Read More 9 minute read VOA Director David Ensor Takes Shots at Ambassador, Former VOA Reporters, and NGO Media Watch DogDecember 17, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary VOICE OF AMERICA DIRECTOR DAVID ENSOR, DEC. 16, 2014: ” . . . [in response…
Read More 4 minute read Crude RT Kremlin propaganda virus infects Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty English news siteDecember 16, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch had reported how Voice of America English news website was picking up RT…
Read More 4 minute read Illegally dismissed Radio and TV Marti journalists still in a limbo after five yearsDecember 14, 2014 Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a Radio and TV Marti illegally…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America fails to broadcast CIA Director’s news conference live onlineDecember 13, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to provide live audio, video or…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America Information War Lost December Briefs – LiterallyDecember 10, 2014 Voice of America Information War Lost December Briefs – Literally By The Federalist Not much happens in the…
Read More 10 minute read Voice of America Information War Lost: From Malfeasance To PerditionDecember 1, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary International and U.S. media do not frequently comment on U.S. international media agency, the Broadcasting…
Read More 7 minute read Federal Dysfunction: Voice of America and Department of Homeland SecurityNovember 29, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 3 minute read A Time to Give ThanksNovember 27, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Happy Thanksgiving to all BBG Watch readers and contributors. We repost today a commentary by…
Read More 7 minute read Letter of VOA and OCB Journalist Contractors to BBG Chairman and CongressNovember 24, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary “Instead, the agency seems to be attempting to sweep the issue under the rug by…
Read More 3 minute read Washington Post expanded column offers new details on Voice of America contracting scandalNovember 24, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary We alerted BBG Watch readers to Joe Davidson‘s column in The Washington Post about the…
Read More 3 minute read Washington Post cites BBG Watch on poor news coverage and mismanagement at Voice of AmericaNovember 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Washington Post columnist Joe Davidson has cited BBG Watch reporting on U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
Read More 4 minute read CUSIB Applauds Breakthrough in the BBG’s 5-year Log Jam for Radio and TV Marti WorkersNovember 20, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has welcomed the news…
Read More 12 minute read Voice of America Information War Lost: Pants On FireNovember 19, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Information War Lost: Pants On Fire By The Federalist We…
Read More 18 minute read Voice of America shows its dysfunctional side on U.S. election night 2014November 6, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from former VOA Chief White…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America needs a new cultureNovember 4, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. Views expressed here are only those of the…
Read More 2 minute read Not a Lot of News Judgment at VOANews.comNovember 4, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 2 minute read NOONAN: gross mismanagement of Voice of AmericaNovember 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan spoke at…
Read More 3 minute read HEIL: Voice of America is not dysfunctionalNovember 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) deputy director Alan Heil told Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 1 minute read Government Executive on VOA management’s short-lived Ebola vaccine test and report ideaOctober 31, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Quoting BBG Watch, its anonymous commentator, The Federalist, and a statement by Committee for U.S.…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America and Secret Service: Very Different, Very SimilarOctober 29, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 6 minute read Spirit Day Celebration at Broadcasting Board of Governors As Respect For Senior Leaders and Employee Morale PlummetOctober 29, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The following notice was emailed to Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal employees, including Voice…
Read More 3 minute read Advice for Andy Lack from a Voice of America journalistOctober 27, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 9 minute read BBG employee union calls for change in senior management to counter declining staff moraleOctober 24, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In response to precipitous declines in employee morale and employee trust in senior leaders at…
Read More 9 minute read Voice of America Management Call to VOA Journalists: Volunteer for Ebola Vaccine And Report on Your ExperienceOctober 23, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from several current and former…
Read More 13 minute read Voice of America senior leaders must leave to make VOA effective and improve moraleOctober 20, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 1 minute read Putin’s Russian victimhood on VOAOctober 20, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary “Western media both expose, but often just report, Putin’s Russian victimhood propaganda claims, while poor…
Read More 10 minute read Memo to Andy Lack From A Disgusted, Yet Hopeful VOA JournalistOctober 18, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 7 minute read Questions from a Voice of America JournalistOctober 18, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 5 minute read BBG Watch passes 3.5 million hits markOctober 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary We were short-staffed and busy recently with posting a number of new stories and commentaries…
Read More 13 minute read OPM employee survey shows leadership crisis at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsOctober 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The initial Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) results from the 2014 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey…
Read More 6 minute read Union comments on improper contracting by BBG – IBB – VOA – OCB officialsOctober 17, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch reposts a commentary by AFGE Local 1812. It deals with employment of private…
Read More 4 minute read Government Executive reports on overuse and abuse of contractors at Voice of AmericaOctober 10, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Senior bureaucrats at the Voice of America (VOA) and the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG)…
Read More 3 minute read Hong Kong in Crisis, Voice of America Reduces TV to ChinaOctober 6, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 5 minute read What’s the difference between the VA and VOA?September 30, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 11 minute read Robinson and Thomas on H.R. 4490 Voice of America reformsSeptember 26, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Dan Robinson was one of the few if not the only Voice of America English…
Read More 3 minute read $157,500 Managing Editor job at Voice of AmericaSeptember 25, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The management of the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America has announced recruitment for a Managing…
Read More 6 minute read Former VOA WH reporter comments on Andy Lack’s appointment to BBGSeptember 24, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America Chief White House, foreign correspondent and language service director Dan Robinson…
Read More 3 minute read Former BBG Governor Ashe welcomes news of Andy Lack as CEOSeptember 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Former Broadcasting Board of Governor (BBG) member and CUSIB member Victor Ashe welcomed the selection…
Read More 3 minute read Bloomberg’s Andy Lack eyed for U.S. broadcasting CEO job at BBGSeptember 18, 2014 EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Commentary Usually well-informed sources confirmed to BBG Watch that Andy Lack, Chairman of Bloomberg Media…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America Information War Lost: The Agency That Celebrates Its FailureSeptember 14, 2014 Voice of America Information War Lost: The Agency That Celebrates Its Failure By The Federalist With its mission…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America executives took a break at ice-cream social to forget about John KerrySeptember 13, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Thanks to the power of social media, we have seen photos of Voice of America…
Read More 13 minute read Voice of America ignores U.S. observances of Hitler – Stalin Pact anniversaryAugust 25, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America management ignores U.S. statements on Hitler – Stalin Pact 75th anniversary and…
Read More 8 minute read BBG End of Summer 2014 ConundrumsAugust 15, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: BBG End of Summer 2014 Conundrums By…
Read More 4 minute read JIM MALONE: Taking direction from the CIA and the Pentagon would undermine credibilityAugust 15, 2014 STATEMENT OF VOICE OF AMERICA JOURNALIST JIM MALONE TO THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AUGUST 13, 2014 Members…
Read More 7 minute read An Untenable Position With ConsequencesAugust 11, 2014 Voice of America – Information War Lost: An Untenable Position With Consequences By The Federalist Sonja Pace…
Read More 6 minute read Criticizing Hillary Clinton In Relation To Decline of Voice of America Is An Unnecessary MisstepAugust 5, 2014 Commentary US Government International Broadcasting – Information War Lost: An Unnecessary Misstep By The Federalist We read with…
Read More 7 minute read Has The Voice of America Outlived Its Usefulness?August 5, 2014 Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This commentary is from an anonymous journalist who works at…
Read More 12 minute read DYAR and ROBINSON: What went wrong with Voice of America website and news?August 1, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America correspondent David Dyar commented on a recent post by another former…
Read More 5 minute read Execs with worst communication skills in charge of U.S. world media outreach at BBGAugust 1, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary A just released study by the Partnership for Public Service found that the Broadcasting Board…
Read More 16 minute read Hillary Clinton bemoans decline of U.S. outreach abroad through Voice of AmericaJuly 31, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In a recent interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and in her latest book, Hard…