Read More 3 minute read Journalist counters Tara Sonenshine on U.S. Agency for Global MediaJune 1, 2020 USAGM Watch Commentary A journalist writing under open name whom we were able to identify as having decades…
Read More 8 minute read NBC’s Andy Lack visited Ukraine as US official in charge of Voice of AmericaOctober 31, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary NBC’s Andy Lack visited Ukraine as US official in charge of Voice…
Read More 12 minute read Just The Facts?!? on BBGMarch 28, 2018 OPINION Just The Facts?!? US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist The…
Read More 6 minute read A favorite Broadcasting Board of Governors manager of former BBG Democratic ChairmanMarch 23, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary André Mendes, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) manager in the center of a recent media…
Read More 22 minute read Obama aide Ben Rhodes had a special link to Broadcasting Board of GovernorsDecember 29, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Ben Rhodes, former Assistant to President President Obama and his Deputy National Security Advisor for…
Read More 16 minute read U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission findings on Guo Wengui and Voice of AmericaNovember 25, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission‘s findings on Guo Wengui and Voice of America…
Read More 7 minute read Hatred of Trump at Voice of America NewsroomJuly 12, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Some of the more senior as well as some newly-hired newsroom reporters working for the…
Read More 17 minute read Tax-funded VOA posts more one-sided attacks on TrumpMarch 3, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary There have been more one-sided attacks on President Trump in recent Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 7 minute read ROBINSON: US government-funded media mismanaged for decadesJanuary 30, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Editor’s Note: A critique of misleading media reports about the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 7 minute read ‘Beyond pathetic’ unique views for Voice of America, inside sources sayJanuary 20, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary A Voice of America (VOA) foreign and domestic correspondent of many years told BBG Watch…
Read More 3 minute read Writer for Voice of America posts on social media on ‘American imperialism’ and Obama as ‘no friend’ of the Middle East and American peopleJanuary 12, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary A journalist who writes for the U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY2017) Voice of America (VOA) Persian…
Read More 10 minute read Obama signs off on reducing status of Broadcasting Board of GovernorsDecember 23, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary President Barack Obama has signed into law S. 2943, the “National Defense Authorization Act for…
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 6 minute read Defunct BBG Board to bite the dustDecember 1, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary In the end even the Obama White House had enough of the “practically defunct“ (Hillary…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America, RFE/RL ignore White House statement on genocide in UkraineNovember 14, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Hillary Clinton when she was U.S. Secretary of State called the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 4 minute read Mismanaged by senior staff, Voice of America still has some excellent reportersNovember 10, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary We have commented that some of “Voice of America [reporting on the] 2016 Vote” was…
Read More 4 minute read Russia’s RT, BBC beat Voice of America hands down on Trump, Clinton and Obama speechesNovember 9, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s propaganda channel carried President Obama’s post election speech LIVE on Facebook, reaching a large…
Read More 4 minute read Richard Stengel is Obama’s nominee for Chairman of Broadcasting Board of GovernorsOctober 24, 2016 BBG Watch News and Commentary President Obama announced his intent to nominate Richard Stengel for Member and Chairman…
Read More 5 minute read Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty journalist on dumbing down of RFE/RLSeptember 29, 2016 Guest Commentary This commentary is by an anonymous writer who has worked for U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe…
Read More 10 minute read Are you in good hands, BBG?August 12, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary “It’s playing everywhere here – even during the Olympics!,” a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 17 minute read Obama ignores BBG media in remarks on ISIL propaganda, Voice of America ignores his remarksAugust 9, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Call it getting even by the Voice of America. In a wide-ranging news conference last…
Read More 4 minute read Excellent NYT op-ed on Putin’s propaganda – Broadcasting Board of Governors again not even an afterthoughtAugust 7, 2016 BBG Watch Media Commentary We have gotten used to the U.S. taxpayer-funded Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the…
Read More 8 minute read Hillary Clinton on BBG and Voice of AmericaJuly 24, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary With the 2016 Democratic National Convention (July 25-28) getting underway Monday to nominate the former…
Read More 6 minute read Clueless U.S. agency invites Putin’s officials to RFE/RL party, they boot their chairman out of Russia insteadJuly 17, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary How clueless and mismanaged can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) be? According to an…
Read More 2 minute read RT before VOA with Obama on Baton Rouge, posts full text, VOA has 3 sentencesJuly 17, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s RT was well ahead in reporting on President Obama’s statement on the shooting of…
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 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…
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 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 1 minute read Op-Ed: Cuba jazz musician snubbed by White House and Voice of AmericaApril 25, 2016 BBG Watch Media A controversy over the Obama White House treatment of Cuban jazz musician Paquito D’Rivera has…
Read More 4 minute read Sloppy Voice of America on first name basis with President ObamaMarch 30, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Sloppiness, lack of leadership and lack of editorial control have reached new levels at the…
Read More 8 minute read ‘Wholesale racism’ in Israel: RFE/RL Facebook message paid by U.S. taxesMarch 27, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has included a message in the…
Read More 3 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors fails to mention Radio and TV Marti journalists not getting Cuban visasMarch 24, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Radio and TV Marti, overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), but not as…
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 Voice of America reporters upset over VOA’s treatment of Brussels terror storyMarch 22, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary A screenshot taken of the Voice of America mobile site at 11:33 AM on Tuesday,…
Read More 3 minute read Did Voice of America go too far in calling Raul Castro Obama’s ‘Ally of New Era of US-Cuba Ties’March 21, 2016 BBG Watch Just Asking Commentary Did U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) not only engaged in some unfortunate…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America coverage from Cuba improvesMarch 20, 2016 BBG Watch After a shaky start, some poor quality video and criticism on Facebook, Voice of America’s (VOA)…
Read More 3 minute read Facebook comments on poor quality of Voice of America video from CubaMarch 19, 2016 BBG Watch Take a look at this Voice of America (VOA) video, and the comment(s) in Spanish criticizing…
Read More 14 minute read Unlike Voice of America, Deutsche Welle gets no rebuke in Nigeria on Boko Haram coverageMarch 17, 2016 BBG Watch While U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) received an unprecedented rebuke last week from the Nigerian…
Read More 4 minute read Sloppy VOA helps Boko Haram charge reported by Nigerian mediaMarch 9, 2016 BBG Watch Media Nigerian media is reporting that Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has…
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 Marginally better Voice of America still beaten on Nancy Reagan by BBC, DW, RFI, RTMarch 6, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Image: BBC Breaking News Headline on Nancy Reagan U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is…
Read More 50 minute read Smart Soft Power Needs Flexibility and DiversificationFebruary 28, 2016 Smart Soft Power Diversified Diversified Outreach of U.S. Media and Public Diplomacy During the Cold War – American…
Read More 3 minute read President Obama fails to mention Broadcasting Board of Governors in his countering-ISIL propaganda statementFebruary 26, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary If during the Cold War, the President of the United States conspicuously failed to mention…
Read More 3 minute read BBG is also rotten far below its head, former employee saysFebruary 25, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary A former Voice of America (VOA) journalist took issue with some of the observations in…
Read More 3 minute read BBG’s Chairman and CEO treated to more VOA technical problems on important news and staff meeting dayFebruary 23, 2016 BBG Watch We have attached three screen videos showing Voice of America (VOA) problems with live President Obama…
Read More 7 minute read Bruce Sherman leaving BBG as Office Of Strategy And Development DirectorJanuary 15, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Bruce Sherman is leaving the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America Newsroom gave VOA services largely unipartisan comments to Obama’s addressJanuary 13, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch was alerted by concerned Voice of America (VOA) journalists that VOA Central English…