Read More 2 minute read Turkey Coup: VOA posts quick updates to Facebook following earlier criticismJuly 15, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Following the earlier BBG Watch criticism that “Voice of America was not updating Facebook news…
Read More 12 minute read State and White House more honest, less deceptive on Jeff Shell than BBG bureaucracy and VOAJuly 15, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary For the federal agency claiming to uphold the highest journalistic standards abroad, the latest Broadcasting…
Read More 4 minute read Reform Needed: BBG Members Must Be Prohibited From Doing Private Business in Russia or ChinaJuly 15, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Congressional Reform Needed: BBG Members Must Be Prohibited From Doing Private Business in Russia or…
Read More 6 minute read BBG Chair Jeff Shell’s expulsion from Russia points to US bureaucratic failureJuly 14, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary While all the facts are not yet in, one thing is certain: bureaucrats of the…
Read More 2 minute read VOA goes live online with Obama Dallas speech but BBC does betterJuly 12, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary “Think of it! Voice of America trying to. . . . compete! The nerve of…
Read More 5 minute read ROBINSON: Not Unfair…Or Outsized…Or ErroneousJuly 11, 2016 OPINION Former senior White House correspondent for the Voice of America Dan Robinson has responded to the BBG…
Read More 4 minute read JACKSON: The Voice of America is Not a Wire Service, And It Shouldn’t be Expected to Act Like OneJuly 11, 2016 OPINION Former Voice of America director David S. Jackson argues in an op-ed for BBG Watch that VOA’s…
Read More 4 minute read Grim RealitiesJuly 10, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost Grim Realities By The Federalist We…
Read More 3 minute read Canadian broadcaster sees VOA Dallas coverage as inferiorJuly 10, 2016 OPINION Keith Perron, a Canadian broadcaster based in Taiwan found Voice of America (VOA) coverage of the Dallas…
Read More 2 minute read VOA journalist wants director to do a debrief on Dallas coverageJuly 10, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary In an email provided to BBG Watch, an anonymous Voice of America (VOA) journalist is…
Read More 3 minute read Mismanaged Voice of America adds to America’s bad image and racial tensions with wrong informationJuly 10, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Instead of anticipating President Obama’s eventual call for racial solidarity in the wake of the…
Read More 4 minute read BBC Live Program Dominance Over VOA (Part II)July 8, 2016 BBC Live Program Dominance Over VOA (Part II) by Dan Robinson In a commentary published…
Read More 2 minute read To Congress: Shut ‘Em Down (Broadcasting Board of Governors), Create Something That WorksJuly 8, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost Shut ‘Em Down By The Federalist So much…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America was not updating Facebook news page during key hours of Dallas crisisJuly 8, 2016 BBG Watch U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), part of the $777 million Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America improves police shootings coverage after director intervenes but still lags behind other mediaJuly 8, 2016 BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned Thursday evening from Voice of America (VOA) journalists that director Amanda Bennett…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America English News takes nearly 4 hours to report on Obama-Putin phone callJuly 7, 2016 BBG Watch According to the time stamp on the Voice of America (VOA News) English report posted online…
Read More 11 minute read A confusing Voice of America report adds to poor terror coverageJuly 6, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary News reports, commentaries and press releases put out by U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 5 minute read VOA story with little balance: Taliban Chief Warns Jihad Against US-led ‘Occupation’July 5, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Here is a perfect example of a U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) news report,…
Read More 1 minute read RFE/RL interviews Lech Walesa on Russia, NATO, EU, and threats to democracyJuly 4, 2016 BBG Watch RFE/RL has posted online a report on its exclusive interview with former Solidarity labor union leader…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America endangers lives with sanitized reporting on terror, but one report bucks the trendJuly 4, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary While some recent U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) news reports endangered Americans and non-Americans,…
Read More 1 minute read Natan Sharansky mentions Voice of America in a 4th of July StoryJuly 4, 2016 BBG Watch History A Fourth of July Story Independence Day is doubly special for the legendary refusenik…
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 12 minute read Voice of America v. Saudi TV host on terrorismJuly 1, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), a federal government entity of the U.S. Broadcasting…
Read More 14 minute read Voice of America quotes: a Muslim terrorist ‘all over the media’ – a terror attack by a Westerner doesn’t have the same [media] impactJuly 1, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary A press release from the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) about the VOA-hosted panel…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Turkey and EU headlines could have been written by RTJune 29, 2016 OPINION VOA Should Quote Experts, Not Mix News With Commentary By Ted Lipien Voice of America…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America far behind BBC, DW, RT, SPUTNIK on Istanbul terror attackJune 29, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Even at 6:00 PM ET Tuesday, the lead news story on the Voice of America…
Read More 6 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors has no peer in diminished performanceJune 28, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost The Never-Ending Downward Spiral Part Three By The Federalist …
Voice of America says ‘chaos’ reigns in Britain as do Russia’s RT and SPUTNIKJune 28, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is reporting to its international audiences and whatever audiences…
Read More 6 minute read Downward Spiral At Broadcasting Board of GovernorsJune 27, 2016 Opinion Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost The Never-Ending Downward Spiral Part Two By The Federalist …
Read More 6 minute read In a report on New York LGBT Pride March, Voice of America fails to call Orlando shooting terrorism, doesn’t mention murderer’s oath to ISIS or even his nameJune 26, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary In a report on the New York LGBT Pride March on Sunday, June 26, the…
Read More 4 minute read How the US is working to defeat ISIS online with no mention of the BBGJune 25, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Yet another media article on how the U.S. is trying to defeat ISIS online was…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America director posts a comment to BBG Watch websiteJune 22, 2016 BBG Watch As reported earlier by BBG Watch, Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett has posted a…
Read More 5 minute read VOA Director Orders Bias Training In Wake of CriticismsJune 21, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE VOA Director Orders Bias Training In Wake of Criticisms By BBG Watch Reporters …
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Downplaying Terrorist Threat From ISISJune 20, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost – The Never-Ending Downward Spiral Voice of America Downplaying Terrorist…
Read More 9 minute read Former BBG Governor calls Voice of America video on Islamist terrorism flawed and dangerousJune 18, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is posting this commentary as an introduction to an op-ed by former presidentially-appointed…
Read More 6 minute read Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump camps accuse Voice of America of state-media biasJune 17, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Bernie Sanders’ and Donald Trump’s supporters are absolutely right: there is something rotten at the…
Read More 2 minute read Update from BBG CEO on Thornberry Amendment to De-Federalize VOAJune 17, 2016 BBG Watch After earlier criticism from Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees for taking too long to communicate…
Read More 8 minute read LIPIEN OP-ED: Robert E. Sherwood on avoiding election coverage bias at Voice of AmericaJune 15, 2016 OPINION Robert E. Sherwood on avoiding election coverage bias at Voice of America By Ted Lipien I disagree…
Read More 3 minute read Slanted Voice of America journalism on Trump, a reader from Russia posts on VOA websiteJune 15, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary In a comment posted under U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) report, “Post Reporter at…
Read More 7 minute read ROBINSON OP-ED: Questions About Conflicts of Interest at the Voice of AmericaJune 15, 2016 OPINION Questions About Conflicts of Interest at the Voice of America By Dan Robinson By…
Read More 16 minute read Politically correct Voice of America reports on U.S. ‘Islamist Extremism’ get minimal audience responseJune 15, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has posted two out of three promised special…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America employee says VOA should not be de-federalized as punishment for inept managementJune 14, 2016 BBG Watch A Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee sent email to the two U.S. Senators from the…
Read More 0 minute read BBG union urges employees to oppose de-federalization of the Voice of AmericaJune 14, 2016
Read More 4 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors contractors put hope for justice in a federal courtJune 13, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Washington-based law firm, Themis PLLC, plans to file a motion sometime next week to…
Read More 1 minute read Voice of America on its toes with Orlando coverageJune 13, 2016 BBG Watch On the Orlando terrorist shooting, for the first time in a long time the Voice of…
Read More 6 minute read BBC’s Live Program Dominance Over Voice of AmericaJune 9, 2016 OPINION On Any Given Day: BBC Continues Its Live Program Dominance Over the Voice of America By Dan…
Read More 3 minute read Conservative think tank reports: ‘Tax-Funded Government News Agency Campaigning Against Trump’June 9, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Donald Trump with a Nazi swastika – a screenshot from a Voice of America reporter’s…
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)…
U.S. tax-funded Voice of America joins anti-Donald Trump electioneeringJune 8, 2016 BBG Watch Media A journalist working as a U.S. government employee for the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 5 minute read Dysfunction in Voice of America coverage of Clinton, Trump, and Tuesday primariesJune 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary We received these observations and screenshots (posted below) from a former senior Voice of America…