Voice of America seeks help with finding positive news
BBG Watch Commentary Link to VOA Talk to America Video on YouTube U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…
Voice of America Facebook still shows President Obama with a turkey 12 days after Thanksgiving
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America news, Facebook posts and Tweets are not the only ones…
Voice of America needed leaders and an editor for Obama immigration story
BBG Watch Commentary On such an important news story as President Obama’s speech Thursday evening on immigration…
Voice of America Information War Lost: Pants On Fire
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Information War Lost: Pants On Fire By The Federalist We…
Voice of America report on Putin at G20 shows only pro-Putin readers’ comments
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is either completely ineffective in audience engagement…
Voice of America homepage shows 6 hours old news Tweet alerts
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch looked at the Voice of America (VOA) English news homepage and discovered that…
Voice of America – Information War Lost: Beyond Dysfunctional and Defunct
BBG Watch Commentary A new commentary from our regular contributor The Federalist deals with the Voice of America…
RT and VOA U.S. elections social media outreach: Facebook RT 4.2K – VOA 208
BBG Watch Commentary RT and VOA social U.S. elections social media outreach: Facebook RT 4.2K – VOA 208…
Non-stop music on Voice of America online radio after U.S. elections
BBG Watch Commentary As of 3:20 AM ET, Wednesday morning, November 5, 2014, VOA’s online “NOW PLAYING: Live…
11:45 PM – BBC, CNN, FOX, CNBC and RT reported Republican Senate Majority – Voice of America has not
BBG Watch Commentary 11:45 PM – BBC, CNN, FOX, CNBC and RT reported Republican Senate Majority – Voice…
10:50PM -U.S. election night – no updates on Voice of America – VOA English News Facebook
BBG Watch Commentary In addition to slow updating of Voice of America (VOA) English news website and absolutely…
Voice of America fumbles on a breaking space rocket explosion story
BBG Watch Commentary Mismanaged U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) was once again “out to lunch” after business…
Voice of America executives still not reading VOA website
BBG Watch Commentary by Another Backbencher As of Friday, Oct 3 at 1:54am, the Voice…
Digital Last at Voice of America with John Kerry – Good Enough for Government Work
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary describes how Voice of America was “Digital Last” in its handing of an…
VOA Interview with Kerry — no video, no audio*, no photo, no Facebook** — SKYPE interview with VOA reporter instead
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America executives have once again shown how unable they are to manage a…
Voice of America says ‘the question still remains whether the Russians are helping the separatists’ in Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America says ‘the question still remains whether the Russians are helping…
Russia’s RT has more on Obama statement on Ukraine than Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) devoted only 138 words on its English news website…
Russian RT paid more attention to American Jim Foley than Voice of America, obliterated VOA in social media
BBG Watch Commentary The Kremlin’s external media outlet RT (formerly Russia Today) once again beat U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…
Voice of America obliterated by Russia’s RT on Ferguson coverage, social media outreach
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) was not only late in reporting online on the killing of…
Voice of America finally on the scene in Ferguson – No Comment
BBG Watch Commentary After more than ten days of reporting on the Ferguson protests from Washington, without any…
Voice of America bosses and staff on vacation, no VOA reporter in Ferguson, Missouri
BBG Watch Commentary The same management of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), which provided on-the-scene coverage of…
Were we channelling à la the Twilight Zone? – JANE DOE Op-Ed
Guest Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the International…
CUSIB’s ANN NOONAN: management meltdown at the Voice of America
Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), speaking…
Voice of America Kurdish Service Facebook Page Not Updated for 11 Hours
BBG Watch Commentary Despite a tremendous humanitarian tragedy in Iraq involving tens of thousands of Kurds and Kurdish-speaking…
Voice of America often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes promotes it
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes even…
RT hammers VOA in social media
RT report from earlier today, June 2, 2014, dealing with U.S. news, “Republicans criticize US swap with Taliban,…
Other than misspelled name of Poland’s President, finally a decent VOA report on Obama heading to Europe
BBG Watch Commentary While many U.S. and international media outlets were posting full length reports and news analyses…
RT and Voice of Russia have much more on U.S. troops going to Poland, Baltics, and Black Sea than Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s Kremlin-run media outlets, RT and Voice of Russia, have done considerably more reporting on…
In less than grammatical English, rudderless Voice of America adds English lessons to its news mission
A Guest Commentary From A Former Voice of America Journalist I looked at the Voice of America (VOA)…
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…
BBC World News has ten times more Facebook Fans than Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary VOA Facebook Page – 561k Likes BBC World News Facebook Page – 5.5m…
Losing Egypt and the Rest of the Arab and Muslim World
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) failed to send a correspondent with Vice President Biden to Central…
After business hours: no Voice of America report on meeting between Biden and Ukrainian PM
BBG Commentary Things have gotten back to normal at the Voice of America (VOA) after some improvement in…
VOA Hit and Miss: Voice of America fails to report on U.S. Ambassador accusing Russia of ‘Big Lies’
BBG Watch Commentary With Russia’s media propaganda offensive over Ukraine in full swing, U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe…
BBG Media Highlights – March 4, 2014 – Voice of America Ukrainian Service lacks resources to update Twitter and Facebook
BBG Watch Commentary – “BBG Media Highlights” are distributed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) – a…
As Russian occupation of Ukraine expands — Voice of America Ukrainian Service lacks resources to update Twitter and Facebook
BBG Watch Commentary A check done by BBG Watch at 11:00 PM EST Monday, March 3, shows that…
Voice of America news goes to the dogs, but not to Bosnia
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America news goes to the dogs, but not to Bosnia The…
Voice of America not reporting on U.S. Congressman’s threat to journalist – BBC, Russia’s RT, Iran’s Press TV are
BBG Watch Commentary Whether the news is good or bad for the United States or for President Putin,…
Voice of America more than 2 hours late in reporting Statement by NSC Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden on Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Between 12AM and 1AM, VOA English website substituted its earlier short report with a report…
BBC, Deutsche Welle offer superb coverage of Ukraine’s slide toward a police state, Voice of America does not
British BBC and German Deutsche Welle (DW) offer superb coverage in English of Ukraine’s slide toward a repressive…
Voice of America Persian Service hours behind BBC in online reporting on Obama Iran nuclear deal statement
BBG Watch Commentary The embattled Voice of America (VOA) Persian Service was today (Sunday. Jan. 12) hours behind…
Half of US Congressional politicians are millionaires — BBC, Iran Radio, RT, and others report — not Voice of America
Global Media Analyst International media have been reporting for the last two days on the latest wealth analysis…
Iran posts more U.S. news in English than Voice of America, some not reported on VOA website
Global Media Analyst One of the English language news websites of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, http://english.irib.ir, sometimes…
British Royal Feast on Voice of America – U.S. Taxpayers Should Check This Out
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayers paid for these programs by the Voice of America (VOA) while many human…
BBC and RFE/RL offer best Pussy Riot prison release coverage, RT downplays the story
BBG Watch Commentary In terms of audience engagement through social media and the number of Facebook “Likes” for…
North Korea’s way with extreme insults – another good analysis from BBC
BBG Watch Commentary BBC has outdistanced all other international media outlets in reporting on and analyzing the latest…
On Mandela, Ukraine – Voice of America executives can’t arrange for special news coverage
BBG Watch Commentary Take a look at these two screenshots showing BBC’s and Voice of America’s (VOA) home…
Voice of Russia name gone? – Putin goes for highly successful Russia Today brand-name in reorganization of state-run media
BBG Watch Commentary President Vladimir Putin has ordered the merger of the RIA Novosti news agency and the…
RFE/RL – Live Blog: Massive Protests In Kyiv – VOA Ukrainian covers U.S. reactions – VOA English relies on Reuters
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is providing live coverage in English of protests…
Ukraine Protests Sunday – VOA 19 Facebook ‘Likes’ – BBC 2,364 – Russia Today over 3,200
BBG Watch Commentary The VOA English news website had no original reporting on major anti-government demonstrations in Kiev,…