Blame game at BBG
BBG Watch When something goes wrong at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which happens often, it’s always…
What else Voice of America employees want new director to know?
BBG Watch Commentary What Else Voice of America Employees Want Amanda Bennett To Know? Current and Former VOA…
Op-Ed: Voice of America or Voice of Castro without any balance?
BBG Watch Media An
Information Warfare: It’s Over, We Lost
OPINION: THE FEDERALIST Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information Warfare: It’s Over, We Lost BBG: Land of…
Cyber security: should BBG board believe its bureaucracy or OIG?
Federal News Radio Andre Mendez, BBG CIO and CTO “When I first came on board in…
Law firm update on $400 million class action suit against BBG
BBG Watch BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE The Washington, D.C. law firm, Themis PLLC, has released additional information on its…
BBG meets with Secretary Kerry, gets praise despite anti-Israel, pro-Putin messaging
BBG Watch Commentary According to Secretary Kerry, “Today’s Broadcasting Board of Governors is not the BBG of a…
VIDEO Swearing-in Ceremony for new VOA Director Amanda Bennett
BBG Watch The video of the swearing-in ceremony for new VOA Director Amanda Bennett on April 18, 2016…
A Thank You Note from New VOA Director Amanda Bennett
BBG Watch Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amanda Bennett was sworn in today as the 29th Director of the Voice…
New VOA director should question BBG PR claims, employees say
BBG Watch Commentary Amanda Bennett has been named director of the government-owned broadcaster Voice of America (VOA), Ron…
Employees don’t want new VOA director Amanda Bennett co-opted by dysfunctional management
BBG Watch Commentary The first address by new Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett was generally well…
RFE/RL English reporting is often superficial and sloppy
BBG Watch Commentary During the Cold War, U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was a giant of…
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Amanda Bennett Named VOA Director
BBG Watch Amanda Bennett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author, chosen as the new director of the…
RFE/RL competes with SPUTNIK and RT in promoting Putin humor
BBG Watch Commentary During the Cold War, U.S. government-funded Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) was providing translation of…
The Triumph of Propaganda – Voice of America and Katyn
BBG Watch History April 13 is observed in Poland as Katyn Memorial Day. It commemorates over 22,000 Poles…
Correcting Voice of America history
BBG Watch Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director, Ted Lipien, who earlier in his VOA career…
Shocking news from US tax-funded Voice of America
BBG Watch Media The Voice of America (VOA), which is funded by U.S. taxpayers ($215 million in FY…
VOA’s Myroslava Gongadze in National Review
BBG Watch Media National Review, a mainstream conservative magazine founded by author William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955,…
VOA’s Zimbabwe Service Partners With ICIJ, But Not VOA News or RFE/RL
BBG Watch Of all the U.S. taxpayer supported Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) media outlets, only the Voice…
Ran it through what?, VOA
BBG Watch “How can someone look at that headline and not see there is a problem?,” a Voice…
RFE/RL as Radio Free Kremlin, Not An April Fools Day Joke
BBG Watch Commentary This is not an April Fools Day Joke, as much as we wished it to…
Czech Republic Honors Klose, Pechacek, RFE/RL For Defending Freedom
BBG Watch Commentary “Former RFE/RL President Kevin Klose and former RFE/RL Czechoslovak Service director Pavel Pechacek were honored…
Sloppy Voice of America on first name basis with President Obama
BBG Watch Commentary Sloppiness, lack of leadership and lack of editorial control have reached new levels at the…
Anti-Israel RFE/RL Facebook message may inspire terrorists | Digital Journal Op-Ed
BBG Watch Media “U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) posted an anti-Israel Facebook message which may inspire…
‘Wholesale racism’ in Israel: RFE/RL Facebook message paid by U.S. taxes
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has included a message in the…
Curious convergence? Voice of America and RT on Turkey
BBG Watch Media Commentary After the downing of the Russian fighter jet by the Turkish military in November…
A Plea to Future Voice of America Director
BBG Watch Commentary A comment sent to BBG Watch includes a plea to the next Voice of America…
Broadcasting Board of Governors fails to mention Radio and TV Marti journalists not getting Cuban visas
BBG Watch Commentary Radio and TV Marti, overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), but not as…
Voice of America Russian reporter with Obama in Cuba found an admirer of Vladimir Putin
BBG Commentary A reporter with the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service who was in Cuba…
Travel journalism from VOA reporters in Cuba
BBG Watch Commentary With often shaky, poor quality video and mostly pedestrian observations, much of original reporting by…
Voice of America reporters upset over VOA’s treatment of Brussels terror story
BBG Watch Commentary A screenshot taken of the Voice of America mobile site at 11:33 AM on Tuesday,…
Did Voice of America go too far in calling Raul Castro Obama’s ‘Ally of New Era of US-Cuba Ties’
BBG Watch Just Asking Commentary Did U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) not only engaged in some unfortunate…
After chastising Voice of America on Boko Haram coverage, Nigeria reaches out to Al Jazeera
BBG Watch After giving U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) an unprecedented rebuke a few days ago in…
Puzzling press release from RFE/RL about its Moscow bureau
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a U.S. taxpayer-funded international media outlet based in…
Voice of America coverage from Cuba improves
BBG Watch After a shaky start, some poor quality video and criticism on Facebook, Voice of America’s (VOA)…
Facebook comments on poor quality of Voice of America video from Cuba
BBG Watch Take a look at this Voice of America (VOA) video, and the comment(s) in Spanish criticizing…
Crimea annexation anniversary: How BBG and VOA initially helped to advance Putin’s narrative
BBG Watch Commentary Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to Crimea on Friday to mark the second anniversary of…
Unlike Voice of America, Deutsche Welle gets no rebuke in Nigeria on Boko Haram coverage
BBG Watch While U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) received an unprecedented rebuke last week from the Nigerian…
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 …
Widow of Russian Ex-spy Calls His Poisoning ‘State-sponsored Crime’ | Voice of America
BBG Watch While this Voice of America report could have mentioned that Vladimir Putin is an ex-KGB spy,…
Former Africa broadcaster comments on poor journalism at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary A journalist who until recently worked at the Voice of America African Division has commented…
Q&A SESSION WITH MARINA LITVINENKO ON VOICE OF AMERICA
BBG Watch According to an announcement posted on the Voice of America website, a Q&A session with Marina…
Broadening of $400 million class action lawsuit against Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington, D.C. law firm, Themis PLLC, has broadened its $400 million class action lawsuit,…
Nigerian government: accusations Voice of America skewed in favor of Boko Haram
BBG Watch The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Information and Culture has posted today (March 10, 2016) on its…
Sloppy VOA helps Boko Haram charge reported by Nigerian media
BBG Watch Media Nigerian media is reporting that Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has…
Open letter from Nigeria to President Obama accuses Voice of America Hausa Service of helping Boko Haram terrorists with unprofessional reporting
BBG Watch Media Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust published an open letter to President Obama in which a reader…
Nigerian Government accuses Voice of America of helping Boko Haram terrorists with biased reporting
BBG Watch Media It could not have been much worse for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). BBG…
A Fantasy of Success at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary “‘It’s a whirlwind of positive change.’ Summing up the recent (February 26 [2016]) bimonthly public…
Marginally better Voice of America still beaten on Nancy Reagan by BBC, DW, RFI, RT
BBG Watch Commentary Image: BBC Breaking News Headline on Nancy Reagan U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is…
MBN’s ‘Raise Your Voice’ Digital Initiative To Expand from Iraq to Egypt
BBG Watch Commentary Brian Conniff, president of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), spoke at the February 26,…