OUR DYSFUNCTIONAL INTERNATIONAL RADIO/TV STATIONS – Guy W. Farmer Op-Ed
A Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Guy W. Farmer who supervised…
The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
Does America need the Voice of America? – media expert Jonathan Marks asks
BBG Watch Commentary We strongly disagree with international media expert Jonathan Marks’s conclusion in his latest blog article…
Voice of America – Information War Lost: For or Against Agency Reform?
BBG Watch Commentary The best way for a small group of well-meaning but completely misguided and unrealistic Voice…
Fixing U.S. International Broadcasting – At Last! – MULHAUPT and WIMBUSH
BBG Watch Commentary In one of the best reasoned and most coherent articles in favor of reforming the…
More evidence of delaying notice to Voice of America listeners about shortwave cuts
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has obtained further evidence from multiple sources that a top International Broadcasting Bureau…
Is Congress trying to neuter Voice of America’s journalism or save it?
BBG Watch Commentary In a new Columbia Journalism Review article, former Voice of America (VOA) senior correspondent Gary…
United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014, CBO Cost Estimate
BBG Watch Commentary A cost estimate of H.R. 4490, the United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014,…
PCJ Radio making fun of Voice of America and BBG executives on radio cuts to Asia and Middle East
BBG Watch Commentary PCJ Radio Int. based in Taiwan has produced and aired a Special Voice of America…
Victor Ashe : Voice of America has demonstrated its weaknesses
BBG Watch Commentary Commenting on numerous news reporting failures by the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), former…
Report details abuse of power, unauthorized spending by BBG, Ripon Advance notes
BBG Watch Commentary The Ripon Advance, a daily online news service of the Republican Party’s moderate Ripon Society,…
DALE in WT: Only way to save U.S. international broadcasting is complete reform
BBG Watch Commentary Helle Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow for public diplomacy, has an op-ed in The…
Voice of America ignores U.S. Marine Andrew Tahmooressi in Mexican prison, visit from Congressmen Royce and Salmon
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has almost completely ignored the arrest and subsequent detention…
BBG governor stands alone supporting Reform Act
BBG Watch Commentary A copy of a memo that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan sent…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Facts and Fiction about H.R. 4490
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Anti-Reform Act folks by Jane Doe
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
Voice of America Ukrainian Service still works with same few staffers as before the crisis
BBG Watch Commentary Paraded in Public, Little Management Support Voice of America (VOA) Ukrainian Service has received very…
Representative Kaptur Speaks With RFE/RL And VOA
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) continues its excellent in depth coverage of events…
Crossing The Line
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America – Information War Lost: Crossing The Line By The Federalist The…
Rep. Ed Royce: The danger to Voice of America is maintaining the status quo
BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has published a Letter…
Austin attacks Reilly, distorts his views on reforming Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) Director Dan Austin, who in 2008 ended all direct VOA…
Face Off
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau Go Ahead: Try To Make Us Accountable – Information War Lost: Face…
How Effective Is the BBG in 2014? – Radio World asks
BBG Watch Commentary In an article in Radio World, “How Effective Is the BBG in 2014?,” Randy J. Stine quotes…
Biden, U.S. Congress delegation not mentioned in VOA video report from Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the VOA Charter requires the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America to “present the…
WSJ op-ed by former VOA director Robert Reilly – Unmuffling the Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America director Robert Reilly has written an op-ed for The Wall Street…
Voice of America to target Americans despite ban on funding domestic news distribution, critics say
BBG Watch Commentary In a politically unwise press release, which according to critics at best violates the spirit…
Thumbs Down On “All Hands”
International Broadcasting Bureau – Just Call Us “Waste Unlimited!” – Information War Lost: Thumbs Down On “All Hands”…
Voice of America gives Obama – Poroshenko meeting announcement two sentences
BBG Watch Commentary Rudderless and floundering Voice of America (VOA) English News devoted only two sentences to the…
House passage of Hitler-Stalin Pact ‘Black Ribbon Day’ bill ignored by Voice of America, mismanagement continues
BBG Watch Commentary With Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Matt Armstrong calling House Foreign Affairs Committee bipartisan…
Armstrong Going Off The Script: Calling H.R. 4490 ‘less than inarticulate’
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – Onward With Dysfunctional and Defunct! Information War Lost: Armstrong Going Off…
A Former VOA Correspondent on the Debate Over U.S. International Broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is providing a forum for discussion on the United States International Communications Reform Act of…
California paper picks up Miami Herald report on OCB journalists’ latest legal victory
BBG Watch Commentary The Sacramento Bee newspaper picked up a Miami Herald report by Juan O Tamayo on…
Deutsche Welle does Voice of America’s reporting job on Hunter Biden and Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English website did not have a news report on Hunter…
GET RID OF VOICE OF AMERICA, LAWMAKER SAYS, Politix headline
BBG Watch Commentary Politix Editor-in-Chief David Mark reported in an article Tuesday that Rep. Matt Salmon. The Arizona…
Ed Royce: U.S. burdening international broadcasters with a failed bureaucracy
BBG Watch Commentary “We have done ourselves no favors by burdening international broadcasters with a failed bureaucracy.…
The Blame Game
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Don’t Know Anything But Dysfunctional And Defunct – Information War Lost: The Blame…
Robinson comments on Pessin’s article in The Hill
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) senior White House correspondent Dan Robinson, who had retired earlier…
RSF: US SHOULD NOT ADOPT “INFORMATION WARFARE” APPROACH
BBG Watch Commentary “We urge the US authorities not to transform media such as Voice of America, Radio…
BBG Media Highlights mention criticism of H.R. 4490 by RSF and proposal to defund VOA
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch Highlights for May 16, 2014, sent out to subscribers by the Broadcasting Board…
First ever bill to defund Voice of America for violations of VOA Charter and mismanagement
BBG Watch Commentary Never in the history of the Voice of America (VOA) under its numerous past directors…
Extraordinary Measures
International Broadcasting Bureau – Adding Disinformation to Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: Extraordinary Measures By The…