Read More 10 minute read Voice of America Civil Service Employees Satire Trump, Future First LadyDecember 17, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary VOA Civil Service Employees Satire Trump, Future First Lady, Bill Clinton And the No. 1…
Read More 2 minute read SPUTNIK and RT take Voice of America for a ride in a “Russian Cat Tank”December 11, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary There is probably nothing more satisfying to the Kremlin propagandists in charge of Russia’s SPUTNIK…
Read More 9 minute read Washington Post Enabling BBG Dysfunction With A Dysfunctional MessageDecember 10, 2016 Commentary Washington Post Enabling BBG Dysfunction With A Dysfunctional Message Broadcasting Board of Governors: Information War Lost By…
Read More 4 minute read WP defends defunct BBG Board, fails to mention VOA chiefs’ former links to the paperDecember 10, 2016 BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees have been rating their agency in Office of Personnel…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America failed to report Ben Rhodes represented Obama at Castro funeralDecember 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Practically defunct (Hillary Clinton’s words), U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) failed…
Read More 8 minute read Who Knew?November 29, 2016 Commentary Who Knew? Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost By The Federalist Some thoughts about the 2016…
Read More 3 minute read BBG CEO John Lansing’s digital tout and Voice of America cat videoNovember 29, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) ($777 million in FY 2017) CEO and Director John F.…
Read More 1 minute read No Change of Leadership at Broadcasting Board of Governors, CEO John Lansing assures employeesNovember 29, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) ($777 million in FY 2017) CEO and Director John F.…
Read More 3 minute read Many Voice of America services late on Castro’s death, Trump calling him “brutal dictator,” VOA journalists complainNovember 26, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Journalists working for U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) are complaining that because of poor…
Read More 4 minute read Tax-funded Voice of America showed more anti-Trump bias than NYTNovember 22, 2016 Voice of America (VOA) Was More Biased And More Vicious Against Trump At U.S. Taxpayers’ Expense Than The…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America workers complain about more ‘ungrammatical dumb videos’October 12, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Many Voice of America (VOA) journalists are beside themselves with a growing number of VOA…
Read More 10 minute read How do you call Trump a pig in Ukrainian? Voice of America will tell youOctober 12, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary How do you call Donald Trump a pig in Ukrainian? U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 million in…
Read More 6 minute read Are Voice of America and Radio Liberty obeying Russian court ruling on Nazi-Soviet anniversaries?September 23, 2016 Guest Commentary Putin’s Judicial Intimidation Against Voice of America and Radio Liberty Seems To Be Working By Ted…
Read More 17 minute read Your tax-funded Voice of America: NYC terrorist ‘friendly’; Minnesota terrorist ‘smart and reliable’September 21, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Lacking experienced leadership, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has fallen into the trap of…
Read More 10 minute read Voice of America casts doubts Russia was behind Democrats’ emails leakJuly 27, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) has issued a confusing news report in English to…
Read More 9 minute read BBC, DW, RT report on Elie Wiesel’s death, but not Voice of America as of 5PM ETJuly 2, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s RT has Elie Wiesel’s death as its top news story since 4:46 PM ET.…
Read More 2 minute read Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty joins Voice of America in posting one-sided anti-Donald Trump videoJune 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which together with the Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 7 minute read BBG meets with Secretary Kerry, gets praise despite anti-Israel, pro-Putin messagingApril 20, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary According to Secretary Kerry, “Today’s Broadcasting Board of Governors is not the BBG of a…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America Russian reporter with Obama in Cuba found an admirer of Vladimir PutinMarch 24, 2016 BBG Commentary A reporter with the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service who was in Cuba…
Read More 9 minute read Travel journalism from VOA reporters in CubaMarch 23, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary With often shaky, poor quality video and mostly pedestrian observations, much of original reporting by…
Read More 7 minute read Open letter from Nigeria to President Obama accuses Voice of America Hausa Service of helping Boko Haram terrorists with unprofessional reportingMarch 8, 2016 BBG Watch Media Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust published an open letter to President Obama in which a reader…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America ignores White House statement on Holodomor genocide in 1930s Ukraine, as does RFE/RLNovember 8, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Someone worked at the White House this Saturday, November 7, but not at the U.S.…
Read More 4 minute read VOA Charter ignored, says former Voice of America directorNovember 2, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary We would like to offer this commentary from BBG Watch as an introduction to highlighting…
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 2 minute read WP: VOA chief threatens to ‘kill’ other U.S. broadcast stations if . . .June 4, 2015 BBG Watch Media In his “In the Loop” Washington Post column, Al Kamen reports on former Voice of…
Read More 4 minute read David Ensor issued a blunt warning to BBG freedom media before leaving his postJune 3, 2015 BBG Watch Exclusive Commentary According to several Voice of America (VOA) journalists who attended a meeting last week…
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 Voice of America misses Obama in its ‘Partisan US Response’ to Netanyahu victory reportMarch 18, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary In an example of an apparent lack of journalistic curiosity, duty to the VOA Charter…
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 8 minute read OPINION – DAN ROBINSON – Mixing Advocacy with News Reporting at Voice of AmericaFebruary 22, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary All views expressed are those of the author. One Year Later — Dysfunction, News Failures,…
Read More 2 minute read VOA’s Gongadze first with tweet on John Kerry going to UkraineJanuary 30, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary The State Department made an announcement more than an hour ago and shortly thereafter popular…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America ignores Obama’s statement on Berlin Wall anniversary, U.S. contributionsNovember 8, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary November 9 marks the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Mismanaged, U.S.…
Read More 6 minute read Hillary Clinton, Obama, Biden, Bicentennial of U.S. Anthem — All Ignored by Voice of AmericaSeptember 14, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) did not cover Hillary Clinton during…
Read More 73 minute read Will Voice of America management violate VOA Charter and U.S. law in a deal with communist Vietnam?September 8, 2014 VOA Charter Commentary Steve Peacock reported in an article on the WND website that “the Obama administration is…
Read More 18 minute read Voice of America senior correspondent presents an accurate apology for Putin, but on whose behalf?September 4, 2014 VOA Charter Commentary BBG Watch has been contacted by “VOA Charter” who offered to write for us whenever…
Read More 5 minute read White House meeting with Yazidi leaders gets one sentence on Voice of America English websiteAugust 9, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary A White House meeting with Yazidi leaders got one sentence on the Voice of America…
Read More 7 minute read BBC beats Voice of America on capture of Benghazi attack suspect, Obama statementJune 17, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary This was a significant U.S. news development that came directly from U.S. government sources (first…
Read More 13 minute read Voice of America News ignores Biden in Brazil, meeting with winning US World Cup teamJune 17, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America English News can’t find America’s top fan at the World Cup in…
Read More 11 minute read U.S. BBG pays for faulty, favoring Kremlin propaganda poll in Russia-annexed CrimeaJune 16, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Two top independent sociologists in Ukraine and Russia, as well as some American experts who…
Read More 7 minute read David Ensor on Combating Propaganda in Ukraine with Voice of America programsJune 8, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Even though the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to cover a gathering of…
Read More 4 minute read Biden, U.S. Congress delegation not mentioned in VOA video report from UkraineJune 8, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Even though the VOA Charter requires the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America to “present the…
Read More 6 minute read WP editorial: Voice of America needs to keep its objective voice, BBG Watch agreesJune 7, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary We do not disagree with the Washington Post editorial, “Voice of America needs to keep…
Read More 5 minute read VOA English News does not update Obama – Poland story for 11 hours, fails to cover Solidarity Prize for Crimean Tatar leaderJune 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) posted its last VOA English News update on President…
Read More 5 minute read Other than misspelled name of Poland’s President, finally a decent VOA report on Obama heading to EuropeJune 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary While many U.S. and international media outlets were posting full length reports and news analyses…
Read More 32 minute read Voice of America gives Obama – Poroshenko meeting announcement two sentencesJune 1, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Rudderless and floundering Voice of America (VOA) English News devoted only two sentences to the…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America radio fails to carry Obama speech live, BBC radio does with commentaryMay 29, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary A BBG Watch source in Asia told us that U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 3 minute read Deutsche Welle does Voice of America’s reporting job on Hunter Biden and UkraineMay 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English website did not have a news report on Hunter…
Read More 5 minute read RFE/RL praised for StoryMap, multimedia reporting comparisons with VOA and DWMay 20, 2014 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) “made this brilliant interactive map of Moscow’s coercive diplomacy using the open source…
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 3 minute read Obama phones Merkel, Hollande, Cameron, Renzi, threatens more Russia sanctions – no report yet from Voice of AmericaApril 25, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: We found two sentences about Obama’s phone calls inserted into a VOA report posted…