Flawed law permits Broadcasting Board of Governors members to do private business in Russia and China
BBG Watch Commentary With increasing demands for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to come clean about accusations against…
U.S. media agency BBG leagues behind BBC and RT in web traffic
BBG Watch Commentary The troubled U.S. media agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), released Tuesday its detailed…
Voice of America late and behind BBC report on Obama on Jim Foley, no mention of Bashar Fahmi
BBG Watch Commentary Business as usual: Voice of America was late and behind BBC in posting a report…
Ted Lipien remembers Ken Tomlinson
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former director of the Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service and later VOA…
Blame the IBB, not the BBG Board, for making U.S. media outreach dysfunctional, says former VOA and IBB executive
BBG Watch Commentary Journalist, writer and former Voice of America (VOA) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive, Ted…
Losing Egypt and the Rest of the Arab and Muslim World
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) failed to send a correspondent with Vice President Biden to Central…
BBG Meeting 2-25-14 — VIDEO and BBG Press Release
The Broadcasting Board of Governors met at the Springfield, VA, headquarters of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks on…
Brian Conniff gives persuasive presentation on Radio Sawa and Alhurra TV
The Broadcasting Board of Governors met at the Springfield, VA, headquarters of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks on…
BBG Media Highlights – January 30, 2014
BBG Watch Commentary – “BBG Media Highlights” are distributed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) – a…
Voice of America fails to report on President Obama’s Statement on Coptic Christmas
BBG Watch Commentary Late yesterday, Tuesday, January 7, BBG Watch reported that the English website of the Voice…
U.S. government-funded international media lost audiences in Middle East and other key regions
BBG Watch Commentary According to new audience research data released by the Broadcasting Board of…
CUSIB Marks International Human Rights Day
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) posted a new press release about its activities in…
Governor Meehan Surveys Egyptian Media Scene – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE Governor Meehan Surveys Egyptian Media Scene DECEMBER 5, 2013 Cairo, Egypt – BBG Governor Michael…
Alhurra TV Launches Season 2 Of “Rayheen Ala Fain?” – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE Alhurra TV Launches Season 2 Of “Rayheen Ala Fain?” DECEMBER 4, 2013 Alhurra Television announced…
BBG Decries Ongoing Threats To Journalists Worldwide, Calls On United Nations To Act
BBG PRESS RELEASE BBG Decries Ongoing Threats To Journalists Worldwide, Calls On United Nations To Act NOVEMBER 14,…
CUSIB member Robert Reilly on How to Win the War of Ideas
Republished by BBG Watch from CUSIB – cusib.org. Robert Reilly, member of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting…
Don’t worry, be happy – IBB government employee responds to Smith-Mundt questions as a private blogger
BBG Watch Commentary Kim Andrew Elliott is a government employee at the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) who claims…
Shutdowns, Threats and a Car Chase
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Shutdowns, Threats and a Car…
The Daily Beast gets it wrong – U.S. taxpayers’ money can now be used to provide news to Americans but controversy lingers
BBG Watch Commentary The Daily Beast article, “The Story Behind That Incredibly Riveting Video of the D.C. Car…
Voice of America Management and Syria – Faulty Risk Calculus
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the US Government – Faulty Risk Calculus and Other…
China Radio International and CCTV among many broadcasters ahead of VOA in reporting on 2020 Tokyo Olympics
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) correspondents who are at odds with top executives over news handling…
It’s Worse Than You Think
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: It’s Worse Than…
Even More Words and Their Stories and Some Numbers, Too – Information War Lost – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – International Broadcasting Bureau
Even More Words and Their Stories and Some Numbers, Too – Information War Lost – The Standard for…
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind?
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind? by The…
U.S. International Broadcasting “Defunct”—Congress Finally Steps In by Helle Dale, The Heritage Foundation
BBG Watch Commentary Helle Dale, the Heritage Foundations Senior Fellow in Public Diplomacy studies, comments in the Heritage…
Only good duplication between VOA and surrogate broadcasters, Secretary Sonenshine told
BBG Watch Commentary During the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting last Friday, February 22, 2013, Under Secretary…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Tuning Out and Gone
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Tuning Out and Gone by The Federalist The behavior of senior…
Alhurra made audience gains, Brian Conniff tells media
BBG Watch Commentary Quoting Brian T. Conniff, President of Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), Adam Clayton Powell III…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: (Yet Another) Silver Bullet Placebo
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: (Yet Another) Silver Bullet Placebo by The Federalist As reported by…
Union criticizes executive staff attacks on BBG members
In a new article, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, American Federation of Government Employees Local…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting in a state of general failure
BOTTOM OF THE BARREL Commentary by Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Employee…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part Two
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: Former US Diplomat Criticizes Weak Language on Libya Killings
The following Digital Journal op-ed was published by former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: The Arab and Muslim World
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: The Arab and Muslim World A commentary by The Federalist …
US President and Vice President don't travel abroad together, should IBB Director and Deputy Director be different?
BBG Watch Commentary and “Just Asking” Questions Most Americans know that the US President and the US Vice…
BBG claims surrogate broadcasters can do Voice of America's job
In a response for a RadioWorld article, “Advocacy Group Objects to BBG Cuts,” a spokesperson for the Broadcasting…
Trouble at PNN – Voice of America to Iran – BBG blamed
BBG Watch Commentary Several recent media reports point to serious problems at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
BBG awarded 50 million dollar contract to Gallup while planning to terminate broadcasts and fire over 200 journalists
Journalists at the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Alhurra TV, Radio Sawa, and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Not Too Big To Fail
by The Federalist The Broadcasting Board of Governors – International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB), known to be the worst…
New Media Scholar Nikolay Rudenskiy Is Author of ‘Pro-Putin Bias In VOA’ Study
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that an independent Russian journalist who warned about a “pro-Putin” bias…
Chairman of House Committee on Foreign Affairs says Chinese people need Voice of America broadcasts – BBG Watch
In a special video message, the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, congratulated the Voice of America (VOA) on the 70th anniversary of VOA broadcasting to China. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which manages VOA, tried to end all VOA radio and television broadcasts in Mandarin and Cantonese on Oct.
US International Broadcasting and the BBG: The Numbers Game
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has announced that its own surveys (These are not completely independent surveys.…
“Potentially Damaging Content”
The latest revelations by BBG Watch regarding the Broadcasting Board of Governors describe an organization that is at…
The Worst of Times
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, January 8, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary is by The…
Thinking About The Unthinkable
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, January 6, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary by The…
Size 10 – US Public Diplomacy Disaster
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, December 18, 2008, San Francisco — One of our regular…
Transition
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, December 9, 2008, San Francisco — One of our regular…
The Great Pumpkin — A Halloween Look At U.S. Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) Commentary, October 31, 2008, San Francisco — Free Media Online Blog…
Interesting Times
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, October 16, 2008, San Francisco — “May you live in…
Restoring Effectiveness of U.S. Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, September 25, 2008, San Francisco — Free Media Online Blog…