NYT reports on arrest of RFE/RL journalist in Azerbaijan, VOA English News starts coverage
BBG Watch Commentary In a latest clampdown on free media, a court in Azerbaijan has ordered a Radio…
RADIO PRAGUE: US Senator Roger Wicker to get Defender of Freedom Award for supporting RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary The Prague Freedom Foundation will present US Senator Roger Wicker with its first Defender of…
25th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and Legacy of Václav Havel Commemoration in DC
BBG Watch Public Announcement The Embassy of the Czech Republic and the Prague Freedom Foundation will host the…
GOBLE: Putin’s Moves to Kill Ekho Moskvy Demand a US Response
BBG Watch reposts this analysis by Prof. Paul Goble as public service. The original article can be read…
Voice of America shows its dysfunctional side on U.S. election night 2014
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from former VOA Chief White…
Dr. Leon Aron, Nominee for Member, Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Dr. Leon Aron as a member of…
Putin’s Russian victimhood on VOA
BBG Watch Commentary “Western media both expose, but often just report, Putin’s Russian victimhood propaganda claims, while poor…
Hill sources don’t see intent to hire Andy Lack as ‘end-around’ BBG reform legislation
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch sources on Capitol Hill are not perturbed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors’…
‘A Snub to Congress: Oversight of International Broadcasting Agency in Question,’ Heritage scholar says
BBG Watch Commentary Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, wrote in her commentary…
OIG blames BBG Board and IBB for insufficient oversight of RFE/RL retirement plans
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another report detailing serious deficiencies and violations of federal regulations by the International…
Promoting Free Media: Informing the 1989 Velvet Revolution and the Challenge Today – Wilson Center – October 16
Public Announcement RFE/RL, the Embassy of the Czech Republic and the Woodrow Wilson Center invite you to…
Former BBG Governor Ashe welcomes news of Andy Lack as CEO
BBG Watch Commentary Former Broadcasting Board of Governor (BBG) member and CUSIB member Victor Ashe welcomed the selection…
U.S. media on Andy Lack CEO announcement by BBG
BBG Watch Commentary VARIETY Andrew Lack to Leave Bloomberg for Federal Agency Post The current chairman, Universal’s Jeff…
U.S. expert: ‘Putin Cleverly Exploits Three Weaknesses of the West,’ including journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) senior executives could learn a lot from the most recent article…
Voice of America and RT English news in common : no headlines of Moscow peace protests
BBG Watch Commentary Mismanaged U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and Russia’s propaganda propaganda outlet RT…
U.S. Senators Back Funding To Battle Russian Propaganda, RFE/RL reports
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported that a bipartisan bill passed by the…
EXCLUSIVE Broadcasting Board of Governors voted to offer CEO job to Andy Lack of Bloomberg
EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch News and Commentary BBG Watch has confirmed that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members voted…
Yatsenyuk, Poroshenko Hail RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service On Sixtieth Anniversary – BBG PRESS RELEASE
BBG Watch Commentary Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, currently visiting the U.S., sent a written statement to be read…
Voice of America – Russian TV program used for attacks on U.S. appears to be over, for now
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch sources confirmed that U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America’s (VOA) participation in a controversial…
White House on VOA-RFE/RL Russian TV, controversial VOA – Russia TV project not mentioned
BBG Watch Commentary In the “FACT SHEET: U.S. Support for Ukraine,” the White House has announced a…
Shifting the news agenda with Andy Lack, Bloomberg man eyed for CEO of U.S. media outreach at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has reported that according to usually well-informed sources, Andrew R. Lack, Chairman of…
Bloomberg’s Andy Lack eyed for U.S. broadcasting CEO job at BBG
EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Commentary Usually well-informed sources confirmed to BBG Watch that Andy Lack, Chairman of Bloomberg Media…
Russian TV with Voice of America: Obama – stupid, McCain – warmonger, journalists – fakes
BBG Watch Commentary If unable to see Part I of RBK-TV-VOA, Sept. 11, 2014 video, check: RBK-TV…
Information war – Russia 2 : Voice of America 0, experts agree
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel observed recently…
VOA expecting riots in Russia? Or maybe Novorossiya? Taxpayers pay for anti-riot car and much more
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Post “In the Loop” columnist Al Kamen is perhaps making fun of the…
Voice of America helped Russia score propaganda points with poor VOA performance in a TV project
BBG Watch Commentary All American and European media and information strategy experts consulted by BBG Watch agreed that…
Voice of America TOP STORY Headline: PUTIN ASKS RUSSIA TO STOP MILITARY OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE
BBG Watch Commentary PUTIN ASKS RUSSIA TO STOP MILITARY OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE TOP STORIES…
Voice of America snubs White House aide Ben Rhodes speaking on VOA’s future, Russia’s RT had a report
BBG Commentary Whether it was a deliberate snub or yet another example of management and news reporting meltdown…
Inaccurate reporting from Voice of America offers support for Kremlin propaganda
BBG Watch Commentary A report posted Monday on the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), “As Kyiv’s Maidan…
Former BBG member Susan McCue writes about fighting poverty in Africa
BBG Watch Commentary Former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Susan McCue was known for her concern for…
Has The Voice of America Outlived Its Usefulness?
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This commentary is from an anonymous journalist who works at…
CUSIB Condemns BBG Shortwave Committee Report for Targeting Vulnerable Radio Audiences for Cuts Rather Than Cutting Waste — PRESS RELEASE
BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a press…
House Passes U.S. International Broadcasting Reform Bill
BBG Report and Commentary Saying the United States is “losing the information battle” with Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
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…
Why the Broadcasting Board of Governors Is Nothing Like RT — BBG Chair Jeff Shell
BBG Watch Commentary In theory, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell is right in his Time…
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…
BBG abandoned many RFA and VOA Asian shortwave radio audiences to China
BBG Watch Commentary Without any proper advance notice to shortwave radio listeners, the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG)…
BBG Shortwave Committee Chair defends himself against criticism by CUSIB, Radio World reports
BBG Watch Commentary Radio World reported that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Shortwave Committee Chair Matt Armstrong expressed…
Is it news, or is it propaganda? – Op-Ed in The Hill by Mollie King of IBB and formerly Voice of America
BBG Watch Mollie King, a program analyst within the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) under the Broadcasting Board of…
Human rights organizations write to BBG urging end to discrimination of RFE/RL foreign journalists
BBG Watch Commentary The latest human rights organization to send a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
U.S. agency should do charity drive to bring Voice of America radio back to Asia and Middle East
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary contains elements of satire and sarcasm. If you object to such content, please…
Joe Bruns on radio and new media at BBG and at VOA under USIA
BBG Watch Commentary The lack of adequate advance notice to our audiences is inexcusable, said numerous Voice of…
The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
BBG Governor Matthew Armstrong says ‘You can’t censor the Internet’, DW reports
BBG Watch Commentary Speaking at the Deutsche Welle (DW) Global Media Forum in Bonn last week in a…
Does America need the Voice of America? – media expert Jonathan Marks asks
BBG Watch Commentary We strongly disagree with international media expert Jonathan Marks’s conclusion in his latest blog article…
Fixing U.S. International Broadcasting – At Last! – MULHAUPT and WIMBUSH
BBG Watch Commentary In one of the best reasoned and most coherent articles in favor of reforming the…
Is the USA bankrupt not only financially, but even with the skills of management?
BBG Watch Commentary A longtime listener to Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcasts in Asia asked: “Is the…
Radio listeners, Vietnamese shortwave jammers surprised and confused by U.S. agency cuts
BBG Watch Commentary Vietnamese radio jamming stations continued to jam Radio Free Asia (RFA) shortwave frequencies that had…
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…
BBG, IBB, VOA executives break all 10 commandments
BBG Watch Commentary BBG, IBB, VOA executives break all 10 commandments of good management on (not) announcing bad…