State Department expert: Western ads provide 60-80% of Russian propaganda funding
BBG Watch Commentary A State Department Russian Affairs Political Officer Timothy Nelson said in a public forum that…
45% of visits to Voice of America English website are from the U.S. – EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE One of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) newsroom editors disclosed in an internal…
BBG admitted VOA buys Facebook ‘Likes’ with ads EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE A Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Office of Public Affairs staffer admitted in emails dated…
Even with terror attacks on U.S. soil, Voice of America Extremism Watch Desk has zero social media traction
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO and Director John Lansing, a successful former entertainment TV…
Voice of America wastes U.S. tax dollars on watermelons for China
BBG Watch Commentary If you are wondering how U.S. taxpayer-funded ($777 million in FY 2017) Broadcasting Board of…
David Satter on reforming U.S. media outreach to Russia
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In an exclusive interview with BBG Watch, U.S. journalist, author and Russia expert David Satter…
Voice of America News asleep on Munich story for over 3 hours, 4 hours on Facebook and Twitter
BBG Watch Commentary As of early Saturday, July 23, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has not been…
Turkey Coup: VOA posts quick updates to Facebook following earlier criticism
BBG Watch Commentary Following the earlier BBG Watch criticism that “Voice of America was not updating Facebook news…
JACKSON: The Voice of America is Not a Wire Service, And It Shouldn’t be Expected to Act Like One
OPINION Former Voice of America director David S. Jackson argues in an op-ed for BBG Watch that VOA’s…
To Congress: Shut ‘Em Down (Broadcasting Board of Governors), Create Something That Works
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost Shut ‘Em Down By The Federalist So much…
Former BBG Governor calls Voice of America video on Islamist terrorism flawed and dangerous
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is posting this commentary as an introduction to an op-ed by former presidentially-appointed…
U.S. tax-funded Voice of America joins anti-Donald Trump electioneering
BBG Watch Media A journalist working as a U.S. government employee for the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
BBG meets with Secretary Kerry, gets praise despite anti-Israel, pro-Putin messaging
BBG Watch Commentary According to Secretary Kerry, “Today’s Broadcasting Board of Governors is not the BBG of a…
Shocking news from US tax-funded Voice of America
BBG Watch Media The Voice of America (VOA), which is funded by U.S. taxpayers ($215 million in FY…
‘Wholesale racism’ in Israel: RFE/RL Facebook message paid by U.S. taxes
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has included a message in the…
Voice of America coverage from Cuba improves
BBG Watch After a shaky start, some poor quality video and criticism on Facebook, Voice of America’s (VOA)…
Voice of America’s ‘First Live Facebook Report’ on Super Tuesday
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) did what was presented as VOA’s “First Live Facebook Report.”…
VOA talks with astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko – a missed opportunity
BBG Watch For some reason, Voice of America (VOA) Central English Newsroom did not produce a separate news…
Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Introduction to “Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service: A View From Russia”…
Voice of America opponents of ‘countering violent extremism’ not likely to be asked to do it
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English newsroom reporters, some of whom make more than $150,000 per…
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War: Lost and Staying Lost
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War: Lost and Staying Lost By The Federalist …
Misleading audience claims from US broadcasting agency officials
BBG Watch Commentary Officials running US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), U.S. government’s overseas media outreach federal agency,…
OPINION We’ve Lost For The French and Western Civilization
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: We’ve Lost For The French and Western Civilization By The Federalist…
Broadcasting Board of Governors claims a record audience despite dismal VOA social media stats
BBG Watch Commentary There is no shortage of good news from the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) despite…
Voice of America with minimal Paris terror coverage had dismal social media engagement compared to BBC, DW, and RT
BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) offered this weekend its international audiences minimal coverage…
Faire l’amour is top U.S. news today on Voice of America French
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: After BBG Watch posts were published and after the sex-before-jail report stayed on the…
Voice of America irrelevant on social media during Democratic presidential debate
BBG Watch Commentary America is calling, but is anyone looking at Voice of America news content on social…
Voice of America does better on Malala story compared to 2013, gets exclusive interview with Ukraine’s president
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice America did a much better job covering Malala Yousafzai’s visit to Washington…
Misplaced priorities of BBG Governor
BBG Watch Commentary We could not find any online trace of U.S.taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) paying any…
U.S. Media Outreach to Russia Between Optimism and Despair
BBG Watch Commentary Two recent articles touched upon a little noticed debate over U.S. response to Vladimir Putin’s…
Senator Ted Cruz wants BBG to counteract ISIS propaganda, some Voice of America English news staffers don’t
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
John Kerry Voice of America interview proved VOA’s irrelevance on social media
BBG Watch Commentary Seven and a half hours after a Voice of America (VOA) interview with U.S. Secretary…
OPINION Conundrums of Self-Promotion
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
Voice of America has news and web issues
BBG Watch Early Wednesday afternoon, new Russsian military offensive in Ukraine was number two news story on BBC…
No rebuttal on Voice of America to ex-CIA official calling Seymour Hersh’s Osama bin Laden report ‘rubbish’
BBG Watch Commentary In an apparent violation of the VOA Charter and Journalistic Code, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
‘Coolest’ videos from Voice of America and RT – MUST SEE
BBG Watch Some say that the United States is losing the information war to Russia. What would be…
WATCH: Veteran VOA correspondents Jim Malone, Andre de Nesnera react to flyover
BBG Watch At the end of its today’s report, “US, Europe Mark 70th Anniversary of VE Day,” Voice…
Voice of America can’t get news of its own reform right
BBG Watch Media It is unlikely in the extreme that Voice of America (VOA) director David Ensor (who…
Wilson Center Panel on Reform of BBG
BBG Watch The Woodrow Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy program sponsored a panel discussion on reforming U.S.…
Facebook comments on resignation of Voice of America director
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) journalists and others left numerous comments on Dan Robinson’s Facebook…
Washington Post quote: ‘Ensor accomplished more…’
BBG Watch Media The Washington Post “In the Loop” column by Colby Itkowitz reports on the resignation of…
Russian RT beats Voice of America 1,500 to 1 in Facebook ‘Likes’ on S. Carolina murder
BBG Watch Media Russia’s state media outlet RT beat U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), which departing VOA…
SPUTNIK, BBC leave Voice of America behind on S. Carolina shooting death charge
BBG Watch Media BBC, Russia’s international news agency SPUTNIK and multiple other foreign and U.S. media have been…
Voice of America Director David Ensor stepping down
BBG Watch At today’s Town Hall meeting at the Voice of America (VOA) in Washington, DC, Director David…
Op-Ed: Voice of America can learn from State Dept. about social media
BBG Watch Media “When it comes to a few important journalistic new media skills, such as speed of…
Voice of America Persian v DW Persian on Facebook 301 – 3,800
BBG Watch Media The Voice of America Persian Facebook post on President Obama statement on the nuclear…
Voice of America Persian v BBC Persian on Facebook 301 – 6,900
BBG Watch Media Voice of America Persian slide into irrelevance on social media While most…
Dismal Voice of America social media stats on big Iran – U.S. news day
BBG Watch Commentary Members of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) should hold top Voice of America…
U.S. media agency BBG leagues behind BBC and RT in web traffic
BBG Watch Commentary The troubled U.S. media agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), released Tuesday its detailed…
Mashable reports on Andy Lack leaving Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Media Highly popular Mashable news website, which has over 3 million Total Facebook Page Likes 238…