ROBINSON OP-ED: Questions About Conflicts of Interest at the Voice of America
OPINION Questions About Conflicts of Interest at the Voice of America By Dan Robinson By…
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty joins Voice of America in posting one-sided anti-Donald Trump video
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which together with the Voice of America (VOA)…
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)…
Dysfunction in Voice of America coverage of Clinton, Trump, and Tuesday primaries
BBG Watch Commentary We received these observations and screenshots (posted below) from a former senior Voice of America…
Clinton story on Voice of America – late and behind RT, SPUTNIK, DW, BBC – displaced by gorilla story
BBG Watch Commentary No kidding. Russia’s RT and SPUTNIK, Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW), BBC and nearly every other…
Voice of America journalists don’t want to be treated like children
BBG Watch Commentary VOICE OF AMERICA JOURNALIST: “I’ve got some ideas for what they can scavenge for.…
Masters of bad timing: BBG to eliminate Radio Liberty’s shortwave broadcasts in Russian
OPINION Masters of bad timing By Ted Lipien The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
NYT: How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS
BBG Watch Media New York Times article, “How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS“ by Carlotta…
Ben Rhodes and the Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Ben Rhodes, Assistant to President President Obama and his Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic…
It’s Time for Absolute Honesty, It’s Survey Time
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Worse Than Lost It’s Time for Absolute Honesty, It’s Survey Time!…
Employee morale commitment letter from BBG CEO
BBG Watch Commentary As the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is distributing links for federal employees to participate…
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: VOA Swears in Pulitzer Winner as New Director After Yearlong Vacancy
BBG Watch Media Government Executive reporter Charles Clark noted in a recent report the appointment of Amanda Bennett…
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Amanda Bennett Named VOA Director
BBG Watch Amanda Bennett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author, chosen as the new director of the…
RFE/RL as Radio Free Kremlin, Not An April Fools Day Joke
BBG Watch Commentary This is not an April Fools Day Joke, as much as we wished it to…
‘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…
A Fantasy of Success at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary “‘It’s a whirlwind of positive change.’ Summing up the recent (February 26 [2016]) bimonthly public…
Smart Soft Power Needs Flexibility and Diversification
Smart Soft Power Diversified Diversified Outreach of U.S. Media and Public Diplomacy During the Cold War – American…
Amanda Bennett considered for Voice of America director EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned that journalist, author and former newspaper editor Amanda Bennett (@abennett; Facebook)…
Hand Me A Shovel, Part II
BBG Watch OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: Hand Me A Shovel, Part Two…
VOA News ignored Senator Corker on Putin corruption
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (English) News Omits Senator Corker’s Comments on Putin Corruption Voice of…
New BBG CEO John Lansing is having a positive impact, but is it enough?
BBG Watch Commentary There are clear signs that new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing is…
Life in Post-Soviet Russia of Former Radio Liberty Reporter
BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: A young and successful Russian investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko is one of many who…
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”…
Bruce Sherman leaving BBG as Office Of Strategy And Development Director
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Bruce Sherman is leaving the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Communicators with new BBG CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch Media C-SPAN has posted its Communicators with John Lansing video. John Lansing is new Chief Executive…
Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform
OPINION Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform Will Taxpayers Continue to Foot This…
Voice of America gets hit with ‘Extreme Temperature Swings’
BBG Watch Commentary If electricity and digital outages, disrupting for hours and in some cases several days delivery…
Edward R. Murrow – A Propaganda Hound
Commentary Ted Lipien, who is one of BBG Watch’s sponsors and supporters, has agreed to write for us…
One BBG executive apologizes, others keep silent
BBG Watch Commentary “Meanwhile, please accept my personal apologies for this serious event. It is very…
Russia propaganda machine gains on U.S. | Washington Times
BBG Watch Media In an interview with The Washington Times, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep.…
BBG hit with $400M employee contractors suit
BBG Watch Commentary A $400 million class action lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Federal…
BBG CEO gives two longtime SES executives new duties
BBG Watch Commentary Some Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees are scratching their heads to explain a recent…
Is this Russian RT, SPUTNIK or something else?
BBG Watch Commentary Was this Facebook item posted by Russian propaganda channel RT, Russian disinformation news agency SPUTNIK…
CUSIB, other experts disagree with David Ensor and one Superman CEO solution for BBG
BBG Watch Media The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) posted a comment in Foreign Policy…
Voice of America misleads world with Donald Trump headline, endangers Americans
BBG Watch Commentary After trying to convince the world last week that Americans were in a “State…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: We Lost – State of Fear – NOT!
OPINION “State of Fear” – a Voice of America (VOA) article published shortly after the terrorist attack in…
Voice of America power and broadcasting outage UPDATE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE It took the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) massive administrative and technical support staff a…
Voice of America homepage link to California shooting did not work as story developed
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another journalistic, digital and managerial embarrassment for U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Carter Administration opposed consolidation of U.S. government broadcasting and Voice of America privatization
Commentary By Ted Lipien Recently released U.S. government documents show that President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor (1977–1981)…
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 ignores White House statement on Holodomor genocide in 1930s Ukraine, as does RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary Someone worked at the White House this Saturday, November 7, but not at the U.S.…
Called ‘traitors’ and ‘Jews’ by Putin supporters, Radio Liberty journalists complain of mistreatment by U.S.-hired management
BBG Watch Commentary WARNING: This post contains a letter by an anonymous Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
Matt Armstrong calls Voice of America a ‘fundamental counter to propaganda’, exaggerates successes, ignores failures
BBG Watch Commentary A Republican member of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in…
On the eve of Town Hall meeting, BBG employees present a plea to new CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE On the eve of the Town Hall to Introduce CEO John Lansing, scheduled for Tuesday,…
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…
CUTTING THROUGH THE FOG: AN AUTUMN UPDATE
BBG Watch BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach,…
Employee morale at Broadcasting Board of Governors declined under new leadership
BBG Watch According to the Partnership for Public Service, which uses data from the Office of Personnel Management’s…
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…
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Defeated
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
John F. Lansing is leading contender for U.S. broadcasting BBG CEO post EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from reliable high-level sources within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…