FACT AND FANTASY AT USAGM (FORMERLY BBG): A FAMILIAR WASHINGTON GAME
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This is part two of a multipart commentary on the newly named United States…
Reporter who gave anti-Iran regime demonstrators the finger moderates Voice of America program
BBG Watch Commentary This is @barbaraslavin1 showing her fingers 2us. How professional!! @AP @AFP @Reuters @CNN…
The Big Lie
OPINION The (Really) Big Lie US International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist An often-heard description of…
Voice of America sets new record for Trump-bashing columns
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 million) Voice of America (VOA), run by the vast dysfunctional bureaucracy of…
Downward Spiral At Broadcasting Board of Governors
Opinion Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost The Never-Ending Downward Spiral Part Two By The Federalist …
Marginally better Voice of America still beaten on Nancy Reagan by BBC, DW, RFI, RT
BBG Watch Commentary Image: BBC Breaking News Headline on Nancy Reagan U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is…
New BBG CEO John Lansing is having a positive impact, but is it enough?
BBG Watch Commentary There are clear signs that new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing is…
Voice of America Launched Extremism Watch Desk EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary Defying her critics in the Voice of America (VOA) Central English Newsroom who object…
Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform
OPINION Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform Will Taxpayers Continue to Foot This…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Fantasy Reform
OPINION/COMMENTARY Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: It’s Over. We Lost. Fantasy Reform By The Federalist …
CUSIB, other experts disagree with David Ensor and one Superman CEO solution for BBG
BBG Watch Media The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) posted a comment in Foreign Policy…
CUTTING THROUGH THE FOG: AN AUTUMN UPDATE
BBG Watch BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach,…
Employee morale at Broadcasting Board of Governors declined under new leadership
BBG Watch According to the Partnership for Public Service, which uses data from the Office of Personnel Management’s…
Voice of America does better on Malala story compared to 2013, gets exclusive interview with Ukraine’s president
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice America did a much better job covering Malala Yousafzai’s visit to Washington…
U.S. funded RFE/RL posts a puff piece on an Iranian terrorist
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has reported often on a leadership, management and news handling crisis at the…
Journalist analyzes Matt Armstrong buzzwords
BBG Watch Commentary A former Voice of America senior correspondent has sent us an analysis of a recent…
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)…
John Kerry Voice of America interview proved VOA’s irrelevance on social media
BBG Watch Commentary Seven and a half hours after a Voice of America (VOA) interview with U.S. Secretary…
Voice of America late on Russia veto of UN Srebrenica resolution, appears to misinterpret US Ambassador’s comments
BBG Watch Commentary More than two hours after BBC, RT, RFE/RL and other international news organizations reported on…
‘Crimea overwhelmingly happy to be part of Russia,’ Voice of America reported year ago citing faulty BBG poll
BBG Watch History U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is now under new interim leadership after the recent…
OPINION: Voice of America Information War: Lost – Essential Ingredients: Threats, Deception and Management By Clichés
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
‘Good news! Kelu Chao Takes Over As Acting Director Of Voice Of America,’ CUSIB director tweets
BBG Watch Ann Noonan, executive director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org)…
WP: VOA chief threatens to ‘kill’ other U.S. broadcast stations if . . .
BBG Watch Media In his “In the Loop” Washington Post column, Al Kamen reports on former Voice of…
Voice of America has news and web issues
BBG Watch Early Wednesday afternoon, new Russsian military offensive in Ukraine was number two news story on BBC…
David Ensor issued a blunt warning to BBG freedom media before leaving his post
BBG Watch Exclusive Commentary According to several Voice of America (VOA) journalists who attended a meeting last week…
OPINION The Departure of Voice of America Director David Ensor
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
Union pleased with reform bill protecting ‘journalistic integrity’ of Voice of America news
BBG Watch A union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) posted online a commentary…
Some in Congress took note of Voice of America director’s ‘lobbying’ against reform legislation EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Some members of Congress and congressional staffers took note of Voice of America director David…
‘FAREWELL’ post from Voice of America director David Ensor
BBG Watch In a “FAREWELL” post on his official Voice of America blog, VOA director David Ensor tosses…
Policy heavyweights support Royce-Engel U.S. media reform bill
BBG Watch Commentary According to a new report released by the Aspen Institute, at the third annual Aspen…
No rebuttal on Voice of America to ex-CIA official calling Seymour Hersh’s Osama bin Laden report ‘rubbish’
BBG Watch Commentary In an apparent violation of the VOA Charter and Journalistic Code, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
Oops, Cameron not ousted as Voice of America speculated
BBG Watch Commentary British Prime Minister David Cameron was not ousted as Voice of America (VOA) speculated he…
Voice of America Ebola page not updated for close to two months
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) had an “EBOLA Special Coverage” page which for close…
OPINION: Flying journalism under a false flag
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This commentary by former Voice of America foreign…
Voice of America can’t get news of its own reform right
BBG Watch Media It is unlikely in the extreme that Voice of America (VOA) director David Ensor (who…
Wilson Center Panel on Reform of BBG
BBG Watch The Woodrow Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy program sponsored a panel discussion on reforming U.S.…
Broadcasting Board of Governors recognizes labor rights victory of Voice of America U.S. citizen journalists
BBG Watch Commentary In November 2012, in a message to Agency employees, former International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) Director…
Independent journalist at U.N. renews accusations against top Voice of America executives
BBG Watch Commentary Referring to The New York Times report on the announcement of Voice of America (VOA)…
Voice of America fails to report on PEN prize for jailed RFE/RL journalist
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to report online in English, Russian and many…
WAHL – POMERATSEV – DALE on Kremlin conspiracy theories propaganda
BBG Watch Media A congressional hearing, entitled “Confronting Russia’s Weaponization of Information,” was convened Wednesday in Washington by…
NEW YORK TIMES Signs of Turmoil Seen for Voice of America
BBG Watch Media In a new article, New York Times reporter Ron Nixon writes about the announced resignation…
Voice of America Spanish website still silent on expulsion of TV Marti from Cuba press conference
BBG Watch Commentary Two days after an incident involving American journalists from a related media outlet covering Cuban-American…
Voice of America fails to report on Cuban officials harassing TV Marti reporters in Panama
BBG Watch Commentary Even though its parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), issued a press release…
‘Weaponization’ of Information House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing April 15
BBG Watch House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing April 15 “The agency charged with leading the effort – the…
Facebook comments on resignation of Voice of America director
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) journalists and others left numerous comments on Dan Robinson’s Facebook…
NEWSMAX Voice of America wasted tax money for satirical attack on U.S. media website
BBG Watch Media Newsmax, a popular conservative media outlet, described by The New York Times a “potent force”…
Washington Post quote: ‘Ensor accomplished more…’
BBG Watch Media The Washington Post “In the Loop” column by Colby Itkowitz reports on the resignation of…
Russian RT beats Voice of America 1,500 to 1 in Facebook ‘Likes’ on S. Carolina murder
BBG Watch Media Russia’s state media outlet RT beat U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), which departing VOA…
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…
SPUTNIK, BBC leave Voice of America behind on S. Carolina shooting death charge
BBG Watch Media BBC, Russia’s international news agency SPUTNIK and multiple other foreign and U.S. media have been…