Read More 8 minute read Tom Kent leaving RFE/RLAugust 7, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Having published a letter to the New York Times editor in defense of his stewardship…
Read More 4 minute read RFE/RL targeted Americans with a pro-Kremlin Facebook ad EXCLUSIVE NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTING NYT REPORTJuly 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has obtained screenshots showing that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a…
Read More 5 minute read Heather Nauert stresses collaboration, firewall with BBG, praises RFA Uyghur ServiceJune 8, 2018 BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Kenneth Weinstein opened the BBG board meeting on June 6,…
Read More 6 minute read Iran scholars criticize BBG, VOA, and Radio Farda managementJune 1, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary With increasing frequency and frustration, anti-regime Iran scholars based in the West, as well as…
Read More 4 minute read TV Rain puts BBG media to shame in corrective Babchenko coverageMay 30, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Coming back from the dead does not happen often. When Russian opposition journalist Arkady Babchenko…
Read More 10 minute read Is Voice of America again afraid of Katyn?May 16, 2018 Guest Commentary By Ted Lipien I noticed through an online search of their news websites that neither the…
Read More 5 minute read When you silence dissent, you lose, Iranian scholar tells RFE/RL VPApril 24, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Dr. Majid Mohammadi, author of more than three dozen books on Iran, joins a growing…
Read More 6 minute read Radio Farda: isn’t it time for a house cleaning?April 20, 2018 OPINION GUEST ANALYSIS Radio Farda: isn’t it time for a house cleaning? By Majid Mohammadi President Trump…
Read More 4 minute read Former RFE/RL Kazakh editor criticizes managementApril 18, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Young journalists, most of them women, from countries without free media are criticizing senior management…
Read More 3 minute read HISTORY How a refugee journalist exposed Voice of America censorship of the Katyn MassacreApril 17, 2018 BBG Watch History Commentary This Cold War History Museum presentation shows how officials in charge of the Voice…
Read More 10 minute read HISTORY U.S. Congressman on Katyn Massacre Coverup at Voice of AmericaApril 14, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In mid-April 1943, the Voice of America (VOA), which was then known as the Overseas…
Read More 13 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Comedy Club Part TwoApril 10, 2018 OPINION BBG Comedy Club Part Two: The Road Show US International Media Information War Lost…
Read More 8 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Comedy ClubApril 8, 2018 OPINION BBG Comedy Club[ref] Photos: Lampooning Donald Trump at the Voice of America, December 14, 2016. See:…
Read More 12 minute read Just The Facts?!? on BBGMarch 28, 2018 OPINION Just The Facts?!? US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist The…
Read More 5 minute read Another former RFE/RL woman journalist blasts senior managementMarch 26, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Asem Tokayeva, another woman journalist who had worked for U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe /…
Read More 1 minute read Nepotism at RFE/RLMarch 26, 2018 BBG Commentary We are receiving more and more complaints from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) employees about nepotism…
Read More 13 minute read Message for Speaker Ryan from Dissident RFE/RL JournalistsMarch 24, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Dissident Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists want to tell House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)…
Read More 3 minute read Royce calls for new BBG CEO and VOA reformMarch 21, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce (R-CA) has called for new CEO…
Read More 5 minute read Public Diplomacy Challenges for the Trump AdministrationMarch 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) has posted multiple raw videos without any commentary or context…
Read More 5 minute read Putin Won By Bringing ‘Strength’ to Russia, RFE/RL Head Tom Kent tells BBGMarch 18, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary It would have been inconceivable for the head of U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe and…
Read More 4 minute read Why Putin Will Win, RFE/RL President Tom Kent ExplainsMarch 17, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary On March 14, 2018, Tom Kent, President of U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), explained…
Read More 6 minute read #ReformBBG — BBG, VOA, RFE/RL Employees Ask for Immediate ReformsMarch 12, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary According to the announcement posted on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) website, the Broadcasting…
Read More 1 minute read Washington Free Beacon quotes BBG Watch on violations of VOA CharterMarch 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Free Beacon senior writer Susan Crabtree has written an extensive analysis of management…
Read More 1 minute read BBG, VOA, RFE/RL – Management Failures in Images – 2016-2018March 4, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary These images from the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Read More 12 minute read HISTORY Voice of America 1951 – ‘Drab’ and ‘Unconvincing,’ Rep. Wigglesworth Quotes VOA Listeners in PolandFebruary 27, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary As part of our HISTORY series, we repost today an article from the Cold War…
Read More 11 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part TwoFebruary 20, 2018 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part Two US Government International Media Know Your Audience? By…
Read More 10 minute read Voice of America 1951 – Presidents’ Day and Debates on VOA’s FutureFebruary 19, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Wishing all of our readers and contributors Happy Presidents’ Day, we repost the latest article…
Read More 2 minute read Hit With $24M Cut, BBG Not Even Mentioned in FY 2019 White House Budget SummaryFebruary 12, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The mismanaged and ailing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and its mission are not even…
Read More 8 minute read Senior managers at RFE/RL failed to earn respect, alienated staff, journalists sayFebruary 12, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Respect must be earned by managers and that’s something that senior executives in charge of…
Read More 6 minute read Total Meltdown 5.0 for BBG in Russia with RFE/RL and VOA Current TimeFebruary 11, 2018 OPINION RFE/RL, VOA – Total Meltdown 5.0 for BBG in Russia US Government International Media In Need…
Read More 7 minute read Vaclav Havel Fellows condemn management practices at RFE/RLFebruary 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In response to the recent developments around რადიო თავისუფლება, the Georgian Service of Radio Free…
Read More 6 minute read Respected RFE/RL Tbilisi Bureau Chief Marina Vashakmadze resigns in protest against senior managementFebruary 1, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Dr. Marina Vashakmadze, a well-known and highly respected journalist and media scholar in Georgia, has…
Read More 8 minute read Highly-respected journalist David Kakabadze fired by RFE/RL bossesFebruary 1, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary The senior management of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), led by RFE/RL president…
Read More 10 minute read Big names in Georgia sign petition in defense of RFE/RL Georgian ServiceJanuary 30, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Some of the most prominent academics, writers, artists, and human rights activists in Georgia have…
Read More 3 minute read Many in #IranProtests call VOA Voice of the Mullahs, says Kenneth TimmermanJanuary 28, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In an interview with John Loeffler for his “Steel on Steel” radio program on January…
Read More 9 minute read Another former RFE/RL newswoman Shahida Tulaganova slams managementJanuary 27, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary UK-based award-winning investigative reporter Shahida Tulaganova joined another award-winning journalist Khadija Ismayilova, a former political…
Read More 5 minute read Renowned newswoman Khadija Ismayilova blasts RFE/RL bosses after quittingJanuary 25, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary After quitting in frustration her freelancer position with U.S. tax-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio…
Read More 5 minute read Management’s push threatens credibility of RFE/RL Georgian programsJanuary 22, 2018 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary BBG Watch has learned from multiple sources in Washington, DC and Tbilisi, Georgia that…
Read More 9 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown on IranJanuary 19, 2018 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown Mode on Iran: 4.0 US Government International Media By…
Read More 5 minute read VOA News not reporting on Ayatollah Shahroudi in Germany, called him ‘moderate’January 13, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Isn’t is strange that Voice of America VOA English News is not reporting on the…
Read More 1 minute read #ReformBBG – Support #IranProtestsJanuary 11, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Dear Americans, The U.S. taxpayer-founded @VOANews & @RFERL never took the right stance on #IranProtests…
Read More 7 minute read BBG Total Meltdown Mode 3.0January 10, 2018 OPINION BBG Total Meltdown Mode 3.0 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By The Federalist…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Posts Iranian Mullahs’ Victory Statement with A Pravda-like Top VOA HeadlineJanuary 8, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) confirmed its longstanding reputation for being what Iranian and…
Read More 4 minute read Timmerman calls on NSC for change of Voice of America leadershipJanuary 7, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary “Led by a stable of Obama appointees, the Voice of America and the Persian language…
Read More 9 minute read Voice of America repeats Iran regime propaganda that protests are waningJanuary 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Taking a clue from Iran’s regime propaganda, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) reported that…
Read More 12 minute read Iranian protesters feel let down by VOA and Radio FardaJanuary 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary An Iranian coordinator of anti-regime protests in Iran who is now in exile told The…
Read More 4 minute read RFE/RL romanticizes Putin by recycling his propagandaDecember 26, 2017 BBG Watch Guest Commentary Thinking, naively, that Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a U.S. taxpayer-funded…
Read More 3 minute read Most Popular Voice of America Videos December 2017: 3.4M Views of Burning Israeli and U.S. FlagsDecember 17, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has many journalists, editors, managers and executives who…
Read More 3 minute read Biden ignores RFE/RL, VOA, BBG in Foreign Affairs article on Russian propagandaDecember 9, 2017 OPINION An important article in Foreign Affairs on Russia’s propaganda and disinformation against the West, “How to Stand…
Read More 2 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors lacks ‘effective information security,’ OIG findsNovember 29, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary In yet another devastating report, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Broadcasting Board…