Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump camps accuse Voice of America of state-media bias
BBG Watch Commentary Bernie Sanders’ and Donald Trump’s supporters are absolutely right: there is something rotten at the…
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…
PAUL GOBLE US Sending the Wrong Signals to Peoples of Russia by Not Sending Them at All
BBG Watch America’s top expert on Kremlin propaganda Paul Goble said that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
Even when ‘Federal websites can spill over into propaganda’ – BBG is ignored
BBG Watch Media “Websites operate in broadcast fashion: We publish, you read. We’ll allow feedback at our discretion.…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
‘A Lie isn’t an Alternative Point of View,’ Lithuanian Foreign Minister Reminds the West
‘A Lie isn’t an Alternative Point of View,’ Lithuanian Foreign Minister Reminds the West Paul Goble Staunton, September…
WSJ Commentary: A Partisan Voice of America
BBG Watch Media Sohrab Ahmari, an editorial page writer for the Wall Street Journal Europe, based in London,…
Policy heavyweights support Royce-Engel U.S. media reform bill
BBG Watch Commentary According to a new report released by the Aspen Institute, at the third annual Aspen…
Jimmy Carter justifies Russia’s annexation of Crimea on Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary In commenting on the Voice of America Russian Service posting of VOA News exclusive interview…
Chairman Royce to Convene Hearing Wednesday at 10 a.m. on Russia’s ‘Weaponization’ of Information
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is reposting reminders about Wednesday’s events in Washington, DC focused on U.S. international…
Obama and Castro Meet Face-to-Face – Voice of America downplays U.S. congressional criticism
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) posted a report on the face-to-face meeting between President…
OPINION – DAN ROBINSON – Mixing Advocacy with News Reporting at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary All views expressed are those of the author. One Year Later — Dysfunction, News Failures,…
Voice of America explains Putin
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Reporter Tries to Clarify Putin’s Remark on NATO’s Role in Ukraine …
Voice of America often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes promotes it
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes even…
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…
Is Voice of America hobbling along? – Ariel Cohen, Blanquita Cullum, David Ensor, Dan Robinson respond
BBG Watch Commentary At the Heritage Foundation panel discussion today (April 21, 2014) on “Propaganda, Disinformation, and Dirty…
Voice of America English news site ignores Kerry and Stengel, equates Obama with Putin
BBG Watch Commentary We found it interesting that Voice of America (VOA) English news website ignored the swearing-in…
Chairman Royce Speaks on Expansion of RFE/RL and VOA Broadcasts to Ukraine and Russia
BBG Watch Commentary According to a news report in Politico, “Congress sends Ukraine package to Obama,” a separate…
Voice of Russia name gone? – Putin goes for highly successful Russia Today brand-name in reorganization of state-run media
BBG Watch Commentary President Vladimir Putin has ordered the merger of the RIA Novosti news agency and the…
Factual NBC report on lifting Smith-Mundt propaganda ban generates many comments from irate U.S. taxpayers
BBG Watch Commentary Elizabeth Chuck, a staff writer for NBC News, wrote a good, factual report on the…
Propaganda galore – Voice of America’s reputation undermined by media reports – IBB bureaucrats say they are not to blame
BBG Watch Commentary It is never the fault of International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) officials. If there is a…
Voice of America Director David Ensor on Truth and Propaganda to Iran
BBG Watch Commentary We were greatly intrigued by this comment about Truth versus Propaganda from Voice of America…
Op-Ed: Strange and Incomprehensible Actions of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
Op-Ed: Strange and Incomprehensible Actions of the Broadcasting Board of Governors A Guest Commentary from Canada by Edite…
Voice of America undermines anti-Putin opposition at US taxpayers' expense
BBG Watch Commentary Early last year, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which manages the…
'Fake' interview on Voice of America part of a bigger problem at BBG and VOA Russian Service
BBG Watch Commentary The posting on the Voice of America Russian website of a fake interview with a…