BBG governor stands alone supporting Reform Act
BBG Watch Commentary A copy of a memo that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan sent…
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…
Representative Kaptur Speaks With RFE/RL And VOA
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) continues its excellent in depth coverage of events…
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…
Crossing The Line
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America – Information War Lost: Crossing The Line By The Federalist The…
Rep. Ed Royce: The danger to Voice of America is maintaining the status quo
BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has published a Letter…
Acting Ukrainian FM meets Voice of America director, Voice of Russia reports
BBG Watch Commentary Acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Deshchytsya meet with Voice of America Director David Ensor on…
Face Off
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau Go Ahead: Try To Make Us Accountable – Information War Lost: Face…
Taking The Washington Post To Task
BBG Watch Commentary Reform of US Government international broadcasting cannot and must not be held hostage by a…
David Ensor on Combating Propaganda in Ukraine with Voice of America programs
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to cover a gathering of…
Biden, U.S. Congress delegation not mentioned in VOA video report from Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the VOA Charter requires the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America to “present the…
Voice of America did not send staff reporter from Washington with Biden to Ukraine, paid for Europe trip for VOA Director instead
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: Later in the day, VOA added the name of Gabe Joselow as a byline…
WSJ op-ed by former VOA director Robert Reilly – Unmuffling the Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America director Robert Reilly has written an op-ed for The Wall Street…
Living In The Past
BBG Watch Commentary We find it ironic that while many rank-and-file Voice of America journalists and other employees…
Voice of America to target Americans despite ban on funding domestic news distribution, critics say
BBG Watch Commentary In a politically unwise press release, which according to critics at best violates the spirit…
Waste Without End
International Broadcasting Bureau – Dysfunctional and Defunct Is So Much Fun! – Information War Lost: Waste Without End…
Snowballs in Arizona
International Broadcasting Bureau – Maintaining Dysfunctional and Defunct is Our Most Important Business – Information War Lost: Snowballs…
House passage of Hitler-Stalin Pact ‘Black Ribbon Day’ bill ignored by Voice of America, mismanagement continues
BBG Watch Commentary With Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Matt Armstrong calling House Foreign Affairs Committee bipartisan…
Former BBG member Ashe critical of BBG Governor Armstrong’s rebuke of Congress
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Governor Matt Armstrong about the bipartisan United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014 (H.R.…
Misplaced Sense of Entitlement
BBG Watch Commentary We present yet another opinion on the bipartisan reform bill, the United States International Communications Reform Act…
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…
A Former VOA Correspondent on the Debate Over U.S. International Broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is providing a forum for discussion on the United States International Communications Reform Act of…
California paper picks up Miami Herald report on OCB journalists’ latest legal victory
BBG Watch Commentary The Sacramento Bee newspaper picked up a Miami Herald report by Juan O Tamayo on…
NYT: House Measure to Change Voice of America’s Mission Is Drawing Intense Debate
BBG Watch Commentary “A bill to overhaul Voice of America has prompted an intense debate among supporters of…
GET RID OF VOICE OF AMERICA, LAWMAKER SAYS, Politix headline
BBG Watch Commentary Politix Editor-in-Chief David Mark reported in an article Tuesday that Rep. Matt Salmon. The Arizona…
Ed Royce: U.S. burdening international broadcasters with a failed bureaucracy
BBG Watch Commentary “We have done ourselves no favors by burdening international broadcasters with a failed bureaucracy.…
The Blame Game
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Don’t Know Anything But Dysfunctional And Defunct – Information War Lost: The Blame…
Robinson comments on Pessin’s article in The Hill
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) senior White House correspondent Dan Robinson, who had retired earlier…
‘America doesn’t need varnished truth’ by Al Pessin in The Hill blog, and BBG Watch commentary
Al Pessin, a senior Voice of America foreign correspondent, currently based in London, posted this commentary in one…
RSF: US SHOULD NOT ADOPT “INFORMATION WARFARE” APPROACH
BBG Watch Commentary “We urge the US authorities not to transform media such as Voice of America, Radio…
BBG Media Highlights mention criticism of H.R. 4490 by RSF and proposal to defund VOA
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch Highlights for May 16, 2014, sent out to subscribers by the Broadcasting Board…
Congress eager to fund RFE/RL and VOA surge to Russia but will insist on management reforms
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that many members of the U.S. Senate and the House of…
First ever bill to defund Voice of America for violations of VOA Charter and mismanagement
BBG Watch Commentary Never in the history of the Voice of America (VOA) under its numerous past directors…
Extraordinary Measures
International Broadcasting Bureau – Adding Disinformation to Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: Extraordinary Measures By The…
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…
A New Voice of America, Wall Street Journal Editorial
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch reported today that “in contrast to other Western broadcasters, such as BBC and…
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…
Threat of propaganda or reform for Voice of America from bipartisan Congressional bill?
BBG Watch Commentary Denver Nicks wrote in an article for TIME on a bipartisan bill in Congress to…
Biden and Kerry on ‘Toward a Europe Whole and Free’ and Reuters reports from Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to arrange for its own coverage of Secretary…
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce calls for reduction and reform of U.S. international media bureaucracy
BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) said that U.S. broadcasters – the Voice of America, Radio Free…
Leading House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrat Eliot Engel remarks on U.S. broadcasting reform legislation
BBG Watch Commentary Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed bipartisan reform legislation to improve the missions, objectives, and…
As effort to reform Voice of America starts in Congress, VOA uses Reuters to report on Obama Europe trip, is four hours late
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America executives were too busy today meeting behind closed doors to decide how…
U.S. Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy condemns Kremlin propaganda and ban on Voice of America in Russia, but VOA English News fails to report his comments
BBG Watch Commentary When propaganda poses as news, it creates real dangers. Setting the record straight about @RT_com…
Auschwitz, Obama, and Voice of America Charter — New Bill in Congress May Correct VOA’s News Failures
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to report on President Obama’s statement on the…
Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel Introduce U.S. International Broadcasting Reform Legislation — TEXT and PRESS RELEASE
BBG Watch Commentary Yesterday BBG Watch had an exclusive report on the bipartisan H.R. 4490, the United States International…
Major reform of U.S. international broadcasting and public diplomacy to be proposed in Congress
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a draft bill originating in the House Foreign Affairs Committee,…
BBG reform bill expected in Congress
BBG Watch Commentary See: “Major reform of U.S. international broadcasting and public diplomacy to be proposed in Congress,”…
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…
Voice of America English News website fails to report on Obama’s statement on Armenian Remembrance Day and Congressional visit to Armenia
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English News website and most of VOA’s language services failed to…