Human rights organizations write to BBG urging end to discrimination of RFE/RL foreign journalists
BBG Watch Commentary The latest human rights organization to send a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Voice of America Lost in a Dream
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America – Information War Lost: Lost in a Dream By The Federalist …
Former BBG member Ashe comments on expected settlement of OCB employees’ case
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned and reported earlier that thanks to the intervention of Broadcasting Board…
Audit finds low morale at U.S. Radio and TV Marti to Cuba, California paper reports
BBG Watch Commentary “Low morale still plagues the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, the U.S. government organization responsible for…
Does America need the Voice of America? – media expert Jonathan Marks asks
BBG Watch Commentary We strongly disagree with international media expert Jonathan Marks’s conclusion in his latest blog article…
Bad Management Threatens Voice of America’s Future
Commentary This commentary was sent to BBG Watch by VOA broadcaster who must remain anonymous. The Voice of…
BBG union comes under pressure for supporting H.R. 4490 bipartisan reform bill
BBG Watch Commentary American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812 union known for winning lawsuits to save…
More evidence of delaying notice to Voice of America listeners about shortwave cuts
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has obtained further evidence from multiple sources that a top International Broadcasting Bureau…
Is Congress trying to neuter Voice of America’s journalism or save it?
BBG Watch Commentary In a new Columbia Journalism Review article, former Voice of America (VOA) senior correspondent Gary…
Still no announcements on Voice of America main websites about shortwave cuts
BBG Watch Commentary In an incredible display of insensitivity toward its audiences and its own journalists, Voice of…
BBG, IBB, VOA executives break all 10 commandments
BBG Watch Commentary BBG, IBB, VOA executives break all 10 commandments of good management on (not) announcing bad…
PCJ Radio making fun of Voice of America and BBG executives on radio cuts to Asia and Middle East
BBG Watch Commentary PCJ Radio Int. based in Taiwan has produced and aired a Special Voice of America…
RFE/RL versus Helsinki Committee on labor rights – bad press continues
BBG Watch Commentary While the new leadership (Kevin Klose and interim team which replaced him) of U.S. taxpayer-funded…
DALE in WT: Only way to save U.S. international broadcasting is complete reform
BBG Watch Commentary Helle Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow for public diplomacy, has an op-ed in The…
CUSIB urges management reforms at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), which has been…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Legal by Jane Doe
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
Voice of America Ukrainian Service still works with same few staffers as before the crisis
BBG Watch Commentary Paraded in Public, Little Management Support Voice of America (VOA) Ukrainian Service has received very…
Crossing The Line
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America – Information War Lost: Crossing The Line By The Federalist The…
Face Off
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau Go Ahead: Try To Make Us Accountable – Information War Lost: Face…
How Effective Is the BBG in 2014? – Radio World asks
BBG Watch Commentary In an article in Radio World, “How Effective Is the BBG in 2014?,” Randy J. Stine quotes…
Taking The Washington Post To Task
BBG Watch Commentary Reform of US Government international broadcasting cannot and must not be held hostage by a…
WP editorial: Voice of America needs to keep its objective voice, BBG Watch agrees
BBG Watch Commentary We do not disagree with the Washington Post editorial, “Voice of America needs to keep…
VOA Editor to Director Ensor: “Nobody Believes Anything Management Has to Say Anymore”
BBG Watch Commentary In a staff meeting that became “a vote of no confidence” in Voice of America…
Another Ruling, Another Judge, Another Decision For the Employees – op-ed by AFGE Local 1812
BBG Watch Commentary The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Law Judge slammed the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Thumbs Down On “All Hands”
International Broadcasting Bureau – Just Call Us “Waste Unlimited!” – Information War Lost: Thumbs Down On “All Hands”…
The VOA Mission: Long May It Wave – AFGE Local 1812 Editorial on VOA Charter
BBG Watch Commentary We repost an editorial from the union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of…
Armstrong Going Off The Script: Calling H.R. 4490 ‘less than inarticulate’
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – Onward With Dysfunctional and Defunct! Information War Lost: Armstrong Going Off…
McCue’s Resignation Letter: Tribute to BBG Journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Board member Susan McCue’s resignation letter to President Obama is…
Former BBG member Ashe critical of BBG Governor Armstrong’s rebuke of Congress
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Governor Matt Armstrong about the bipartisan United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014 (H.R.…
Misplaced Sense of Entitlement
BBG Watch Commentary We present yet another opinion on the bipartisan reform bill, the United States International Communications Reform Act…
California paper picks up Miami Herald report on OCB journalists’ latest legal victory
BBG Watch Commentary The Sacramento Bee newspaper picked up a Miami Herald report by Juan O Tamayo on…
The Blame Game
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Don’t Know Anything But Dysfunctional And Defunct – Information War Lost: The Blame…
Federal court issues another rebuke to IBB officials accused of mistreating journalists
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another pointed rebuke to senior International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) officials, top executives and…
Robinson comments on Pessin’s article in The Hill
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) senior White House correspondent Dan Robinson, who had retired earlier…
‘America doesn’t need varnished truth’ by Al Pessin in The Hill blog, and BBG Watch commentary
Al Pessin, a senior Voice of America foreign correspondent, currently based in London, posted this commentary in one…
RSF: US SHOULD NOT ADOPT “INFORMATION WARFARE” APPROACH
BBG Watch Commentary “We urge the US authorities not to transform media such as Voice of America, Radio…
First ever bill to defund Voice of America for violations of VOA Charter and mismanagement
BBG Watch Commentary Never in the history of the Voice of America (VOA) under its numerous past directors…
BBG can be proud of its journalists working under defunct bureaucracy
BBG Watch Commentary Not all is defunct at the Voice of America (VOA) and the Broadcasting Board of…
Extraordinary Measures
International Broadcasting Bureau – Adding Disinformation to Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: Extraordinary Measures By The…
Götterdämmerung – Issues Of Reform, Rehabilitation, Rebirth
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost: Götterdämmerung – Issues Of Reform, Rehabilitation, Rebirth By The Federalist On…
The Hill on propaganda fears and reform of bureaucracy in charge of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary A report in The Hill, which focuses on a bipartisan bill to reform U.S. international…
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce calls for reduction and reform of U.S. international media bureaucracy
BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) said that U.S. broadcasters – the Voice of America, Radio Free…
As effort to reform Voice of America starts in Congress, VOA uses Reuters to report on Obama Europe trip, is four hours late
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America executives were too busy today meeting behind closed doors to decide how…
Sen. Wicker, Rep. Shock question BBG strategy as do BBG chair and members, but change seems still elusive
BBG Watch Commentary In an opinion article published Friday (April 25, 2014) on FoxNews.com, “America must not retreat…
Is VOA hobbling?
BBG Watch Commentary The latest example of VOA’s hobbled state was observed on Sunday, April 20, 2014. VOA’s…
Deutsche Welle offers two news analyses on Biden’s trip to Ukraine, Voice of America – a short news item from Reuters
BBG Watch Commentary Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW) has posted on its English-language website two lengthy news analyses on…
Death By Division
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Just Love Being Dysfunctional and Defunct! – Information War Lost: Death By Division By The Federalist…
Voice of America English news site ignores Kerry and Stengel, equates Obama with Putin
BBG Watch Commentary We found it interesting that Voice of America (VOA) English news website ignored the swearing-in…
A Map, Malice and Mission Impossible
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Define Success By Being Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: A Map, Malice and…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan on need for management reforms at VOA and IBB
BBG Watch Commentary At the April 11 meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors in Washington, DC, Committee…