WP defends defunct BBG Board, fails to mention VOA chiefs’ former links to the paper
BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees have been rating their agency in Office of Personnel…
DAN ROBINSON: At the BBG — A World of Alternate Universes
Commentary This is a guest commentary for BBG Watch written by former senior Voice of America White House…
Dysfunctional U.S. agency gets its chief’s name, title wrong in a press release
BBG Watch Commentary Who is “BBG Chairman Joh Lansing”?, as a recent Broadcasting Board of Governors press release…
HFAC Chair Ed Royce welcomes elimination of BBG board
BBG Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) welcomed the House passage of the National Defense…
Defunct BBG Board to bite the dust
BBG Watch Commentary In the end even the Obama White House had enough of the “practically defunct“ (Hillary…
When Voice of America and Radio Free Europe were praised in Congress
BBG Watch History When Voice of America and Radio Free Europe were praised in Congress By Ted Lipien…
BBG promotes Voice of America video with a slur against Nevada Senator
BBG Watch Commentary Veteran Voice of America (VOA) journalists are wondering when the U.S. Congress will start paying…
Voice of America airs allegation dismissed as a lie by Senator Reid’s office
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 million in FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) has produced and posted…
Broadcasting Board of Governors as ‘Temple of Cyber Insecurity’
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost Temple of Cyber Insecurity By The Federalist …
Flawed law permits Broadcasting Board of Governors members to do private business in Russia and China
BBG Watch Commentary With increasing demands for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to come clean about accusations against…
‘Moving Forward, VOA Haunted by Its Past,’ BBG employees’ union says
BBG Watch Commentary The last few weeks brought more bad news for Voice of America (VOA) employees. This…
Clueless U.S. agency invites Putin’s officials to RFE/RL party, they boot their chairman out of Russia instead
BBG Watch Commentary How clueless and mismanaged can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) be? According to an…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell’s expulsion from Russia points to US bureaucratic failure
BBG Watch Commentary While all the facts are not yet in, one thing is certain: bureaucrats of the…
EXCLUSIVE Congressional sources call for abolishing the BBG after its bureaucracy bungled BBG Chair’s trip to Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Senior congressional staffers told BBG Watch that the expulsion of Broadcasting Board of Governors…
To Congress: Shut ‘Em Down (Broadcasting Board of Governors), Create Something That Works
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost Shut ‘Em Down By The Federalist So much…
How the US is working to defeat ISIS online with no mention of the BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Yet another media article on how the U.S. is trying to defeat ISIS online was…
Voice of America Downplaying Terrorist Threat From ISIS
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost – The Never-Ending Downward Spiral Voice of America Downplaying Terrorist…
Update from BBG CEO on Thornberry Amendment to De-Federalize VOA
BBG Watch After earlier criticism from Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees for taking too long to communicate…
LIPIEN OP-ED: Robert E. Sherwood on avoiding election coverage bias at Voice of America
OPINION Robert E. Sherwood on avoiding election coverage bias at Voice of America By Ted Lipien I disagree…
Slanted Voice of America journalism on Trump, a reader from Russia posts on VOA website
BBG Watch Commentary In a comment posted under U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) report, “Post Reporter at…
DAN ROBINSON Voice of America needs honest self-examination, not ‘whitewash’
BBG Watch Media Writing in the USC Center on Public Diplomacy CPD Blog, former Voice of America (VOA)…
Voice of America – Staring Over The Precipice
OPINION Staring Over The Precipice Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By The Federalist …
Proposed privatization of Voice of America widely opposed
BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that a proposed privatization of the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Closed meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has posted a closed meeting notice to meet the…
Who is Rep. Mac Thornberry who wants to de-federalize Voice of America?
BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), who recently has introduced an amendment to FY2017 National Defense Authorization…
Hidden history: U.S. Congress exposes Soviet propaganda at Voice of America
BBG Watch Historical Documents & Quotes Series BBG Watch begins today publishing historical documents, some of…
Thornberry Amendment to Reform Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The House of Representatives voted to include in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act an…
House passes Royce-Thornberry amendment to reform Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch The House of Representatives voted to include in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act an amendment,…
When Dead and Broken BBG is All That’s Left
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost – When Dead and Broken is All That’s Left …
President Obama fails to mention Broadcasting Board of Governors in his countering-ISIL propaganda statement
BBG Watch Commentary If during the Cold War, the President of the United States conspicuously failed to mention…
BBG is also rotten far below its head, former employee says
BBG Watch Commentary A former Voice of America (VOA) journalist took issue with some of the observations in…
Some in Congress fuming over BBG lobbying for status quo EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Some members of Congress are angry at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), its board…
Congress to BBG: You are a ‘Broken Agency’
BBG Watch This press release was posted today on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs website. This…
Hand Me A Shovel, Part II
BBG Watch OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: Hand Me A Shovel, Part Two…
Voice of America Newsroom gave VOA services largely unipartisan comments to Obama’s address
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch was alerted by concerned Voice of America (VOA) journalists that VOA Central English…
Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce on urgent need to reform BBG
BBG Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) continues to argue for splitting different elements…
Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform
OPINION Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform Will Taxpayers Continue to Foot This…
Money before reform or vice versa: BBG’s Shell v. Royce in WT
BBG Watch Media Should the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal agency in charge of U.S. information outreach…
Russia propaganda machine gains on U.S. | Washington Times
BBG Watch Media In an interview with The Washington Times, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep.…
All About America or mostly What’s Wrong About America on VOA blog?
BBG Watch Commentary When someone in the Middle East discovers by reading the “All About America” Voice of…
Will Broadcasting Board of Governors Reform Itself?
EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Report With A Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge…
CUSIB, other experts disagree with David Ensor and one Superman CEO solution for BBG
BBG Watch Media The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) posted a comment in Foreign Policy…
Maria González To Head Office Of Cuba Broadcasting, Carlos A. Garcia-Pérez not pushed out for suspicion of Castro regime
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from a well-informed Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) source that the…
Voice of America opponents of ‘countering violent extremism’ not likely to be asked to do it
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English newsroom reporters, some of whom make more than $150,000 per…
Carter Administration opposed consolidation of U.S. government broadcasting and Voice of America privatization
Commentary By Ted Lipien Recently released U.S. government documents show that President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor (1977–1981)…
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…
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War: Lost and Staying Lost
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War: Lost and Staying Lost By The Federalist …
Former RFE/RL President Kevin Klose Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of Kevin Klose, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President,…
Former BBG Member S. Enders Wimbush Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of former Broadcasting Board of Governors member, S. Enders…
BBG Member Kenneth Weinstein Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of Kenneth Weinstein, member of the Broadcasting Board of…