Read More 4 minute read U.S. expert: ‘Putin Cleverly Exploits Three Weaknesses of the West,’ including journalistsSeptember 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) senior executives could learn a lot from the most recent article…
Read More 2 minute read Shifting the news agenda with Andy Lack, Bloomberg man eyed for CEO of U.S. media outreach at BBGSeptember 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has reported that according to usually well-informed sources, Andrew R. Lack, Chairman of…
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 73 minute read Will Voice of America management violate VOA Charter and U.S. law in a deal with communist Vietnam?September 8, 2014 VOA Charter Commentary Steve Peacock reported in an article on the WND website that “the Obama administration is…
Read More 17 minute read Voice of America helped Russia score propaganda points with poor VOA performance in a TV projectSeptember 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary All American and European media and information strategy experts consulted by BBG Watch agreed that…
Read More 4 minute read Sen. Menendez’s ‘arms for Ukraine’ call merits top headline on BBC, but not on Voice of America English news websiteAugust 31, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Key American senators, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator John McCain…
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 10 minute read JOE BRUNS The Voice of America: A Worthy Mission for the 21st CenturyAugust 22, 2014 Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Joe Bruns who was named Deputy…
Read More 13 minute read Different perspectives on U.S. help for Yazidi refugees in Iraq, Voice of America roleAugust 19, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary NBC News and Fox News provided remarkably different perspectives of the American Yazidi community views…
Read More 5 minute read On Ferguson, Voice of America top brass shows Rick Stengel why Russia’s RT is betterAugust 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting on August 13 in Washington,…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America bosses and staff on vacation, no VOA reporter in Ferguson, MissouriAugust 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The same management of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), which provided on-the-scene coverage of…
Read More 3 minute read NBC interviews Voice of America journalist and Yazidi activist – BBG Media Highlights – August 18, 2014August 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Media Highlights are compiled, posted and sent out to subscribers by the staff of…
Read More 4 minute read Were we channelling à la the Twilight Zone? – JANE DOE Op-EdAugust 15, 2014 Guest Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the International…
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 9 minute read BBC, VOA: Mid-Summer Reflections on Things That Need FixingAugust 15, 2014 Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Dan Robinson, former Voice of America…
Read More 4 minute read CUSIB’s ANN NOONAN: management meltdown at the Voice of AmericaAugust 15, 2014 Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), speaking…
Read More 12 minute read BBG hears from the White House, CUSIBAugust 14, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In remarks to the Board of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Assistant to the…
Read More 9 minute read Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez takes issue with BBG decision to close down Voice of America Greek ServiceAugust 14, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary While the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) wastes millions of taxpayers dollars on its overblown…
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 4 minute read ‘Death Knell in Fine Print for Voice of America’ BELIDA and PACEAugust 11, 2014 Alex Belida and Sonja Pace, former senior news executives and foreign correspondents with the Voice of America, believe…
Read More 5 minute read AFGE Local 1812 union defends H.R. 4490 reforms for Voice of AmericaAugust 8, 2014 BBG Watch American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, a union representing federal employees at the Broadcasting…
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 Voice of America – A Process Moving Forward, And One That Is Dead-On-ArrivalAugust 5, 2014 Commentary Voice of America – Information War Lost: A Process Moving Forward, And One That Is Dead-On-Arrival By…
Read More 6 minute read Radio World reports on BBG Shortwave Committee report and rebuttal from CUSIBAugust 5, 2014 Radio World has two articles on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report on the future of shortwave…
Read More 17 minute read Voice of America ignores Syria war crimes news from Congress and White HouseAugust 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary This week, Voice of America (VOA) English News failed to cover online riveting testimony in…
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 CUSIB Condemns BBG Shortwave Committee Report for Targeting Vulnerable Radio Audiences for Cuts Rather Than Cutting Waste — PRESS RELEASEAugust 1, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a press…
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…
Read More 4 minute read Are VOA Contractors Really Employees? – Commentary by AFGE Local 1812July 29, 2014 BBG Watch AFGE Local 1812, which represents Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees has posted a commentary on…
Read More 18 minute read House Passes U.S. International Broadcasting Reform BillJuly 28, 2014 BBG Report and Commentary Saying the United States is “losing the information battle” with Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
Read More 8 minute read Community leaders support reform of U.S. international broadcastingJuly 28, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: H.R. 4490, the bipartisan Royce – Engel United States International Communications Reform Act of…
Read More 7 minute read Resistance to reforms equals not enough reach and respect for Voice of AmericaJuly 28, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Resistance to reforms from the entrenched bureaucracy equals not enough respect for Voice of America…
Read More 4 minute read H.R. 4490 U.S. BBG broadcasting reform bill scheduled for House vote next weekJuly 26, 2014 BBG Watch Congressional and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) sources have confirmed that the bipartisan Royce – Engel…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America Reform – Wishful Thinking Versus RealityJuly 25, 2014 Commentary Voice of America – Losing The Information War: Wishful Thinking Versus Reality By The Federalist A…
Read More 3 minute read Why the Broadcasting Board of Governors Is Nothing Like RT — BBG Chair Jeff ShellJuly 25, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In theory, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell is right in his Time…
Read More 2 minute read BRUNS Commentary: Reform legislation restricts Voice of America too muchJuly 25, 2014 Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Joe Bruns, media executive and former…
Read More 105 minute read Report language on H.R. 4490 strengthens journalistic integrity, includes VOA Charter, limits Voice of America to non-surrogate roleJuly 24, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Report language for H.R. 4490, the United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014, has…
Read More 2 minute read BBG abandoned many RFA and VOA Asian shortwave radio audiences to ChinaJuly 24, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Without any proper advance notice to shortwave radio listeners, the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG)…
Read More 4 minute read BBG Shortwave Committee Chair defends himself against criticism by CUSIB, Radio World reportsJuly 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Radio World reported that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Shortwave Committee Chair Matt Armstrong expressed…
Read More 5 minute read BBG union continues strong support for H.R. 4490 U.S. broadcasting reformJuly 22, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, continues to offer strong support for the…
Read More 8 minute read Is it news, or is it propaganda? – Op-Ed in The Hill by Mollie King of IBB and formerly Voice of AmericaJuly 22, 2014 BBG Watch Mollie King, a program analyst within the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) under the Broadcasting Board of…
Read More 9 minute read How Voice of America Destroys ItselfJuly 22, 2014 Voice of America – Information War Lost: How VOA Destroys Itself By The Federalist Alex Belida and…
Read More 3 minute read Leslie Hyland has new assignment, André Mendes is Acting CFOJuly 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chief Financial Officer, Leslie Hyland,…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America Lost in a DreamJuly 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America – Information War Lost: Lost in a Dream By The Federalist …
Read More 9 minute read Maximum Hubris Revisited: Some Predictions, and Cutting Through the Propaganda – ROBINSON OP-EDJuly 18, 2014 Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Dan Robinson, former Voice of America…
Read More 9 minute read Brave New World Vision for Voice of America ChallengedJuly 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former acting associate director for the Voice of America (VOA) and co-founder of…
Read More 6 minute read Don’t Silence America’s Voice — Belida and Pace Op-EdJuly 17, 2014 A Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Alex Belida and Sonja Pace,…
Read More 2 minute read Agency admits it fired workers who reported wastefulness to Congress, WT reportsJuly 17, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Times reported that “in a notice recently posted in the Broadcasting Board of…
Read More 2 minute read Former BBG Governors, CUSIB Director support reform of U.S. international broadcastingJuly 16, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Two former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members, Ambassador Victor Ashe and Blanquita…