DAVID JACKSON How to Save the Voice of America
BBG Watch Media Former Voice of America (VOA) director David S. Jackson has published an opinion article on…
Voice of America can’t get news of its own reform right
BBG Watch Media It is unlikely in the extreme that Voice of America (VOA) director David Ensor (who…
Wilson Center Panel on Reform of BBG
BBG Watch The Woodrow Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy program sponsored a panel discussion on reforming U.S.…
Voice of America Mission by Hans Tuch in New York Times
BBG Watch Media Hans N. Tuch, former acting director and deputy director of the Voice of America (VOA),…
They Have ‘Propaganda,’ US Has ‘Public Diplomacy’–and a Servile Private Sector — FAIR
BBG Watch Commentary An analysis by FAIR of the New York Times article about the Voice of America…
Study critical of Broadcasting Board of Governors posted online
BBG Watch The Wilson Center, chartered by Congress as a research institution in Washington, DC, has posted online…
U.S. foreign policy and journalism, more study quotes
BBG Watch Media We post a few more quotes from a new study, “Reassessing U.S. International Broadcasting,” written…
Al Kamen – WP – quotes Michael Meehan on Andy Lack leaving BBG
BBG Watch Media “The news is seen, we’re told, as a big setback for the BBG at an…
Rep. Ed Royce asks Administration to back reform at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, convened a hearing on…
Kerry tells Royce he’s 100 percent with him on BBG reform, asks for more money
BBG Watch Secretary of State John Kerry testifed before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the fiscal year…
Voice of America report worthy of VOA Charter
BBG Watch Commentary An excellent report from the Voice of America worthy of the VOA Charter. The arrival…
Matt Armstrong’s MountainRunner Reboots
BBG Watch News “Matt Armstrong’s blog on public diplomacy, international journalism, and the struggle against propaganda” will resume…
Good journalism is always good public diplomacy
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. Views expressed here are only those of the…
Sputnik, Putnik, Another RT
BBG Watch Commentary The name — SPUTNIK — for a news agency and international radio may sound silly…
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 news failures on Syria, other stories extend to VOA language services
BBG Watch Commentary No Voice of America language service was found to have posted news from Congress, State…
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…
H.R. 4490 U.S. BBG broadcasting reform bill scheduled for House vote next week
BBG Watch Congressional and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) sources have confirmed that the bipartisan Royce – Engel…
Report language on H.R. 4490 strengthens journalistic integrity, includes VOA Charter, limits Voice of America to non-surrogate role
BBG Watch Commentary Report language for H.R. 4490, the United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014, has…
Robert Reilly reviews new book by Martha Bayles on U.S. public diplomacy
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. public diplomacy and U.S. international broadcasting were at one time liked through the United…
Former BBG Governors, CUSIB Director support reform of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary Two former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members, Ambassador Victor Ashe and Blanquita…
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…
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…
IBB ends long-term partnerships with rebroadcasters in two-sentence emails and no thank you
BBG Watch Commentary Officials of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) in Washington are ending long-term partnerships with rebroadcasters…
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…
Austin attacks Reilly, distorts his views on reforming Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) Director Dan Austin, who in 2008 ended all direct VOA…
Taking The Washington Post To Task
BBG Watch Commentary Reform of US Government international broadcasting cannot and must not be held hostage by a…
WP editorial: Voice of America needs to keep its objective voice, BBG Watch agrees
BBG Watch Commentary We do not disagree with the Washington Post editorial, “Voice of America needs to keep…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
The Voice of America Shouldn’t Be A Whisper by John Lenczowski
BBG Watch Commentary In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, former President Reagan’s Soviet affairs advisor John Lenczowski argues…
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…
Crimea no longer part of Ukraine on Voice of America map
BBG Watch Commentary A map posted on U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) news website no longer shows…
Kerry: ‘No decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine’ – low in VOA report, near top in others
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English language news report from Paris on the Kerry-Lavrov meeting has…
Disastrous BBG Budget
“The true bureaucrat is a man of really remarkable talents. He writes a kind of English that…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: Ukraine gets short shrift from mismanaged Voice of America
BBG Watch Digital Journal has published an op-ed by former VOA acting associate director Ted Lipien who noted…
Should VOA post White House statements in full? At least, it should do it right without embarrassing US President and Americans
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English website posted in full President Obama’s statement on the…
Why Voice of America Should Not Have Ignored Religious Freedom Message from President Obama to Orthodox Christians in Egypt
BBG Watch Commentary Tuesday, January 7, BBG Watch reported that the English-language website of the Voice of America…
New Year’s Message for Ukraine from Quincy Jones — New Year’s Demonstration in Turkey — But Nothing From Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Message for Ukraine from Quincy Jones — New Year’s Eve Demonstration in Turkey — But…
VOA Director David Ensor described as inspirational by public diplomacy expert
BBG Watch Commentary Jonathan Henick, a career diplomat with over 20 years of experience in the U.S. Foreign…
Martial law prisoners in Poland praised Reagan, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe
Originally posted on December 4, 2013 Today’s political prisoners who are fighting for democracy and human rights are…
Voice of America repeats Russian politician’s attack on Greenpeace without retort, misleads world on U.S. law
BBG Watch Commentary “Greenpeace’s actions were just to create a political scandal and draw more attention to Greenpeace.…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: VOA and U.S. Public Diplomacy Failed on Obama-Malala Meeting
Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. public diplomacy failed to take full advantage of President Obama’s meeting Friday…
Bureaucrats With A Grudge
Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Bureaucrats With…