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,…
LAT Op-Ed: Back off, Congress, and keep Voice of America real, by VOA corespondent Al Pessin
BBG Watch Commentary Al Pessin, a senior VOA foreign correspondent currently based in London, has written another op-ed…
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…
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”…
The VOA Mission: Long May It Wave – AFGE Local 1812 Editorial on VOA Charter
BBG Watch Commentary We repost an editorial from the union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of…
Waste Without End
International Broadcasting Bureau – Dysfunctional and Defunct Is So Much Fun! – Information War Lost: Waste Without End…
Snowballs in Arizona
International Broadcasting Bureau – Maintaining Dysfunctional and Defunct is Our Most Important Business – Information War Lost: Snowballs…
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…
Former BBG member Ashe critical of BBG Governor Armstrong’s rebuke of Congress
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Governor Matt Armstrong about the bipartisan United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014 (H.R.…
Misplaced Sense of Entitlement
BBG Watch Commentary We present yet another opinion on the bipartisan reform bill, the United States International Communications Reform Act…
BBG Governor Armstrong Rebukes Members of Congress for Criticism in Bipartisan Bill
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Governor Matt Armstrong about H.R. 4490 Bipartisan Reform Bill: “So, yes, I think, I…
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…
BBG Media Highlights — bipartisan BBG reform bill and OCB journalists win in court
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Media Highlights sent out to subscribers by email and posted online by the Broadcasting…
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…
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…
Federal court issues another rebuke to IBB officials accused of mistreating journalists
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another pointed rebuke to senior International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) officials, top executives and…
‘America doesn’t need varnished truth’ by Al Pessin in The Hill blog, and BBG Watch commentary
Al Pessin, a senior Voice of America foreign correspondent, currently based in London, posted this commentary in one…
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…
Congress eager to fund RFE/RL and VOA surge to Russia but will insist on management reforms
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that many members of the U.S. Senate and the House of…
Are comments on Voice of America websites subject to pro-Kremlin trolling? — They are.
BBG Watch Commentary Are comments on Voice of America (VOA) websites subject to pro-Kremlin trolling? There is absolutely…
BBG can be proud of its journalists working under defunct bureaucracy
BBG Watch Commentary Not all is defunct at the Voice of America (VOA) and the Broadcasting Board of…
Extraordinary Measures
International Broadcasting Bureau – Adding Disinformation to Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: Extraordinary Measures By The…
Reforming U.S. International Broadcasting — Special Bipartisan Website Page of House Foreign Affairs Committee
BBG Watch Commentary The House Committee on Foreign Affairs, chaired by Republican Ed Royce of California, in close…
BBG Releases 2013 Annual Report – BBG Press Release
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has released its 2013 Annual Report. It offers useful…
Voice of America mission critical programming ‘is not considered inherently governmental function’, IBB executives claim
BBG Watch Commentary — Investigative Report — Waste and Mismanagement In a series of investigative reports, BBG Watch…
Amid Declining Media Freedom, RFE/RL Presses Ahead – BBG Press Release
BBG Watch Commentary Amid a major management and news reporting crisis at the Voice of America (VOA), affecting…
Götterdämmerung – Issues Of Reform, Rehabilitation, Rebirth
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost: Götterdämmerung – Issues Of Reform, Rehabilitation, Rebirth By The Federalist On…
The Hill on propaganda fears and reform of bureaucracy in charge of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary A report in The Hill, which focuses on a bipartisan bill to reform U.S. international…
WT on BBG – ‘Government media board facing inquiry over hiring protocol’
The Washington Times reports that “the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the more than $700 million international media arm…
Threat of propaganda or reform for Voice of America from bipartisan Congressional bill?
BBG Watch Commentary Denver Nicks wrote in an article for TIME on a bipartisan bill in Congress to…
Voice of America Director David Ensor explains what press freedom means to him – BBG Watch Multimedia Analysis
BBG Watch Commentary Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Voice of America Director David Ensor…
Biden and Kerry on ‘Toward a Europe Whole and Free’ and Reuters reports from Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to arrange for its own coverage of Secretary…
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce calls for reduction and reform of U.S. international media bureaucracy
BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) said that U.S. broadcasters – the Voice of America, Radio Free…
Leading House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrat Eliot Engel remarks on U.S. broadcasting reform legislation
BBG Watch Commentary Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed bipartisan reform legislation to improve the missions, objectives, and…
As effort to reform Voice of America starts in Congress, VOA uses Reuters to report on Obama Europe trip, is four hours late
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America executives were too busy today meeting behind closed doors to decide how…
U.S. Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy condemns Kremlin propaganda and ban on Voice of America in Russia, but VOA English News fails to report his comments
BBG Watch Commentary When propaganda poses as news, it creates real dangers. Setting the record straight about @RT_com…
Auschwitz, Obama, and Voice of America Charter — New Bill in Congress May Correct VOA’s News Failures
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to report on President Obama’s statement on the…
Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel Introduce U.S. International Broadcasting Reform Legislation — TEXT and PRESS RELEASE
BBG Watch Commentary Yesterday BBG Watch had an exclusive report on the bipartisan H.R. 4490, the United States International…
Reforming U.S. International Media Outreach
BBG Watch Commentary A draft bill originating in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which has U.S. Rep. Ed…
Voice of America failed to report on Obama’s statement on canonization of John XXIII and John Paul II
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America failed to report Monday on President Obama’s statement on the Canonization…
Voice of America ignored Obama’s statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) ignored President Obama’s Statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day, failing…
Major reform of U.S. international broadcasting and public diplomacy to be proposed in Congress
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a draft bill originating in the House Foreign Affairs Committee,…
Sen. Wicker, Rep. Shock question BBG strategy as do BBG chair and members, but change seems still elusive
BBG Watch Commentary In an opinion article published Friday (April 25, 2014) on FoxNews.com, “America must not retreat…