Assessing the Terrain: USAGM Watch Resumes Watchdog Role
Assessing the Terrain: USAGM Watch Resumes Watchdog Role USAGM Watch Commentary Four months into 2021, the former BBG…
USAGM Watch Resumes BBG Watch Oversight and Accountability Blogging
See New Posts on USAGMWatch.com New Announcement from USAGM Watch Citizen Journalists Citizen journalists working as unpaid volunteers…
BBG – USAGM Watch Ends Its Publication
USAGM Watch After nearly ten years of publishing commentaries on U.S. taxpayer-funded media issues, BBG Watch (bbgwatch.com) is…
Happy New Year from BBG Watch – USAGM Watch – Thank You for Over 14 Million Hits
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch wishes Happy New Year – 2019 to all of our readers and contributors.…
Federal USAGM Interference Blocks Watchdog Website Name
BBG Watch Commentary An act of interference with domestic press by Federal U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM),…
USAGM Misappropriated ‘Watch’ Domains to Stifle Criticism by US Media
BBG Watch Commentary In an unprecedented and stunning betrayal of public trust and its mission, the newly-renamed United…
USAGM The Rebranded Tower of Babel
OPINION U-SAG-M! The Rebranded Tower of Babel Old Is New, New Is Old By The Federalist …
QUESTIONS NOT WANTED BY USAGM
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This is part three of a commentary on the newly named United States Agency…
BBG Watch passes 10 million hits mark as crisis deepens at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Our watch dog website, BBGWatch.com, has passed the 10 million hits mark yesterday since it…
7 million hits for BBG Watch – Happy 4th of July!
BBG Watch A few days ago our BBG Watch website has registered more than 7 million hits since…
Voice of America director posts a comment to BBG Watch website
BBG Watch As reported earlier by BBG Watch, Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett has posted a…
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: VOA Swears in Pulitzer Winner as New Director After Yearlong Vacancy
BBG Watch Media Government Executive reporter Charles Clark noted in a recent report the appointment of Amanda Bennett…
BBG Watch reaches 6 million hits
BBG Watch We have just passed 6 million hits for our BBG Watch website. Our hit counter records…
John Lansing will encounter entrenched pro-status quo BBG bureaucracy, Congressional sources warn
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE “Tackling these problems and ‘righting the ship’ will be a truly herculean effort, perhaps only…
BBG Watch hits 5 million
BBG Watch We have just reached a five million hits mark. That’s not bad for a volunteer-run website…
Mario Corti Letter to BBG Watch: keep an eye on RFE/RL
BBG Watch Mario Corti, an Italian journalist, author, Russia expert and former director of Radio Liberty Russian Service,…
Times on resignation of Voice of America director David Ensor
BBG Watch Media The New York Times reported in an article by Ron Nixon that “David Ensor, who…
Voice of America Director David Ensor stepping down
BBG Watch At today’s Town Hall meeting at the Voice of America (VOA) in Washington, DC, Director David…
Voice of America Director used government email system to plan satire against U.S. watch dog website
BBG Watch Commentary In some countries to which U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) directs its broadcasts, independent…
The New York Times – Andrew Lack Leaves Broadcasting Board of Governors After 6 Weeks
BBG Watch Media “Employees and former employees of the board, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said staff…
OPINION – DAN ROBINSON – Out of the Breaking News Business? And…some questions
Commentary All views expressed are those of the author. One Year Later — Dysfunction, News Failures, Self-Promotion and…
Mashable reports on Andy Lack leaving Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Media Highly popular Mashable news website, which has over 3 million Total Facebook Page Likes 238…
MOTHER JONES Brian Williams Mess Pulls Government’s Media Mogul Back to NBC News
BBG Watch Media MOTHER JONES reports on Andy Lack, “New CEO Andy Lack is leaving BBG after only…
OPINION – DAN ROBINSON – A Look Across the Terrain…Another Bill in the Works…And Some Deceptive Practices
BBG Watch Commentary All views expressed are those of the author. One Year Later — Dysfunction, News Failures,…
GovExec.com and BBG Watch report on BBG, VOA and Andy Lack
Managers, employees and guests at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting in Washington, DC, February…
Former Voice of America Director critical of delay in VOA coverage of Brian Williams story
BBG Watch Media Former Voice of America (VOA) director (2002-2008) David S. Jackson believes the Brian Williams story…
Mother Jones article on Broadcasting Board of Governors quotes from BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Mother Jones article by Jenna McLaughlin about the newly-appointed Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) director…
Insider agrees with us on how Andy Lack can get Voice of America execs to cover news
BBG Watch Commentary In response to our earlier article: How can CEO Andy Lack get Voice of America…
Voice of America should not report on Jon Stewart retiring, Brian Williams’ 6 month suspension
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) waited…
Jeff Shell to swear in Andy Lack next week as BBG Director – EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch Exclusive Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Jeff Shell will swear in next week…
Voice of America Information War Lost: David Ensor In His Own Words
Voice of America Information War Lost: David Ensor In His Own Words By The Federalist On Tuesday, December…
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE NOW? by Gary Thomas
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Gary Thomas. He spent 27…
VOA Director David Ensor Takes Shots at Ambassador, Former VOA Reporters, and NGO Media Watch Dog
BBG Watch Commentary VOICE OF AMERICA DIRECTOR DAVID ENSOR, DEC. 16, 2014: ” . . . [in response…
Letter of VOA and OCB Journalist Contractors to BBG Chairman and Congress
BBG Watch Commentary “Instead, the agency seems to be attempting to sweep the issue under the rug by…
Washington Post expanded column offers new details on Voice of America contracting scandal
BBG Watch Commentary We alerted BBG Watch readers to Joe Davidson‘s column in The Washington Post about the…
BBG Watch passes 3.5 million hits mark
BBG Watch Commentary We were short-staffed and busy recently with posting a number of new stories and commentaries…
Different perspectives on U.S. help for Yazidi refugees in Iraq, Voice of America role
BBG Watch Commentary NBC News and Fox News provided remarkably different perspectives of the American Yazidi community views…
Radio World reports on BBG Shortwave Committee report and rebuttal from CUSIB
Radio World has two articles on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report on the future of shortwave…
The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
Is Congress trying to neuter Voice of America’s journalism or save it?
BBG Watch Commentary In a new Columbia Journalism Review article, former Voice of America (VOA) senior correspondent Gary…
Digital Only BBG Watch has now more than 3 million hits
BBG Watch Commentary While we may be “Digital Only,” that is not what really matters. What really matters…
A Former VOA Correspondent on the Debate Over U.S. International Broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is providing a forum for discussion on the United States International Communications Reform Act of…
BBG Watch website reaches 2.9 million hits mark
BBG Watch Commentary We want to thank everyone, especially our readers, who have helped us reach yet another…
Extraordinary Measures
International Broadcasting Bureau – Adding Disinformation to Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: Extraordinary Measures By The…
The Hill on propaganda fears and reform of bureaucracy in charge of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary A report in The Hill, which focuses on a bipartisan bill to reform U.S. international…
Russian opposition paper Novaya Gazeta reports on BBG Watch article about Radio Liberty’s Andrei Babitsky
BBG Watch Commentary A Russian liberal opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, which is supported by Mikhail Gorbachev, has published…
Government Executive quotes John Lenczowski and BBG Watch about BBG problems in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive website, govexec.com, quoted from John Lenczowski’s Wall Street Journal op-ed and BBG Watch…
More than 2.8 million hits for BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Quoted in The Congressional Record, by NPR, CNN, Fox News, The Washington Times and other…
Voice of America removes and later corrects controversial map recognizing annexation of Crimea by Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Map, Posted April 7, 2014 A map posted on U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…
Former BBG member Blanquita Cullum : ‘very concerned about Voice of America’
BBG Watch “We’ve got a serious problem,” journalist, broadcaster and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita…