Read More 2 minute read BBG WATCH SENATOR CORKER PUTIN CORRUPTION VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT BASED ON VOA INTERVIEWFebruary 2, 2016 BBG Watch ALSO SEE: VOA News ignored Senator Corker on Putin corruption, BBG Watch, February 2, 2016 …
Read More 8 minute read VOA News ignored Senator Corker on Putin corruptionFebruary 2, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (English) News Omits Senator Corker’s Comments on Putin Corruption Voice of…
Read More 3 minute read Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce on urgent need to reform BBGJanuary 11, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) continues to argue for splitting different elements…
Read More 3 minute read Communicators with new BBG CEO John LansingJanuary 11, 2016 BBG Watch Media C-SPAN has posted its Communicators with John Lansing video. John Lansing is new Chief Executive…
Read More 3 minute read TV Martí Wins Emmy AwardJanuary 7, 2016 BBG Watch BBG Watch congratulates Office of Cuba Broadcasting’s (OCB) TV Marti journalists who won an Emmy award…
Read More 3 minute read Will Broadcasting Board of Governors Reform Itself?December 17, 2015 EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Report With A Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge…
Read More 6 minute read Snubbed by Radio Liberty management, Paris-based journalist interviewed by Russian independent Rain TV (Dozhd)November 16, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary After the terror attacks in Paris, a Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Russian…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America and the Russian BearOctober 18, 2015 BBG Watch Satire A bear broke into a shopping mall in Russia this week, apparently looking for food.…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America Reporter Jim Malone Against VOA Journalists Countering Violent ExtremismOctober 12, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Reporter Jim Malone Against VOA Journalists Countering Violent Extremism [Click HERE to…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America ignores Ambassador Power’s statement on BBG’s imprisoned journalist Khadija IsmayilovaSeptember 3, 2015 BBG Watch Media When the Voice of America (VOA) reported Tuesday online on the launching of the U.S.…
Read More 4 minute read Robert Conquest, WSJ, VOA Russian, RFE/RL, Cat Fashion ShowAugust 8, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary The decline of the Voice of America (VOA) as a serious news organization could be…
Read More 8 minute read Foreign Affairs Committee passes legislation to reform Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMay 22, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Thursday, May 21, 2015, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to reform…
Read More 8 minute read No rebuttal on Voice of America to ex-CIA official calling Seymour Hersh’s Osama bin Laden report ‘rubbish’May 18, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary In an apparent violation of the VOA Charter and Journalistic Code, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
Read More 3 minute read ‘Coolest’ videos from Voice of America and RT – MUST SEEMay 17, 2015 BBG Watch Some say that the United States is losing the information war to Russia. What would be…
Read More 1 minute read Voice of America experiment in short news videos had a bad startMay 14, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch was told by several sources that a 39 second video of Voice of…
Read More 10 minute read Jimmy Carter justifies Russia’s annexation of Crimea on Voice of AmericaMay 1, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary In commenting on the Voice of America Russian Service posting of VOA News exclusive interview…
Read More 12 minute read Wilson Center Panel on Reform of BBGApril 27, 2015 BBG Watch The Woodrow Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy program sponsored a panel discussion on reforming U.S.…
Read More 3 minute read WAHL – POMERATSEV – DALE on Kremlin conspiracy theories propagandaApril 15, 2015 BBG Watch Media A congressional hearing, entitled “Confronting Russia’s Weaponization of Information,” was convened Wednesday in Washington by…
Read More 12 minute read Ed Royce – ‘U.S.-broadcasters are laboring under a flawed bureaucracy’ – Rep. Engel says reform is comingApril 15, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,…
Read More 7 minute read HEINLEIN, SHELL, WEINSTEIN on Voice of America Charter, BBG reform bill and news reportingMarch 8, 2015 BBG Watch Last Updated Mar. 09, 2015, 12:25 AM ET During a meeting with Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 1 minute read Rep. Royce, Rep. Engel, Amb. Nuland on reforming Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMarch 5, 2015 BBG Watch Media Statements and comments on the need for reform of the Broadcasting Board of Governors made…
Read More 7 minute read Rep. Ed Royce asks Administration to back reform at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsFebruary 25, 2015 BBG Watch U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, convened a hearing on…
Read More 7 minute read Kerry tells Royce he’s 100 percent with him on BBG reform, asks for more moneyFebruary 25, 2015 BBG Watch Secretary of State John Kerry testifed before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the fiscal year…
Read More 1 minute read Greg Burns, Local 1418, on future of VOA and BBG – VIDEONovember 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Greg Burns, a representative of Local 1418 which is one of the three employee unions…
Read More 1 minute read BBG Governor Michael Meehan on Voice of America – VIDEONovember 3, 2014 At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open meeting last Thursday, the board voted the voted to create…
Read More 1 minute read Special Committee on VOA in the 21st Century – VIDEONovember 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open meeting last Thursday, the board voted the…
Read More 1 minute read BBG Chair Jeff Shell on Threats to Journalists – VIDEONovember 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell opened the open board meeting last Thursday…
Read More 1 minute read Human rights activist Wei Jingsheng at October 2014 BBG Meeting – VIDEONovember 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Chinese writer and democracy activist Wei Jingsheng, who had spent a total of 18 years…
Read More 1 minute read BBG Chair Jeff Shell on Content Strategy – VIDEONovember 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting last Thursday in Washington, BBG…
Read More 2 minute read NOONAN: gross mismanagement of Voice of AmericaNovember 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan spoke at…
Read More 3 minute read HEIL: Voice of America is not dysfunctionalNovember 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) deputy director Alan Heil told Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 4 minute read No invasion of Ukraine if U.S. had 24/7 Russian TV channel, Paul Goble saysSeptember 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In a lecture on the topic of Putin’s disinformation war, delivered at the Institute of…
Read More 2 minute read Shifting the news agenda with Andy Lack, Bloomberg man eyed for CEO of U.S. media outreach at BBGSeptember 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has reported that according to usually well-informed sources, Andrew R. Lack, Chairman of…
Read More 15 minute read Information war – Russia 2 : Voice of America 0, experts agreeSeptember 7, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel observed recently…
Read More 4 minute read CUSIB’s ANN NOONAN: management meltdown at the Voice of AmericaAugust 15, 2014 Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), speaking…
Read More 3 minute read Audit finds low morale at U.S. Radio and TV Marti to Cuba, California paper reportsJuly 7, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary “Low morale still plagues the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, the U.S. government organization responsible for…
Read More 8 minute read Former BBG member Ashe critical of BBG Governor Armstrong’s rebuke of CongressMay 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Governor Matt Armstrong about the bipartisan United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014 (H.R.…
Read More 4 minute read Undersecretary Stengel Visits RFE/RL Kyiv Bureau — Importance of U.S.-funded Surrogate Media AcknowledgedMay 13, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary It is good to see a high level U.S. State Department official, Under Secretary for…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America Director David Ensor explains what press freedom means to him – BBG Watch Multimedia AnalysisMay 1, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Voice of America Director David Ensor…
Read More 4 minute read House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce calls for reduction and reform of U.S. international media bureaucracyApril 30, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) said that U.S. broadcasters – the Voice of America, Radio Free…
Read More 9 minute read As effort to reform Voice of America starts in Congress, VOA uses Reuters to report on Obama Europe trip, is four hours lateApril 30, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America executives were too busy today meeting behind closed doors to decide how…
Read More 5 minute read Biden announces Obama will visit Poland, other NATO countries — Voice of America not yet reportingApril 30, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: As of 4:15 PM EDT, Voice of America English news website still has nothing…
Read More 10 minute read Is Voice of America hobbling along? – Ariel Cohen, Blanquita Cullum, David Ensor, Dan Robinson respondApril 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary At the Heritage Foundation panel discussion today (April 21, 2014) on “Propaganda, Disinformation, and Dirty…
Read More 2 minute read Propaganda, Disinformation, and Dirty Tricks: The Resurgence of Russian Political Warfare – Partial C-SPAN VIDEOApril 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: For full Heritage Foundation video and partial audio and transcripts, see: Is Voice of…
Read More 7 minute read Deutsche Welle offers two news analyses on Biden’s trip to Ukraine, Voice of America – a short news item from ReutersApril 20, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW) has posted on its English-language website two lengthy news analyses on…
Read More 9 minute read Radio Liberty Russian Service Director warns of new Russian law restricting online and other mediaApril 13, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary At a recent Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) panel, no one in Washington picked up…
Read More 3 minute read Ukrainian Girl’s Video Goes Viral On YouTube | Voice of America reportApril 1, 2014 BBG Watch Recommends Voice of America (VOA) Ukrainian Service interviewed Yulia Marushevska, a university student in Ukraine, who…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America Uncle Sam Zombie Video for PakistanMarch 25, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has obtained a copy of a video produced with U.S. taxpayers’ money under…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America reporter talks to pro-Russia activists calling Kyiv government ‘fascist’, does not ask basic questionsMarch 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) has posted on its English-language news website a video report from…
Read More 2 minute read Prague Freedom Foundation praises work of RFE/RL journalistsMarch 20, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Shortly after we posted our previous story on a sad state of management, direction, journalistic…