Former BBG member Ashe comments on expected settlement of OCB employees’ case
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned and reported earlier that thanks to the intervention of Broadcasting Board…
A historical perspective on H.R. 4490 debate — propaganda — public diplomacy — VOA Charter
BBG Watch Commentary VOA CHARTER To protect the integrity of VOA programming and define the organization’s mission, the…
U.S. agency should do charity drive to bring Voice of America radio back to Asia and Middle East
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary contains elements of satire and sarcasm. If you object to such content, please…
Don’t make Voice of America an arm of State Dept. – Letter to Obama from Paul Westpheling
A Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Paul Westpheling, Former General Vice-President…
Joe Bruns on radio and new media at BBG and at VOA under USIA
BBG Watch Commentary The lack of adequate advance notice to our audiences is inexcusable, said numerous Voice of…
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…
BBG Governor Matthew Armstrong says ‘You can’t censor the Internet’, DW reports
BBG Watch Commentary Speaking at the Deutsche Welle (DW) Global Media Forum in Bonn last week in a…
Audit finds low morale at U.S. Radio and TV Marti to Cuba, California paper reports
BBG Watch Commentary “Low morale still plagues the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, the U.S. government organization responsible for…
Voice of America Newsroom opponents of H.R. 4490 outnumbered at union meeting by bill’s supporters
BBG Watch Commentary Several sources told BBG Watch that at a AFGE Local 1812 union meeting last week…
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…
Bad Management Threatens Voice of America’s Future
Commentary This commentary was sent to BBG Watch by VOA broadcaster who must remain anonymous. The Voice of…
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…
Can Publicly Financed Journalism Ever Be Honest? – GAWKER and ROBINSON
BBG Watch Commentary An article by Hamilton Nolan in Gawker about a bipartisan bill designed to reform the…
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…
BBG union comes under pressure for supporting H.R. 4490 bipartisan reform bill
BBG Watch Commentary American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812 union known for winning lawsuits to save…
Is the USA bankrupt not only financially, but even with the skills of management?
BBG Watch Commentary A longtime listener to Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcasts in Asia asked: “Is the…
Radio listeners, Vietnamese shortwave jammers surprised and confused by U.S. agency cuts
BBG Watch Commentary Vietnamese radio jamming stations continued to jam Radio Free Asia (RFA) shortwave frequencies that had…
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…
Still no announcements on Voice of America main websites about shortwave cuts
BBG Watch Commentary In an incredible display of insensitivity toward its audiences and its own journalists, Voice of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors has let America and Obama down
BBG Watch Commentary The sudden ending of many direct Voice of America (VOA) shortwave radio transmissions to Asia…
Last Voice of America English shortwave program to Asia with hardly any prior notice
BBG Watch Commentary Showing complete contempt for longtime radio listeners, Voice of America (VOA) executives, carrying out sudden…
IBB ends long-term partnerships with rebroadcasters in two-sentence emails and no thank you
BBG Watch Commentary Officials of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) in Washington are ending long-term partnerships with rebroadcasters…
BBG, IBB, VOA executives break all 10 commandments
BBG Watch Commentary BBG, IBB, VOA executives break all 10 commandments of good management on (not) announcing bad…
Dropping radio and going all digital: VOA Asia Twitter not updated since May 3
BBG Watch Commentary Executives in charge of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), which operates radio transmissions for the…
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…
Bureaucrats gave listeners little time to learn about shortwave cuts by VOA, RFA, and RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary In deciding suddenly with only a two-days notice on the date for shortwave radio broadcasting…
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…
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…
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…
CUSIB urges management reforms at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), which has been…
‘Scrap this broken agency’: Audit finds Broadcasting Board of Governors wasted $5M
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Times reports on Saturday, June 21, 2014: A new State Department Office of…
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…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Management by Jane Doe
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
Waste and Abuse of Power at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, According to Audit — Foreign Policy Blog reports
BBG Watch Commentary We feel sorry for new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell and all…
U.S. BBG pays for faulty, favoring Kremlin propaganda poll in Russia-annexed Crimea
BBG Watch Commentary Two top independent sociologists in Ukraine and Russia, as well as some American experts who…
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…
Crossing The Line
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America – Information War Lost: Crossing The Line By The Federalist The…
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…
Taking The Washington Post To Task
BBG Watch Commentary Reform of US Government international broadcasting cannot and must not be held hostage by a…
WP editorial: Voice of America needs to keep its objective voice, BBG Watch agrees
BBG Watch Commentary We do not disagree with the Washington Post editorial, “Voice of America needs to keep…
Federal Labor Relations Authority Judge slams BBG for law violations
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Federal Labor Relations Authority Law Judge slammed the Broadcasting…
Living In The Past
BBG Watch Commentary We find it ironic that while many rank-and-file Voice of America journalists and other employees…
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,…