Voice of America’s audience in 2013 is nearly the same as in 1989
Voice of America’s audience in 2013 is nearly the same as in 1989 despite about 40% population growth,…
CUSIB Director expressed alarm about decline of Voice of America’s ability to cover U.S. and world news
BBG Watch Commentary CUSIB normally does not comment on news content issues, but its Advisory Board members apparently…
IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott is wrong on USIA’s record at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary was provided by Ted Lipien, director of the independent Committee for U.S. International…
Bureaucrats With A Grudge
Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Bureaucrats With…
Voice of America ignores Presidential Proclamation on International Day of the Girl, 2013
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English news website was late and superficial in reporting on…
Where Voice of America failed on Malala news story, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty did not
BBG Watch Commentary We have reported extensively on how the Voice of America (VOA) failed to cover Pakistani…
Shutdowns, Threats and a Car Chase
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Shutdowns, Threats and a Car…
BBG Resolution on Travel Policy was designed to limit wasteful spending by IBB and VOA executives
BBG Watch Commentary Considering that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) new Chairman Jeff Shell reportedly had to tell…
New BBG Chairman Reportedly Told Top IBB and VOA Officials to Cancel Planned Trip to Paris
BBG Watch Commentary Well-placed sources told BBG Watch that the new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff…
Voice of America English News Ignores Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng’s New U.S. University and Think-Tank Affiliation
BBG Watch Commentary In a continuing saga of top-level mismanagement and provincialism in news reporting to audiences overseas,…
Reforming U.S. international broadcasting agency won’t be easy as entrenched bureaucrats try to hold on to their jobs
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting,…
Voice of America abdicates its responsibilities under its Charter, VOA journalists say
BBG Watch Commentary The American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1812, published a commentary on the failure of…
No Class
BBG Watch Commentary No Class An event of sorts took place today, Monday, September 23, at the Cohen…
Near Nuclear Disaster in the U.S. in 1961 – BBC 16,390 Facebook Likes – Russia Today 6,900 – No news report on Voice of America English Website
BBG Watch Commentary Like most of international media, Russia Today reported already two days ago that a newly…
BLOATED BUREAUCRACY
BBG Watch Commentary Two recent articles posted on the website of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’s (BBG) employee…
Voice of America’s amateur hour on Obama’s Syria speech
BBG Watch Commentary Let’s face it: Voice of America’s (VOA) news reporting and management structure are completely broken.…
BBG Chairman Jeff Shell will head Universal, reports say
BBG Watch Commentary The Los Angeles Times and other media reported that Jeff Shell, a longtime Comcast Corp.…
Voice of America Management and Syria – Faulty Risk Calculus
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the US Government – Faulty Risk Calculus and Other…
APOLOGISTS HARD AT WORK, HOPEFULLY NOT ON TAXPAYERS’ DIME
BBG Watch Commentary We are reposting a commentary which has been posted on the AFGE Local 1812 website.…
Voice of America English website ignores Pope Francis’s Syria peace vigil
BBG Watch As reported by BBG Watch on September 6, the main English news website of U.S. international…
Voice of America executives and correspondents at odds over news reporting and management issues
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) has been late in posting major news stories or altogether failed…
Gulf News columnist says Voice of America lost much of its relevance
BBG Watch Commentary In a column for Gulf News, a leading English language newspaper of the Gulf region,…
Growth of International Broadcasting Bureau – IBB Staff – FY 07-14
BBG Watch Commentary As International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executives eliminated language services and U.S. international broadcasting programming positions…
Former BBG Governor Ashe welcomes promise of federal pay raise, warns of anti-labor animus
BBG Commentary Beloved by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) rank and file employees and feared by International Broadcasting…
Salvador’s Story
BBG Watch Commentary From the firing of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia to the illegal RIF of OCB…
Voice of America is late in posting news stories, gets pummeled by BBC, Russia Today and Al Jazeera in social media engagement
BBG Watch Commentary Consequences of allowing the worst management team in the federal government to continue to run…
Honesty can be dangerous for BBG employees, union warns
BBG Watch Commentary A union representing federal employees working for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) warned its…
Strategic Collapse
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Strategic Collapse by…
From defunct to ridiculous – how IBB officials are ruining good name of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary It did not occur to International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) bureacrats that Americans might not like…
Congressional criticism of Voice of America programs to Iran should serve as a reality check for VOA Director David Ensor
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor said on August 6, 2013 during an all-staff…
Departing BBG member Victor Ashe joins CUSIB
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusig.org) announced that departing Broadcasting Board of…
Gary Thomas responds to attacks from Voice of America management
BBG Watch Commentary In response to BBG Watch report, Victor Ashe apologized for Columbia Journalism Review for Voice…
Voice of America officials were wrong in downplaying coverage of Turkish protests
BBG Watch Commentary When Voice of America (VOA) executives tried to justify their decision not to send a…
Employee union, AFGE Local 1812, joins many praising Victor Ashe’s tenure on Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, a union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Victor Ashe got things headed in the right direction at BBG, Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Victor Ashe’s legacy at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will be one of being…
CUSIB calls Victor Ashe ‘A Man of Decency and Effectiveness’
BBG Watch Commentary In a statement issued today on the departure of Victor Ashe from his post on…
Revisiting the VOA Newsroom – Information War Lost – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – International Broadcasting Bureau
Revisiting the VOA Newsroom – Information War Lost – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal…
Even good Voice of America English news reports get few Facebook ‘Likes’ compared to those from BBC and Russia Today
BBG Watch Commentary All of this may be beating a dead horse by reporting on it again, as…
Czech newspaper publishes commentary on employee discrimination at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty in Prague
BBG Watch Commentary Lidove Noviny, the oldest Czech newspaper, published an op-ed article by a former Radio Free…
Senate Foreign Relations Committee cleared nominations of Shell, Crocker, and Armstrong for BBG board
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which holds jurisdiction over all…
Former Voice of America journalist says U.S. officials are losing information war abroad
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and journalist Ted Lipien wrote in a…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe accuses top agency officials of wasting taxpayers’ money, prolonging hardships of RIFed employees
BBG Watch Commentary In a strongly-worded statement for the press, Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) only Republican member…
IBB Director Lobo responds to former BBG Governor Wimbush
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau Director (IBB) Richard Lobo has responded to an earlier Wall Street Journal…
Are IBB officials trying to settle illegal RIF suit or will employee hardships continue?
BBG Watch Commentary We are wondering whether International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) officials–IBB Director Richard Lobo, IBB Deputy Director…
Heritage Foundation’s Helle Dale, others call for greater scrutiny of officials in charge of U.S. broadcasts
From John Brown’s Public Diplomacy Review, July 15-19, 2013. “Propaganda is a pejorative term …” —Broadcasting Board of…
After ruining VOA’s reputation and bipartisan support with their mishandling of Smith-Mundt, IBB executives are pushing for de-federalization
BBG Watch Commentary Top executives at the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) have caused major damage to the Voice…
Transcripts show IBB official and others were not concerned with public reaction to Smith-Mundt propaganda ban repeal
BBG Watch Commentary One of our readers left a comment for an earlier post, in which he points…
Even More Words and Their Stories and Some Numbers, Too – Information War Lost – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – International Broadcasting Bureau
Even More Words and Their Stories and Some Numbers, Too – Information War Lost – The Standard for…
Factual NBC report on lifting Smith-Mundt propaganda ban generates many comments from irate U.S. taxpayers
BBG Watch Commentary Elizabeth Chuck, a staff writer for NBC News, wrote a good, factual report on the…
VOA journalist and VOA listener are not too kind on Rosa Brooks’ article and Voice of America management
BBG Watch Commentary In one of our recent posts, “Foreign Policy article with IBB propaganda on the Smith-Mundt…