Read More 1 minute read MBN’s ‘Raise Your Voice’ Digital Initiative To Expand from Iraq to EgyptMarch 5, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Brian Conniff, president of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), spoke at the February 26,…
Read More 5 minute read Kerry’s representative to BBG writes about Egypt and media freedom, ignored by VOAJune 30, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Richard Stengel, who serves as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs…
Read More 12 minute read Losing Egypt and the Rest of the Arab and Muslim WorldMarch 19, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) failed to send a correspondent with Vice President Biden to Central…
Read More 7 minute read Why Voice of America Should Not Have Ignored Religious Freedom Message from President Obama to Orthodox Christians in EgyptJanuary 9, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Tuesday, January 7, BBG Watch reported that the English-language website of the Voice of America…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America fails to report on President Obama’s Statement on Coptic ChristmasJanuary 8, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Late yesterday, Tuesday, January 7, BBG Watch reported that the English website of the Voice…
Read More 2 minute read Governor Meehan Surveys Egyptian Media Scene – BBG Press ReleaseDecember 6, 2013 BBG PRESS RELEASE Governor Meehan Surveys Egyptian Media Scene DECEMBER 5, 2013 Cairo, Egypt – BBG Governor Michael…
Read More 2 minute read Alhurra TV Launches Season 2 Of “Rayheen Ala Fain?” – BBG Press ReleaseDecember 6, 2013 BBG PRESS RELEASE Alhurra TV Launches Season 2 Of “Rayheen Ala Fain?” DECEMBER 4, 2013 Alhurra Television announced…
Richard Stengel leaving Time for State Department public diplomacy job with duties at BBGSeptember 13, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Politico and The New York Times reported that Richard Stengel, the top editor of Time…
Time and Christian Science Monitor report on U.S. Ambassador’s letter to Egyptian newspaper, VOA ignores the storySeptember 4, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Time magazine and now Christian Science Monitor have both reported on the letter sent on…
Gulf News columnist says Voice of America lost much of its relevanceSeptember 3, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In a column for Gulf News, a leading English language newspaper of the Gulf region,…
It’s Worse Than You ThinkAugust 26, 2013 International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: It’s Worse Than…
Strategic CollapseAugust 13, 2013 International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Strategic Collapse by…
Voice of America officials were wrong in downplaying coverage of Turkish protestsAugust 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary When Voice of America (VOA) executives tried to justify their decision not to send a…
New low for Voice of America – no original coverage of massacre in Egypt – leads with Reuters news – shows 0 Facebook ‘Likes’ – Al Jazeera already has 2,500July 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary 42 protesters have been killed, including women and children in the overnight clashes in Egypt.…
Former CNN executives at Voice of America had no video on San Francisco plane crash, Russia Today video got 33K views as of Sunday eveningJuly 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Al Jazeera, Russia Today and BBC had thousands of Facebook “Likes” and Tweets for their…
Egypt explodes, Voice of America English news nowhere to be seen on social media, VOA director goes on vacationJuly 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members are having a difficult…
43 to 1 – Voice of America beaten by Al Jazeera on Morsi ouster news story in social media engagement on the webJuly 5, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary English is America’s official language, but critics charge that news collection and reporting by the…
Alhurra made audience gains, Brian Conniff tells mediaFebruary 19, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Quoting Brian T. Conniff, President of Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), Adam Clayton Powell III…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Eve of DestructionMarch 6, 2012 by The Federalist On March 7, 2012 the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) plans to mark the 70th…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Not Too Big To FailFebruary 16, 2012 by The Federalist The Broadcasting Board of Governors – International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB), known to be the worst…