happens – BBG Watch serves as managing editor for Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English news website can be hours or days late in…