U.S. Agency for Global Media: Understating The Obvious
A Guest Commentary By The Federalist One of the resources we use to monitor the U.S. Agency for…
Voice of America – USAGM Management Censored News to Protect Communist Vietnam — Radio Free Asia Did Not
USAGM Watch Commentary As reported by Paul Farhi in the Washington Post on Tuesday, the Voice of America…
More Censorship at USAGM — VOA to Vietnam Censored by Management
Censorship at USAGM — U.S. Agency for Global Media has returned at the Voice of America (VOA) under…
Voice of America’s failure in Ethiopia needs Biden’s attention for stopping genocide and reforming VOA and USAGM
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien #TigrayGenocide President Biden must act quickly to reform the Voice of America…
U.S. Senate Considers Bill to Give Extra Money to Radio Free Asia to Counter Disinformation from China, Lesser Boost to Voice of America
USAGM Watch Commentary A bipartisan bill, S. 1169, the Strategic Competition Act of 2021, introduced by Senate Foreign…
Censorship and Propaganda Threats from China
The internet has no room for tyrants | Column The United States and its allies must act…
Voice of America Mandarin Service had meetings with Chinese Embassy, Hoover Institution and Asia Society report says
BBG Watch Media Commentary According to a report of the Working Group on Chinese Influence Activities in the…
The Summit and Beyond: The Big Picture
OPINION The Summit and Beyond: The Big Picture Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By…
Heather Nauert stresses collaboration, firewall with BBG, praises RFA Uyghur Service
BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Kenneth Weinstein opened the BBG board meeting on June 6,…
Ann Noonan Addresses BBG on China
BBG Watch Commentary Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB –…
Chinese dissident Zhang Lin decries recent decline in quality of VOA programs to China
BBG Watch Commentary Among those disagreeing with Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Voice of America (VOA) officials…
Radio Free Asia’s China Services Must Not Be Silenced
BBG Watch | PETITION In a JOINT APPEAL TO CONGRESS, dated June 24, 2017, Chinese democracy seekers,…
Will son of the Dear Leader answer calls at Voice of America?
BBG Watch Commentary Visitors of the Voice of America (VOA) Facebook page on mobile platforms were exposed to…
Harry Wu – supporter of human rights and U.S. broadcasts to China
BBG Watch Ann Noonan, executive director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org), has written…
Defunct BBG Board to bite the dust
BBG Watch Commentary In the end even the Obama White House had enough of the “practically defunct“ (Hillary…
Voice of America and Broadcasting Board of Governors chiefs allow biased reporting
Commentary Voice of America and Broadcasting Board of Governors need immediate attention and reform By Ted Lipien…
Leadership and experience matter, as Radio and TV Martí Director shows
BBG Watch Commentary While the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), which runs Radio and TV Martí, is part…
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan calls for more funding for U.S. broadcasting to China and Tibet, BBG reform
BBG Watch Speaking at an event last week in Flushing, NY, sponsored by the Qi’s Cultural Foundation, Ann…
WP article on Internet censorship in which BBG is not even an afterthought
BBG Watch Commentary “The Internet was supposed to foster democracy. China has different ideas.” was the headline of…
Thornberry Amendment to Reform Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The House of Representatives voted to include in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act an…
North Korean Photo Propaganda from U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Someone at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), whose salary is paid for by…
Harry Wu, Champion of Human Rights, CUSIB Board Member Dies
BBG Watch The Laogai Research Foundation and the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) announced the…
CUSIB urges BBG not to abandon most vulnerable citizens in China and Tibet, not to reduce RFA budgets
BBG Watch Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – CUSIB.org), appealed to…
No substantive duplication between RFA and VOA: Radio Free Asia Releases English e-Book on North Korea’s Prison Camps
BBG Watch Commentary Illustration from Radio Free Asia North Korean Prison Camps E-Book Voice of America…
Will Broadcasting Board of Governors Reform Itself?
EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Report With A Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge…
Voice of America power and broadcasting outage UPDATE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE It took the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) massive administrative and technical support staff a…
Misleading audience claims from US broadcasting agency officials
BBG Watch Commentary Officials running US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), U.S. government’s overseas media outreach federal agency,…
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,…
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…
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)…
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…
Robert Senser, defender of VOA and RFA broadcasts to China and Tibet
BBG Watch The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has issued a statement on…
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 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…
WP: VOA chief threatens to ‘kill’ other U.S. broadcast stations if . . .
BBG Watch Media In his “In the Loop” Washington Post column, Al Kamen reports on former Voice of…
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…
CUSIB urges use of radio and TV to counter new ‘Great Cannon’ in China
BBG Watch Media The Laogai Research Foundation (LRF) established by Laogai survivor Harry Wu has reported on the…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell and CUSIB both warn of ‘Great Cannon’ new China Internet censorship tool
BBG Watch BBG Watch reposts the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) press release which focuses…
CUSIB director urges prompt search for new CEO at BBG
BBG Watch Media Independent NGO, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), has an article in…
UAE paper on information wars
The National, an English-language daily newspaper, based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, is the latest one reporting on the…
OPINION – ROBINSON – Andy Lack’s Friday the 13th Note: Why aren’t journalists asking the questions?
Commentary All views expressed are those of the author. ANDY LACK’S FRIDAY THE 13TH NOTE: WHY AREN’T JOURNALISTS…
On International Women’s Day women do not fare well at some Broadcasting Board of Governors media entities
BBG Watch Commentary March 8 was celebrated in some parts of the world as International Women’s Day. According…
The New York Times – Andrew Lack Leaves Broadcasting Board of Governors After 6 Weeks
BBG Watch Media “Employees and former employees of the board, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said staff…
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…
BBG FY 2013 – FY 2015 Budgets and Positions
BBG Watch NOTE: The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) budget was split between IBB and the Office of Technology,…
Change – Andy Lack to be sworn in as Broadcasting Board of Governors CEO – EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch Exclusive News and Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the appointment of Andy Lack as Broadcasting…
Some of most popular BBG Watch posts of 2014
1. Bureaucrats gave listeners little time to learn about shortwave cuts by VOA, RFA, and RFE/RL In deciding…