Read More 12 minute read USAGM CEO nominee Michael Pack pledges to protect journalistic integritySeptember 19, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary Michael Pack, President Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Agency for Global…
Read More 8 minute read US Agency for Global Media John Lansing DepartsSeptember 10, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary OPINION U-SAG-M US Agency for Global Media John Lansing Departs By The…
Read More 6 minute read Secret Facebook Pages and Twitter Blockers at USAGM Part IIJuly 23, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary Secret Facebook Pages and Twitter Blockers at USAGM By BBG –…
Read More 2 minute read VOA Director Praised Editor Later Named in a Partisan Bias ControversyJuly 19, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary According to an article by The Daily Caller reporter Shelby Talcott, Voice of…
Read More 4 minute read CUSIB expresses concern to Senator Rubio over USAGM VOA China plansJuly 5, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org) has appealed…
Read More 8 minute read Alleged OCB TV Marti ‘fake news video’ marks another scandal under USAGM CEO John LansingJuly 4, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary In a constant stream of management and programming scandals affecting America’s foreign media…
Read More 4 minute read USAGM CEO Lansing still a Twitter follower of admitted felon, his ex-right hand manJuly 1, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary In an affront to taxpayers and his U.S. government agency employees, John F.…
Read More 3 minute read USAGM CEO told critics to go awayJune 12, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary More than a year ago U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO John…
Read More 3 minute read CUSIB remains concerned about VOA Mandarin ServiceJune 8, 2019 OPINION Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org) spoke in Washington,…
Read More 5 minute read AFGE Local 1812 on FEVS and Bad Morale at VOA, Marti, USAGMJune 2, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary As the Advisory Board members prepare for their June 5th U.S. Agency for…
Read More 5 minute read German public radio reports on RFE/RL posting authoritarian propagandaMay 25, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary German domestic’s public radio Deutschlandfunk reported recently on widespread accusations made by independent journalists against…
Read More 6 minute read CUSIB Statement in Response to USAGM Latest Firing of Two “VOA Mandarin 5” JournalistsMay 18, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called recently for a leadership change at…
Read More 20 minute read VOA Chinese Service censored Pompeo speech while other USAGM news sites ignored it EXCLUSIVEMay 14, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary It appears from multiple online searches of U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
Read More 11 minute read Dysfunctional USAGM Imposes Unacceptable Risks on Its JournalistsMay 10, 2019 OPINION Unacceptable Risks US Government International Broadcasting: World Press Freedom Day at USAGM By The Federalist…
Read More 14 minute read Tajik Dictator’s Propaganda Promoted by U.S. Tax-funded RFE/RLMarch 28, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The e-mail reposted below with some minor editing was sent to BBG Watch…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America was days late in reporting on an anti-Semitic slurMarch 7, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary UPDATE In yet another news reporting failure for the Voice of America, BBC,…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America silent on Eliot Engel, other US condemnations of ‘vile anti-Semitic slur’ by Rep. OmarMarch 4, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA), which repeatedly broadcast one-sided attacks by…
Read More 8 minute read It’s Alive! The USAGM DystopiaFebruary 27, 2019 OPINION It’s Alive! The U-SAG-M Dystopia By The Federalist “Dystopia” has a broad range of definition. In part,…
Read More 3 minute read VOA Director Amanda Bennett’s Chinese New Year Greeting BackfiresFebruary 10, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary 美国之音给您拜年啦!美国之音台长贝内特、中文部主任托瑞埃罗和其他语言组的同仁祝您?年身体健康、合家欢乐、万事如意!!! pic.twitter.com/0aJwkGAgWx — 美国之音中文网 (@VOAChinese) February 3, 2019 VOA Director Amanda Bennett’s Chinese New…
Read More 6 minute read RFE/RL claims Iran clergy “remains firmly in place” as criticism of Radio Farda, VOA and USAGM goes viralFebruary 1, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary In a new video from U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which is managed…
Read More 2 minute read Trump Sticks With Pack for Broadcasting Chief, WFB reportedJanuary 18, 2019 BBG Watch Media As reported by Susan Crabtree in the Washington Free Beacon, “President Trump has re-nominated documentary…
Read More 10 minute read USAGM Is Federal Bureaucracy’s FantasylandDecember 26, 2018 OPINION U-SAG-M — Federal Bureaucracy’s Fantasyland Information War Lost: Diversionary Tactics By The Federalist In…
Read More 3 minute read USAGM CEO Lansing blasts critics who exposed his agency’s illegal Facebook ads targeting AmericansDecember 25, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In a letter to the Editor of The Los Angeles Times, CEO of the U.S.…
Read More 6 minute read New York Times missed evidence of existing Voice of America bias under Amanda Bennett and John LansingDecember 13, 2018 BBG Watch Media Commentary While noting some of the management scandals at the Voice of America (VOA) and…
Read More 2 minute read Dan Robinson comments on NPR report about VOADecember 5, 2018 Voice Of America Vows Independence, As Trump Calls For ‘Worldwide Network’ Dan Robinson comments on NPR report…
Read More 3 minute read Fearful and silenced, anti-communist Voice of America journalists side with Mandarin 5 against VOA directorNovember 30, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In secret messages to BBG Watch, some of the remaining anti-communist journalists at U.S. tax-funded,…
Read More 4 minute read Thanksgiving: Time to Be Grateful For “Cushy” Six-figure Jobs at USAGMNovember 23, 2018 BBG Watch Guest Commentary As Americans observed Thanksgiving, employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) no…
Read More 3 minute read CUSIB Inquires About VOA Mandarin 5November 14, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary At the open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) on November 14, Committee…
Read More 2 minute read Tuning in to BQ Cullum — the Voice of AmericaNovember 13, 2018 BBG Watch Media Report and Commentary A local American newspaper has posted a profile of radio and television…
Read More 10 minute read USAGM outlets VOA and RFE/RL Radio Farda absent at Pompeo news conference on Iran sanctionsNovember 6, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary According to Iranian-American Mahtab Farid, neither the U.S. tax-funded and Federally-managed Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 11 minute read USAGM Holdover CEO Was Warned in 2017 About Anti-Semitism in His Agency’s ProgramsOctober 31, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Obama Administration holdover CEO John F. Lansing took…
Read More 4 minute read Cold War Lessons for Voice of America in China — Plight of VOA Mandarin FiveOctober 21, 2018 BBG Watch Guest Commentary This article is reposted from the Cold War Radio Museum – coldwarradiomuseum.com – website.…
Read More 10 minute read USAGM The Rebranded Tower of BabelSeptember 23, 2018 OPINION U-SAG-M! The Rebranded Tower of Babel Old Is New, New Is Old By The Federalist …
Read More 4 minute read RE-BRANDED USAGM LIMITS MEDIA COVERAGE OF WASHINGTON PR EVENT: NO QUESTIONS WANTEDSeptember 14, 2018 BBG Watch Guest Commentary This is part one of a multipart commentary on the newly named United…
Read More 3 minute read Fear of the Chinese Government Continues Among Some at VOAAugust 29, 2018 Guest Commentary Fear of the Chinese Government and Caving in to Its Pressure Continue Among Some at…
Read More 8 minute read U-SAG-M! – U.S. Agency for Global MediaAugust 28, 2018 OPINION “U-SAG-M!” – United States Agency for Global Media US Government International Media Information War Lost By…
Read More 3 minute read Government media agency chief John Lansing calls for a closed meeting on USAGM at National Press ClubAugust 20, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary on USAGM Apparently not disturbed by knowledge of public diplomacy or experience to know what…
Read More 8 minute read Same As It Ever Was – Agency for Global Media USAGM or Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG Under John LansingAugust 17, 2018 OPINION Same As It Ever Was Agency for Global Media USAGM or Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG Under…
Read More 8 minute read Tom Kent leaving RFE/RLAugust 7, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Having published a letter to the New York Times editor in defense of his stewardship…
Read More 9 minute read “Weaponization?” What Congress wants are effective BBG programs to IranJuly 12, 2018 OPINION “Weaponization?” US Government International Media Information War: Lost By The Federalist A recent article…
Read More 4 minute read Questions BBG employees want CEO Lansing to answer but are afraid to askJuly 11, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has received a number of questions from Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees…
Read More 10 minute read The Summit and Beyond: The Big PictureJune 27, 2018 OPINION The Summit and Beyond: The Big Picture Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By…
Read More 5 minute read Why no Koreans in VOA Greta with Trump photo?June 21, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary .@realDonaldTrump with VOA after interview in Singapore pic.twitter.com/ohO2JvVnHZ — Greta Van Susteren (@greta) June…
Read More 5 minute read Heather Nauert stresses collaboration, firewall with BBG, praises RFA Uyghur ServiceJune 8, 2018 BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Kenneth Weinstein opened the BBG board meeting on June 6,…
Read More 6 minute read ‘Arc of success’ BBG manager Jeff Trimble is retiringJune 8, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary “Board Chairman Kenneth Weinstein thanked outgoing Deputy Director Jeff Trimble for his 21…
Read More 5 minute read Chinese audience upset by VOA giving a platform to Beijing’s propaganda think tankJune 6, 2018 BBG Watch Guest Commentary This report was submitted by a Voice of America (VOA) journalist who wants to…
Read More 6 minute read Iran scholars criticize BBG, VOA, and Radio Farda managementJune 1, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary With increasing frequency and frustration, anti-regime Iran scholars based in the West, as well as…
Read More 4 minute read BBG Digital Meltdown: The Perfect StormJune 1, 2018 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Digital Meltdown: The Perfect Storm US Government International Media Information War: Lost…
Read More 3 minute read ‘Debilitating’ Voice of America digital system failure continuesMay 25, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary One week later, as of Friday, the digital DALET system crisis at the U.S. taxpayer-funded…
Read More 2 minute read VOA Director on Digital FailureMay 23, 2018 BBG Watch In Their Own Words Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett has remarked on the catastrophic…