Called ‘traitors’ and ‘Jews’ by Putin supporters, Radio Liberty journalists complain of mistreatment by U.S.-hired management
BBG Watch Commentary WARNING: This post contains a letter by an anonymous Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
Matt Armstrong calls Voice of America a ‘fundamental counter to propaganda’, exaggerates successes, ignores failures
BBG Watch Commentary A Republican member of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in…
Voice of America French to Africa service removes sex story after BBG Watch post
BBG Watch Commentary New Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing must be a reader of BBG…
Lost Letters To Stalin Discovered in Moldovan Archive | RFE/RL
BBG Watch Media Unique programming from U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) helps to counter…
Russian court rules against award-winning human rights reporter in employment dispute with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Sources in Moscow told BBG Watch that a Russian judge took only about five minutes…
Voice of America VOA English news has 4 times fewer Twitter followers than Edward Snowden
BBG Watch Voice of America’s main VOA English News Twitter account with less than 300,000 followers is four…
BBC enters Putin’s media war – POLITICO
BBG Watch Media James Panichi and Alex Spence report in Politico Europe Edition that “To counter Kremlin crackdown,…
Voice of America does better on Malala story compared to 2013, gets exclusive interview with Ukraine’s president
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice America did a much better job covering Malala Yousafzai’s visit to Washington…
Voice of America ignores Ambassador Power’s statement on BBG’s imprisoned journalist Khadija Ismayilova
BBG Watch Media When the Voice of America (VOA) reported Tuesday online on the launching of the U.S.…
Great Scott! Isn’t This Charmin? – An RFE/RL Satire
Our colleagues at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty show their journalistic creativity, especially when they are under…
BBG Denounces Sentencing Of Azeri Journalist Khadija Ismayilova
BBG Watch Commentary According to a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) today’s press release expressing “outrage and dismay…
RFE/RL building in Prague without toilet paper, cleaning company did not get paid
BBG Watch A new management crisis at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a U.S. government-funded media…
BBG sleepwalks through RFE/RL crisis
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This commentary was written by a former senior Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) official…
U.S. funded RFE/RL posts a puff piece on an Iranian terrorist
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has reported often on a leadership, management and news handling crisis at the…
John Lansing will encounter entrenched pro-status quo BBG bureaucracy, Congressional sources warn
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE “Tackling these problems and ‘righting the ship’ will be a truly herculean effort, perhaps only…
Does the World Service have a future?
BBG Watch Media The editor of BBC World Service News until earlier this year argues that the funding…
Digital Journal op-ed: Voice of America in intellectual twilight zone against Putin
BBG Watch Media Commentary An
John F. Lansing is leading contender for U.S. broadcasting BBG CEO post EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from reliable high-level sources within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
U.S. Media Outreach to Russia Between Optimism and Despair
BBG Watch Commentary Two recent articles touched upon a little noticed debate over U.S. response to Vladimir Putin’s…
Robert Conquest, WSJ, VOA Russian, RFE/RL, Cat Fashion Show
BBG Watch Commentary The decline of the Voice of America (VOA) as a serious news organization could be…
OPINION Voice of America Information War Lost: A Day For Stifling Debate
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
1944 Warsaw Uprising Betrayed by Pro-Stalin WWII Voice of America
BBG Watch History BBG Watch is reposting an article about the Voice of America’s (VOA) pro-Soviet broadcasts during…
Kudos to RFE/RL
BBG Watch Media A Digital Journal op-ed notes that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is showing courage and practices…
Radio Free Iraq no longer needed, shut down, Broadcasting Board of Governors announced
BBG Watch Commentary With the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), a jihadi extremist…
National Press Club Honors RFE/RL Azeri Journalist | RFE/RL Press Release
BBG Watch National Press Club Honors Azeri Journalist July 30, 2015 WASHINGTON, July 29, 2015 — Today,…
Briefing Memo 4 for New BBG CEO – IBB Office of Digital Design and Innovation
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
Briefing Memo 3 for New BBG CEO – What Do IBB Executives Do? They Travel
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
Briefing Memo 2 for New BBG CEO – IBB Silencing Voice To The Voiceless
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
75th Anniversary of Sumner Welles Declaration – U.S. Public Diplomacy from Success to Failure at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary This week marked the 75th anniversary of the Welles Declaration, one of the most powerful…
Briefing Memo 1 for New BBG CEO – IBB Overview
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
Mario Corti Letter to BBG Watch: keep an eye on RFE/RL
BBG Watch Mario Corti, an Italian journalist, author, Russia expert and former director of Radio Liberty Russian Service,…
John Kerry Voice of America interview proved VOA’s irrelevance on social media
BBG Watch Commentary Seven and a half hours after a Voice of America (VOA) interview with U.S. Secretary…
News Censorship and Assault on Voice of America Charter
BBG Watch Commentary The American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, has revealed new shocking information about…
U.S. taxpayers can’t afford Voice of America correspondent’s proposal
PHOTO: The power of Russia’s information machine is shown in a Voice of America map in which Crimea…
BBG Governor Weinstein: RFE/RL level of energy-no comparison to five years ago
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “multimedia expansion and rapid growth” was the focus of Broadcasting…
Voice of America late on Russia veto of UN Srebrenica resolution, appears to misinterpret US Ambassador’s comments
BBG Watch Commentary More than two hours after BBC, RT, RFE/RL and other international news organizations reported on…
OPINION Conundrums of Self-Promotion
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
The Katyn Massacre Lie and U.S. International Broadcasting
BBG Watch Guest Commentary The Katyń Lie and U.S. International Broadcasting Why did the Voice of…
OPINION Jeffrey Gedmin: Congress and Obama administration dither over reform of US international broadcasting
BBG Watch Media In an opinion article posted on the Atlantic Council website, former Radio Free Europe /…
Messages of success from BBG Interim CEO & Director André Mendes
BBG Watch According to Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Interim CEO and Director André Mendes, the U.S. taxpayer-funded…
WWII Voice of America aired Stalin propaganda to cover up his role in Katyn massacre
BBG Watch History Former Voice of America broadcaster and acting associate director Ted Lipien posted on his private…
Daily Beast article makes allegations against congressman behind BBG reform bill
BBG Watch Media “Rep. Ed Royce says it’s a misunderstanding. But government watchdogs are growling about his bill…
‘Crimea overwhelmingly happy to be part of Russia,’ Voice of America reported year ago citing faulty BBG poll
BBG Watch History U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is now under new interim leadership after the recent…
David Ensor issued a blunt warning to BBG freedom media before leaving his post
BBG Watch Exclusive Commentary According to several Voice of America (VOA) journalists who attended a meeting last week…
Jeff Shell takes issue with OIG’s ‘ineffective leadership’ assessment of BBG
BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell responded to some of the recent findings of…
Union pleased with reform bill protecting ‘journalistic integrity’ of Voice of America news
BBG Watch A union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) posted online a commentary…
Radio Liberty removes post on alleged Putin graft to protect interviewee
BBG Watch Commentary www.Kremlin.ru 2006 Photo of President Putin Radio Svoboda Screen Shot 2015-05-27 at 5:38 PM ET…
Congressman Kevin Yoder concerned by BBG Iraq and Balkans cuts, bureaucratic waste EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE U.S. Congressman Kevin Yoder (R-K) has written a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroduced
BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with greater protection…