Read More 5 minute read Voice of America report touts benefits of engagement with North KoreaJune 21, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary A few days before the death of American university student Otto Warmbier who had lapsed…
Read More 7 minute read Congress Seeks IG Probe of VOA China Interview – WASHINGTON FREE BEACONJune 18, 2017 BBG Watch Media As reported by the Washington Free Beacon, “Congress is preparing to ask the State Department…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America ignores Senator Rubio on CubaJune 17, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary In its superficial and substandard coverage of President Trump’s major foreign policy speech on Cuba,…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America Spanish Fails to Show Trump Cuba Speech LiveJune 16, 2017 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary The Spanish Service of scandal-ridden, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to broadcast…
Read More 3 minute read Dr Sasha Gong and Huchen Zhang on VOA Guo Wengui Interview Controversy VIDEOJune 15, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Two of “VOA Mandarin Five” journalists suspended with pay by Voice of America director Amanda…
Read More 2 minute read Suspended VOA Mandarin Editor Huchen Zhang on Guo Wengui IncidentJune 14, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service journalist, senior editor Huchen Zhang, spoke today at the…
Read More 2 minute read Suspended VOA Mandarin Chief Sasha Gong on Guo Wengui IncidentJune 14, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service chief, Dr. Sasha Gong, spoke today at the open…
Read More 6 minute read Can Things Get Any Worse at Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)?June 13, 2017 OPINION Can Things Get Any Worse? US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist…
Read More 3 minute read Ambassador Alberto M. Fernandez named new president of MBN to manage Alhurra TV and Radio SawaJune 13, 2017 BBG Watch The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announced that Ambassador Alberto M. Fernandez, a refugee from Castro’s…
Read More 5 minute read Secretary Tillerson Supportive of OIG Investigation into Voice of America China ControversyJune 13, 2017 BBG WATCH COMMENTARY In a rare comment from America’s top diplomat about increasing programming and management controversies at…
Read More 1 minute read WSJ op-ed: In Iran, Radio Liberty Doesn’t Live Up to Its NameJune 12, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Farda, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “Persian-language service too often parrots state…
Read More 4 minute read Chinese citizen allegedly given personal information on five Voice of America journalistsJune 12, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Four Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service journalists have expressed concerns that their personal…
Read More 4 minute read CNBC report on Voice of America China scandal raises new issuesJune 9, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary “A dispute over why Voice of America abruptly shut down an interview with a vocal…
Read More 5 minute read CUSIB’s Ann Noonan renews calls for congressional investigation of VOA and BBG managementJune 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary In a speech delivered at a largely Chinese American event in Flushing, New York organized…
Read More 4 minute read No live VOA Comey feed, dismal audienceJune 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Unlike BBC, Al Jazeera, RT, DW and almost all other major international and U.S. news…
Read More 10 minute read Time to Revisit Status of VOAJune 7, 2017 OPINION Time to Revisit Status of VOA, Other Government Media, in Washington Press Galleries By Dan Robinson…
Read More 2 minute read Both BBC and RT beat Voice of America on Comey’s written remarksJune 7, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s RT posted the full text of fired FBI Director James Comey’s prepared remarks the…
Read More 5 minute read Former Voice of America director defends VOA China journalistsJune 6, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) director Robert R. Reilly had his letter to the editor…
Read More 6 minute read On Tiananmen Anniversary Day, Remember the VOA Mandarin FiveJune 4, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary As reported by the Voice of America (VOA), “Sunday marks 28 years since Chinese tanks…
Read More 5 minute read U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America allows comments calling for killing gaysJune 2, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), managed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 5 minute read Former USIA Worldnet director Michael Pack mentioned as a candidate for BBG CEO positionJune 1, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary If the Trump White House nominates someone to head the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
Read More 4 minute read HELLE DALE Did the Chinese Government Influence Voice of America?May 31, 2017 BBG Watch Media Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, commented on the latest…
Read More 3 minute read Zbigniew Brzezinski took action against censorship at Voice of America in 1978May 31, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski who died last week at age 89 showed keen interest in U.S.…
Read More 3 minute read WSJ Op-Ed: How China Managed to Muffle the Voice of AmericaMay 25, 2017 BBG Watch Media Sasha Gong, Voice of America’s Mandarin Service Chief who has been suspended by VOA director…
Read More 4 minute read Sakharov Prize winner urges independent investigation of Voice of America China debacleMay 24, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Wei Jingsheng, an internationally known leader in the 1978 Chinese Democracy Wall Movement, former political…
Read More 1 minute read BBG, IBB, and VOA senior bureaucracy protects itself by eliminating ‘administrative vacancies’May 24, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary BBG, IBB, and VOA senior bureaucracy protects itself by eliminating “administrative vacancies” while proposing to…
Read More 1 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG FY 2018 Budget Request Summary of AppropriationsMay 24, 2017 BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG FY 2018 Budget Request Summary of Appropriations
Read More 1 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG FY 2018 Budget RequestMay 23, 2017 BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG FY 2018 Budget Request – Executive Summary Chart
Read More 2 minute read ‘China Intervenes to Block Businessman From Revealing Spying Secrets on VOA,’ DC veteran journalist reportsMay 23, 2017 BBG Watch Media Commentary Veteran Washington journalist and political author Bill Gertz reports in the Washington Free Beacon…
Read More 5 minute read A Good Swift Kick Might Save BBG from Self-DestructionMay 22, 2017 OPINION A Good Swift Kick US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist Professor Martha Bayles…
Read More 4 minute read Don’t Kick VOA When It’s Down, But BBG and VOA Senior Leaders Should ResignMay 19, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary, Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien has posted a comment in…
Read More 3 minute read VOA had no live Trump speech Facebook feed — RT, BBC, WP didMay 18, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary On one of the most crucial news days so far of Donald Trump’s presidency, U.S.…
Read More 3 minute read Love Triangle on Voice of America shows creative use (waste) of tax dollarsMay 16, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Tax-funded Voice of America (VOA), which costs U.S. taxpayers quarter of a billion dollars a…
Read More 1 minute read Voice of America Quiet NewsroomMay 15, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary A Voice of America (VOA) reporter says: “It is so quiet at times…
Read More 5 minute read Remember The VOA Mandarin FiveMay 15, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary We offer the two official Voice of America (VOA) and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 6 minute read Two Faces of BBG ManagementMay 12, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary The senior mangement of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has at least two faces.…
Read More 7 minute read BBG — an agency of directors, managers and CEOMay 10, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary As federal employees of the ailing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), known throughout the U.S.…
Read More 1 minute read Mock funeral at Voice of America protest VIDEOMay 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary An amateur video of the anti-censorship protest on May 8, 2017 in front of the…
Read More 4 minute read Chinese Americans protest against censorship with a mock funeral at Voice of AmericaMay 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary @zhaoyan818 棺材上还有来自低于光之兄弟群体的星光层的存有:棺才上那个弧形的光源 pic.twitter.com/nO766Sp8AV — Vivian (@wy513888) May 8, 2017 A group of Chinese Americans staged…
Read More 10 minute read Telling It Like It Is – BBG and VOA Leaders Behind Low Staff MoraleMay 8, 2017 OPINION Telling It Like It Is US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist…
Read More 5 minute read Chinese free speech defender Lam Wing-Kee 林榮基 criticizes Voice of AmericaMay 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Chinese bookseller, free speech advocate and former political prisoner in China Lam Wing-Kee 林榮基 has…
Read More 5 minute read Solidarity with the VOA Mandarin Five as BBG employees rate senior leadersMay 6, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary An appeal from Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO and Director John F. Lansing to…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America posts charges of Trump ‘hate speech’ against journalists, ignores its ownMay 5, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Five Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service journalists have been put by VOA director Amanda…
Read More 8 minute read Chinese web users are not buying official VOA explanation, post sarcastic commentsMay 4, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service, whose chief Sasha Gong has been placed on…
Read More 1 minute read Voice of America Newsroom reporter comments on Guo Wengui controversyMay 3, 2017 OPINION/COMMENTARY The upper management of the Voice of America (VOA) and its parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of…
Read More 3 minute read Damage to Voice of America reputation in China is ‘unbelievable,’ VOA director was toldMay 3, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary As Voice of America director Amanda Bennett suspends and investigates VOA China journalists, shouldn’t she…
Read More 3 minute read South China Morning Post: VOA Mandarin Service staffers ‘suspended’May 2, 2017 BBG Watch Media Commentary The South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong English-language newspaper, has reported on five…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America management suspends 5 VOA China journalistsMay 2, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary On the day Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John F. Lansing spoke in Washington…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America director cut short Guo Wengui live interviewMay 1, 2017 Voice of America director cut short Guo Wengui live interview BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary BBG Watch has seen…
Read More 7 minute read Questions for Frank Sesno to ask BBG CEO John LansingApril 30, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has drafted some questions which we hope former CNN correspondent Frank Sesno will…