McCain’s tweet on remarks in Kyiv links to RFE/RL video
BBG Watch Commentary Senator John McCain’s tweet about his remarks Sunday to pro-Europe protesters in Kyiv Sunday linked…
Voice of America English news website still shows wrong news about Sen. McCain in Ukraine, news not being updated
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: Shortly after we posted this account, VOA English News has finally corrected its mistake…
RFE/RL and other media report Senator McCain is already in Ukraine, Voice of America reports he will be there Sunday
BBG Watch Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has it right; the Voice of America (VOA) English…
Lady Liberty Spotlights RFE/RL’s Women Journalists – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE Lady Liberty Spotlights RFE/RL’s Women Journalists To mark the U.N. observance of Human Rights…
Kerry’s expression of ‘disgust’ with government use of force in Ukraine does not make Voice of America main homepage
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English news website has hidden U.S. Secretary of State John…
BBG Watch Marks Human Rights Day
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch Marks Human Rights Day by sharing an open letter written by the daughters…
CUSIB Marks International Human Rights Day
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) posted a new press release about its activities in…
RFE/RL counters Russian state media propaganda on events in Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary This has been posted on Facebook by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Russian state-controlled…
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…
RFE/RL – Live Blog: Massive Protests In Kyiv – VOA Ukrainian covers U.S. reactions – VOA English relies on Reuters
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is providing live coverage in English of protests…
RFE/RL’s Exclusive Interview With Afghan President Hamid Karzai – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE RFE/RL’s Exclusive Interview With Afghan President Hamid Karzai NOVEMBER 26, 2013 Akbar Ayazi, Unit Director…
Voice of America ignores U.S. Congress screening of Wałęsa biopic, his return visit to Capitol Hill
BBG Watch Commentary When Lech Wałęsa was leading the Solidarity trade union in the 1980s, the Voice of…
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…
Czech Helsinki Committee calls on BBG Chairman Jeff Shell to stop discrimination of foreign journalists at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary In a letter addressed to new Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Jeff…
Voice of America English News largely nonfunctioning during holiday weekend – outstanding coverage of Ukraine protests by VOA Ukrainian Service and RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary While Voice of America (VOA) English News was in a full holiday mode in the…
Outstanding reporting by RFE/RL – Lee Harvey Oswald’s Days In Minsk
BBG PRESS RELEASE RFE/RL’s Exclusive Interviews: Lee Harvey Oswald’s Days In Minsk For more than two years in…
VOA not reporting on Russian plane crash – most read news on BBC
BBG Watch Commentary More than two hours after Russia Today and BBC reported that a Tatarstan Airlines Boeing…
Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty win at AIBs
BBG Watch Commentary We note with great pleasure that two of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) surrogate…
BBG Governor Matt Armstrong talks with agency’s journalists about management reforms
BBG Watch Commentary We note with some encouragement and pleasure reports from our sources that one of the…
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.…
A Memo to the Board – The Federalist
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: A Memo to the Board by The Federalist On Wednesday, October 23,…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan in Radio World: U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management
BBG Watch Commentary CUSIB’s Executive Director Ann Noonan has called for a new vision and better management for…
CUSIB Director expressed alarm about decline of Voice of America’s ability to cover U.S. and world news
BBG Watch Commentary CUSIB normally does not comment on news content issues, but its Advisory Board members apparently…
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…
Voice of America ignores Presidential Proclamation on International Day of the Girl, 2013
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English news website was late and superficial in reporting on…
Where Voice of America failed on Malala news story, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty did not
BBG Watch Commentary We have reported extensively on how the Voice of America (VOA) failed to cover Pakistani…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan in Radio World: U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management
BBG Watch Commentary In an article published in the October International Edition of Radio World magazine, Ann Noonan,…
Don’t worry, be happy – IBB government employee responds to Smith-Mundt questions as a private blogger
BBG Watch Commentary Kim Andrew Elliott is a government employee at the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) who claims…
Shutdowns, Threats and a Car Chase
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Shutdowns, Threats and a Car…
Reforming U.S. international broadcasting agency won’t be easy as entrenched bureaucrats try to hold on to their jobs
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting,…
Core BBG Activities To Continue During U.S. Government Shutdown – BBG Press Release
BBG Watch Commentary As a result of poor management by the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and its bureaucratic…
Departures of good BBG Governors allow failed IBB and VOA managers to stay
BBG Watch Commentary Not all Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members have been great. Some were disengaged or…
Voice of America English and Russian News Ignores Walesa Human Rights Award for Khodorkovsky
BBG Watch Commentary As a further example of how mismanaged and provincial the Voice of America (VOA) has…
BBG Governor Susan McCue Nominated to Millennium Challenge Corporation Board
BBG Watch Commentary Several current and former U.S. international broadcasting employees contributed to this BBG Watch article. What…
Lech Walesa on Importance of Voice of America in Poland’s Struggle for Freedom and Democracy
BBG Watch Commentary Thanks to Ted Lipien, former director of the Voice of America Polish Service (1982-2003), we…
Anniversary of the mass firings of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Some of the fired journalists were asked by the new management to return to Radio…
BBG Chairman Shell Visits RFE/RL In Prague – BBG Press Release
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch reported two weeks ago that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell…
Intimidation Continues In Iran Despite New Government, RFE/RL Press Release
Intimidation Continues In Iran Despite New Government, RFE/RL Press Release September 11, 2013 RFE/RL’s Persian language Service, Radio…
A New Campaign of Truth
Two recent articles posted on the website of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’s (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local…
Richard Stengel leaving Time for State Department public diplomacy job with duties at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Politico and The New York Times reported that Richard Stengel, the top editor of Time…
BBG Watch – Two Million Hits Since Launch
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch, our little news and media freedom advocacy website, launched in September 2011…
Why Secretary Kerry has not yet designated anyone to represent him at BBG meetings?
BBG Watch Commentary As far as we know, Secretary of State John Kerry has not yet designated anyone…
Voice of America English news website fails to report on Obama’s meeting with Russian rights activists
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America English news website fails to report on President Obama’s meeting Friday in…
Klose choice applauded by CUSIB, Radio World reports
BBG Watch Commentary Radio World reported on the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting’s (CUSIB – cusib.org) support for…
Аннa Карапетян : женщина против Системы
BBG Watch Commentary A documentary essay, Anna Karapetian: a woman against the System, was posted recently in Russian (Аннa…
Anna’s Story – ‘Anna Karapetian: a woman against the System’ by Veronica Sulla
BBG Watch Commentary A documentary essay, Anna Karapetian: a woman against the System, was posted recently in Russian…
BBG Chairman Jeff Shell visits RFE/RL in Prague, issues statement on Klose with RFE/RL Chair Susan McCue
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Government (BBG) new Chairman Jeff Shell was visiting the Radio Free Europe…
CUSIB Applauds Appointment of Kevin Klose As RFE/RL President and CEO
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) welcomed the appointment of Kevin Klose…
Acting Head Kevin Klose Appointed RFE/RL President And CEO
BBG Watch Commentary As suggested by recent BBG Watch reporting, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) acting through…
RFE/RL recruiting for Moscow-based Chief Editor
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Russian Service – Radio Svoboda (www.svoboda.org) is currently…