Sausage attack: serious journalism at RFE/RL in decline under increasing government ownership by BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Officials of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of…
Former BBG Governor Blanquita Cullum given 2016 Champion of Media – Radio award
BBG Watch Congratulations to radio broadcaster and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita Cullum…
Proposed privatization of Voice of America widely opposed
BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that a proposed privatization of the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Closed meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has posted a closed meeting notice to meet the…
NYT: How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS
BBG Watch Media New York Times article, “How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS“ by Carlotta…
The Keogh Memorandum – Voice of America and U.S. Policy
BBG Watch History Documents & Quotes Series BBG Watch begins today publishing historical documents, some of…
Hidden history: U.S. Congress exposes Soviet propaganda at Voice of America
BBG Watch Historical Documents & Quotes Series BBG Watch begins today publishing historical documents, some of…
Thornberry Amendment to Reform Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The House of Representatives voted to include in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act an…
House passes Royce-Thornberry amendment to reform Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch The House of Representatives voted to include in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act an amendment,…
Voice of America journalist embarrassed by failure of VOA News to cover Ben Rhodes scandal
BBG Watch Commentary In a move that it likely to seriously damage the reputation of new Voice of…
Reality Check
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost Reality Check By The Federalist There are some…
North Korean Photo Propaganda from U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Someone at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), whose salary is paid for by…
Crimea Realities Chief Says Ban Won’t Stop Website, BBG announced
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has posted a press release with a headline announcing…
Ben Rhodes and the Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Ben Rhodes, Assistant to President President Obama and his Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic…
Zofia Korbońska – a Voice of America hero
History On the 101 anniversary of the birth of legendary Voice of America Polish Service journalist and broadcaster…
Op-Ed: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty can’t cope with Putin propaganda
BBG Watch Media Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum and British journalist Edward Lucas assert in a Washington Post…
Panic News from Voice of America – Late – Not Quite Right
BBG Watch Commentary Everybody who checks and compares international news online knows by now that U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…
It’s Time for Absolute Honesty, It’s Survey Time
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Worse Than Lost It’s Time for Absolute Honesty, It’s Survey Time!…
Employee morale commitment letter from BBG CEO
BBG Watch Commentary As the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is distributing links for federal employees to participate…
Broadcasting Board of Governors asked court to dismiss $400M contract employees’ class action suit
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In the $400 million class action lawsuit against the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) for…
Discarding imperial hubris could help some VOA and RFE/RL journalists
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has noticed tendency among some Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe…
When Exclusive is not Exclusive at Voice of America
BBG Watch OPINION When Exclusive is not Exclusive By Dan Robinson A headline on a…
Voice of America Russian Service interviews Crimean Tatar leader, VOA English newsroom continues to disappoint
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service correspondent in Moscow Danila Galperovich interviewed Mustafa Dzhemilev, the…
The Federalist analyzes ‘The Blame Game’ at BBG
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Long Over and Lost The Blame Game (Power Failure Edition)…
Comments on poor quality video from VOA director’s swearing-in ceremony
BBG Watch Commentary Here are a few comments on the poor quality video from Voice of America (VOA)…
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…
Excellent reporting by Voice of America Russian Service journalists
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA), which now has new director, Amanda Bennett, is still capable…
VOA director scores big with ‘taking good ideas’ remark
BBG Watch Commentary New Voice of America (VOA) director, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amanda Bennett, impressed many VOA employees…
Blame game at BBG
BBG Watch When something goes wrong at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which happens often, it’s always…
What else Voice of America employees want new director to know?
BBG Watch Commentary What Else Voice of America Employees Want Amanda Bennett To Know? Current and Former VOA…
Op-Ed: Voice of America or Voice of Castro without any balance?
BBG Watch Media An
Information Warfare: It’s Over, We Lost
OPINION: THE FEDERALIST Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information Warfare: It’s Over, We Lost BBG: Land of…
Cyber security: should BBG board believe its bureaucracy or OIG?
Federal News Radio Andre Mendez, BBG CIO and CTO “When I first came on board in…
Law firm update on $400 million class action suit against BBG
BBG Watch BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE The Washington, D.C. law firm, Themis PLLC, has released additional information on its…
BBG meets with Secretary Kerry, gets praise despite anti-Israel, pro-Putin messaging
BBG Watch Commentary According to Secretary Kerry, “Today’s Broadcasting Board of Governors is not the BBG of a…
New VOA director should question BBG PR claims, employees say
BBG Watch Commentary Amanda Bennett has been named director of the government-owned broadcaster Voice of America (VOA), Ron…
Employees don’t want new VOA director Amanda Bennett co-opted by dysfunctional management
BBG Watch Commentary The first address by new Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett was generally well…
RFE/RL English reporting is often superficial and sloppy
BBG Watch Commentary During the Cold War, U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was a giant of…
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Amanda Bennett Named VOA Director
BBG Watch Amanda Bennett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author, chosen as the new director of the…
RFE/RL competes with SPUTNIK and RT in promoting Putin humor
BBG Watch Commentary During the Cold War, U.S. government-funded Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) was providing translation of…
Correcting Voice of America history
BBG Watch Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director, Ted Lipien, who earlier in his VOA career…
Shocking news from US tax-funded Voice of America
BBG Watch Media The Voice of America (VOA), which is funded by U.S. taxpayers ($215 million in FY…
VOA’s Myroslava Gongadze in National Review
BBG Watch Media National Review, a mainstream conservative magazine founded by author William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955,…
VOA’s Zimbabwe Service Partners With ICIJ, But Not VOA News or RFE/RL
BBG Watch Of all the U.S. taxpayer supported Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) media outlets, only the Voice…
RFE/RL as Radio Free Kremlin, Not An April Fools Day Joke
BBG Watch Commentary This is not an April Fools Day Joke, as much as we wished it to…
Czech Republic Honors Klose, Pechacek, RFE/RL For Defending Freedom
BBG Watch Commentary “Former RFE/RL President Kevin Klose and former RFE/RL Czechoslovak Service director Pavel Pechacek were honored…
Sloppy Voice of America on first name basis with President Obama
BBG Watch Commentary Sloppiness, lack of leadership and lack of editorial control have reached new levels at the…
Anti-Israel RFE/RL Facebook message may inspire terrorists | Digital Journal Op-Ed
BBG Watch Media “U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) posted an anti-Israel Facebook message which may inspire…
‘Wholesale racism’ in Israel: RFE/RL Facebook message paid by U.S. taxes
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has included a message in the…
A Plea to Future Voice of America Director
BBG Watch Commentary A comment sent to BBG Watch includes a plea to the next Voice of America…