A Good Swift Kick Might Save BBG from Self-Destruction
OPINION A Good Swift Kick US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist Professor Martha Bayles…
Don’t Kick VOA When It’s Down, But BBG and VOA Senior Leaders Should Resign
BBG Watch Commentary, Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien has posted a comment in…
VOA had no live Trump speech Facebook feed — RT, BBC, WP did
BBG Watch Commentary On one of the most crucial news days so far of Donald Trump’s presidency, U.S.…
Love Triangle on Voice of America shows creative use (waste) of tax dollars
BBG Watch Commentary Tax-funded Voice of America (VOA), which costs U.S. taxpayers quarter of a billion dollars a…
Remember The VOA Mandarin Five
BBG Watch Commentary We offer the two official Voice of America (VOA) and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Two Faces of BBG Management
BBG Watch Commentary The senior mangement of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has at least two faces.…
BBG — an agency of directors, managers and CEO
BBG Watch Commentary As federal employees of the ailing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), known throughout the U.S.…
Mock funeral at Voice of America protest VIDEO
BBG Watch Commentary An amateur video of the anti-censorship protest on May 8, 2017 in front of the…
Chinese Americans protest against censorship with a mock funeral at Voice of America
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…
Telling It Like It Is – BBG and VOA Leaders Behind Low Staff Morale
OPINION Telling It Like It Is US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist…
Chinese free speech defender Lam Wing-Kee 林榮基 criticizes Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Chinese bookseller, free speech advocate and former political prisoner in China Lam Wing-Kee 林榮基 has…
Voice of America posts charges of Trump ‘hate speech’ against journalists, ignores its own
BBG Watch Commentary Five Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service journalists have been put by VOA director Amanda…
Chinese web users are not buying official VOA explanation, post sarcastic comments
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service, whose chief Sasha Gong has been placed on…
Voice of America Newsroom reporter comments on Guo Wengui controversy
OPINION/COMMENTARY The upper management of the Voice of America (VOA) and its parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of…
Damage to Voice of America reputation in China is ‘unbelievable,’ VOA director was told
BBG Watch Commentary As Voice of America director Amanda Bennett suspends and investigates VOA China journalists, shouldn’t she…
South China Morning Post: VOA Mandarin Service staffers ‘suspended’
BBG Watch Media Commentary The South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong English-language newspaper, has reported on five…
Voice of America management suspends 5 VOA China journalists
BBG Watch Commentary On the day Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John F. Lansing spoke in Washington…
Voice of America director cut short Guo Wengui live interview
Voice of America director cut short Guo Wengui live interview BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary BBG Watch has seen…
Questions for Frank Sesno to ask BBG CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has drafted some questions which we hope former CNN correspondent Frank Sesno will…
Chance for China press freedom supporters to ask BBG CEO about censorship at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary On Monday, May 1, supporters of press freedom in China and in the United States…
Protest against censorship of China program at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Chinese Americans, former Chinese dissidents, Chinese students and media freedom activists in the Washington, DC…
VOA China Fought Mgmt Push To Limit Guo Wengui Interview — Part III
VOA China Fought Mgmt Push To Limit Guo Wengui Interview — Part III Reputation Damaged — A…
Voice of America China Guo Wengui Part Two
All Hell Broke Loose — A Commentary What Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett once called…
Voice of America China Guo Wengui Part I
Asleep at the Wheel – A Commentary The management of the government-funded Voice of America (VOA) was…
VOA Interview With Guo Wengui Cut Short
BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has cut short its interview with Chinese businessman…
Harry Wu – supporter of human rights and U.S. broadcasts to China
BBG Watch Ann Noonan, executive director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org), has written…
The Russians Are Coming!
OPINION The Russians Are Coming! US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist …
1956 Hungarian Freedom Fighters – Scant VOA, RFE/RL 60th Anniversary Coverage
BBG Watch History Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and the Voice of America…
Voice of America rewrites history on Mao’s murderous rule
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) and its taxpayer-funded parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
U.S. News & World Report: America behind the curve in countering Russian disinformation
BBG Watch Media Commentary RAND experts William Courtney and Christopher Paul wrote in an article, “Firehose of Falsehoods:…
Voice of America wastes U.S. tax dollars on watermelons for China
BBG Watch Commentary If you are wondering how U.S. taxpayer-funded ($777 million in FY 2017) Broadcasting Board of…
Obama ignores BBG media in remarks on ISIL propaganda, Voice of America ignores his remarks
BBG Watch Commentary Call it getting even by the Voice of America. In a wide-ranging news conference last…
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan calls for more funding for U.S. broadcasting to China and Tibet, BBG reform
BBG Watch Speaking at an event last week in Flushing, NY, sponsored by the Qi’s Cultural Foundation, Ann…
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…
WP article on Internet censorship in which BBG is not even an afterthought
BBG Watch Commentary “The Internet was supposed to foster democracy. China has different ideas.” was the headline of…
VOA live convention views less than 0.0001% in China, 0.006% in Russia, 0.03% in Iran
BBG Watch Commentary According to Voice of America Director Ms.Amanda Bennett’s figures, less than 0.0001% Mandarin speakers, 0.0004% English speakers, 0.002% Spanish speakers, 0.006% Russian speakers,…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan addresses Tiananmen rally in NYC, appeals to BBG to keep radio to China and Tibet
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan addressed the 2016…
Masters of bad timing: BBG to eliminate Radio Liberty’s shortwave broadcasts in Russian
OPINION Masters of bad timing By Ted Lipien The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
When Exclusive is not Exclusive at Voice of America
BBG Watch OPINION When Exclusive is not Exclusive By Dan Robinson A headline on a…
Harry Wu, Champion of Human Rights, CUSIB Board Member Dies
BBG Watch The Laogai Research Foundation and the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) announced the…
CUSIB urges BBG not to abandon most vulnerable citizens in China and Tibet, not to reduce RFA budgets
BBG Watch Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – CUSIB.org), appealed to…
Amanda Bennett considered for Voice of America director EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned that journalist, author and former newspaper editor Amanda Bennett (@abennett; Facebook)…
Voice of America or Voice of Castro?
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America or Voice of Castro? While surfing the web, we recently came across…
Former Voice of America broadcasters remember Evelyn Lieberman
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Evelyn Lieberman, who died on Saturday in Washington, is being remembered by former Voice of…
On the eve of Town Hall meeting, BBG employees present a plea to new CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE On the eve of the Town Hall to Introduce CEO John Lansing, scheduled for Tuesday,…
John F. Lansing is leading contender for U.S. broadcasting BBG CEO post EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from reliable high-level sources within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Robert Senser, defender of VOA and RFA broadcasts to China and Tibet
BBG Watch The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has issued a statement on…
AFGE Local 1812 and Lady Liberty
BBG Watch We are catching up on some of the activities of the American Federation of Government Employees…
OPINION Conundrums of Self-Promotion
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
CUSIB urges use of radio and TV to counter new ‘Great Cannon’ in China
BBG Watch Media The Laogai Research Foundation (LRF) established by Laogai survivor Harry Wu has reported on the…