Update: Guilty Plea in USAGM Senior Official Corruption Case
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. Department of Justice announced in a June 27, 2019 press release…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan decries BBG mismanagement, VOA bias, RFE/RL anti-Israel posts
BBG Watch Commentary At the April 6 board meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Ann Noonan,…
JANE DOE: BBG executives to Congress – to fix a bloated bureaucracy you must give it more power
From Joan and Jane Doe BBG executives to Congress – to fix a bloated bureaucracy you must…
Called ‘traitors’ and ‘Jews’ by Putin supporters, Radio Liberty journalists complain of mistreatment by U.S.-hired management
BBG Watch Commentary WARNING: This post contains a letter by an anonymous Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
On the eve of Town Hall meeting, BBG employees present a plea to new CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE On the eve of the Town Hall to Introduce CEO John Lansing, scheduled for Tuesday,…
BBG sleepwalks through RFE/RL crisis
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This commentary was written by a former senior Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) official…
VOA Director David Ensor Takes Shots at Ambassador, Former VOA Reporters, and NGO Media Watch Dog
BBG Watch Commentary VOICE OF AMERICA DIRECTOR DAVID ENSOR, DEC. 16, 2014: ” . . . [in response…
‘RUSSIA’S WAR ON INFORMATION’ — Analysis by BBG Governor Matt Armstrong
BBG Watch Commentary Matt Armstrong, who serves as a Governor on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) since…
Wall Street Journal Opinion: Voice of America is a Voice of Anti-Americanism
BBG Watch Commentary Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Writer Sohrab Ahmari was interviewed for a WSJ Opinion Journal…
Voice of America Information War Lost December Briefs – Literally
Voice of America Information War Lost December Briefs – Literally By The Federalist Not much happens in the…
Voice of America Information War Lost: From Malfeasance To Perdition
BBG Watch Commentary International and U.S. media do not frequently comment on U.S. international media agency, the Broadcasting…
Federal Dysfunction: Voice of America and Department of Homeland Security
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
A Time to Give Thanks
BBG Watch Commentary Happy Thanksgiving to all BBG Watch readers and contributors. We repost today a commentary by…
Voice of America union discusses THE SILENCE OF THE VOICE on U.S. elections night
BBG Watch Commentary International audiences listening to Voice of America English radio news online and on shortwave, including…
Why didn’t you ask us before?
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch has received several comments from current and former Voice of America journalists…
Advice for Andy Lack from a Voice of America journalist
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Memo to Andy Lack From A Disgusted, Yet Hopeful VOA Journalist
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
‘The Andy Lack?’ Voice of America journalist puzzled but cautiously hopeful
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
BBG Names Andy Lack CEO – BBG Watch had it first
BBG Watch Commentary As predicted first and reported exclusively by BBG Watch last week, Andrew R. Lack, age…
No invasion of Ukraine if U.S. had 24/7 Russian TV channel, Paul Goble says
BBG Watch Commentary In a lecture on the topic of Putin’s disinformation war, delivered at the Institute of…
Voice of America Information War Lost: The Agency That Celebrates Its Failure
Voice of America Information War Lost: The Agency That Celebrates Its Failure By The Federalist With its mission…
Will Voice of America management violate VOA Charter and U.S. law in a deal with communist Vietnam?
VOA Charter Commentary Steve Peacock reported in an article on the WND website that “the Obama administration is…
Voice of America ignores Syria war crimes news from Congress and White House
BBG Watch Commentary This week, Voice of America (VOA) English News failed to cover online riveting testimony in…
Community leaders support reform of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: H.R. 4490, the bipartisan Royce – Engel United States International Communications Reform Act of…
‘American policies are being blasted to bits’ while Voice of America shortwave radio goes silent in Asia
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Victor Goonetilleke, a native of Sri…
Bad Management Threatens Voice of America’s Future
Commentary This commentary was sent to BBG Watch by VOA broadcaster who must remain anonymous. The Voice of…
Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real
Commentary Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real By Ted Lipien No one I know…
Fixing U.S. International Broadcasting – At Last! – MULHAUPT and WIMBUSH
BBG Watch Commentary In one of the best reasoned and most coherent articles in favor of reforming the…
Is Congress trying to neuter Voice of America’s journalism or save it?
BBG Watch Commentary In a new Columbia Journalism Review article, former Voice of America (VOA) senior correspondent Gary…
Victor Ashe : Voice of America has demonstrated its weaknesses
BBG Watch Commentary Commenting on numerous news reporting failures by the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), former…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Facts and Fiction about H.R. 4490
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Management by Jane Doe
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Legal by Jane Doe
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
U.S. BBG pays for faulty, favoring Kremlin propaganda poll in Russia-annexed Crimea
BBG Watch Commentary Two top independent sociologists in Ukraine and Russia, as well as some American experts who…
Voice of America Ukrainian Service still works with same few staffers as before the crisis
BBG Watch Commentary Paraded in Public, Little Management Support Voice of America (VOA) Ukrainian Service has received very…
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…
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,…
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…
BBG Governor Armstrong Rebukes Members of Congress for Criticism in Bipartisan Bill
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Governor Matt Armstrong about H.R. 4490 Bipartisan Reform Bill: “So, yes, I think, I…
Reforming U.S. International Broadcasting — Special Bipartisan Website Page of House Foreign Affairs Committee
BBG Watch Commentary The House Committee on Foreign Affairs, chaired by Republican Ed Royce of California, in close…
The Hill on propaganda fears and reform of bureaucracy in charge of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary A report in The Hill, which focuses on a bipartisan bill to reform U.S. international…
Sen. Wicker, Rep. Shock question BBG strategy as do BBG chair and members, but change seems still elusive
BBG Watch Commentary In an opinion article published Friday (April 25, 2014) on FoxNews.com, “America must not retreat…
In less than grammatical English, rudderless Voice of America adds English lessons to its news mission
A Guest Commentary From A Former Voice of America Journalist I looked at the Voice of America (VOA)…
Keep The Implosion of U.S. International Media Rolling!
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – We Just LOVE Our Jobs While Employees May Be Losing Theirs – Information…
A Dose of Reality in Response to Desperation
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – We Like Being Dysfunctional and Defunct! – Information War Lost: A…
Letter to BBG Watch from ‘a strong internal VOA critic’
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has received an electronic letter from a Voice of America journalist / broadcaster…
Former BBG member Blanquita Cullum : ‘very concerned about Voice of America’
BBG Watch “We’ve got a serious problem,” journalist, broadcaster and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita…
Congressman Duncan honors Ambassador Ashe for BBG service, BBG Watch reporting cited in Congressional Record
United States Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. from Tennessee, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and…
BBG FY2015 Budget Request – IBB bureaucracy gets 34% of $721 million – programmers will absorb most of $12 million cut
BBG Watch Commentary “Excellence in journalism remains our most important objective.” — BBG Chairman Jeffrey Shell “What IBB…
No Voice of America correspondent with Kerry in Ukraine – no live online coverage of his just ended news conference in Kyiv
Voice of America does not appear to have a VOA English news corespondent with U.S. Secretary of State…