Read More 5 minute read Another Voice of America hit show to Iran lost, management blamedFebruary 4, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary The most popular Voice of America (VOA) Persian TV show, a satirical news program OnTen…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America Information War Lost – December Shorts (Continued)January 1, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary This is the last column for 2014 from The Federalist, BBG Watch’s most read commentator.…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America Director Ensor mocked a watch dog website comparing it to Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious magazineDecember 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor, who is a high-level U.S. federal government official…
Read More 7 minute read Wall Street Journal Opinion: Voice of America is a Voice of Anti-AmericanismDecember 12, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Writer Sohrab Ahmari was interviewed for a WSJ Opinion Journal…
Read More 3 minute read Washington Post cites BBG Watch on poor news coverage and mismanagement at Voice of AmericaNovember 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Washington Post columnist Joe Davidson has cited BBG Watch reporting on U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
Read More 12 minute read Voice of America promotes N. Korean press release-like VOA news report as exclusiveOctober 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and its parent U.S. federal agency the Broadcasting Board…
Read More 2 minute read ‘Congress Calls for Investigation into VOA for Pro-Iran Corruption,’ Washington Free Beacon ReportsOctober 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary “Congress is calling for an investigation into Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian language news service…
Read More 4 minute read Iranian Dissident Banned from VOA for Criticizing Tehran, Ban Later RemovedSeptember 12, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Adam Kredo reported in the Washington Free Beacon that an Iranian expert and regime opponent…
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 2 minute read Washington Times quotes BBG Watch, former BBG Governor Ashe on Hillary Clinton and decline of Voice of AmericaAugust 4, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Times reporter Jim McElhatton has an article about former Secretary of State Hillary…
Read More 24 minute read Voice of America news failures on Syria, other stories extend to VOA language servicesAugust 4, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary No Voice of America language service was found to have posted news from Congress, State…
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 Meehan resolution to move Iran broadcasting from VOA to RFE RL to be voted on laterJune 20, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan tried to introduce this resolution, but since…
Read More 1 minute read VOA should stop broadcasting Iranian government propaganda back to Iran, satirist writesJune 9, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary One of the funniest, most brilliant satiric articles about the floundering Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 11 minute read A Former VOA Correspondent on the Debate Over U.S. International BroadcastingMay 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is providing a forum for discussion on the United States International Communications Reform Act of…
Read More 8 minute read Extraordinary MeasuresMay 11, 2014 International Broadcasting Bureau – Adding Disinformation to Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: Extraordinary Measures By The…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America Needs a Strategy, Michael Rubin in CommentaryMay 5, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In an article posted on the Commentary magazine blog, Michael Rubin proposes a simple strategy…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America failed to report on Obama’s statement on canonization of John XXIII and John Paul IIApril 28, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America failed to report Monday on President Obama’s statement on the Canonization…
Read More 14 minute read Sen. Wicker, Rep. Shock question BBG strategy as do BBG chair and members, but change seems still elusiveApril 26, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In an opinion article published Friday (April 25, 2014) on FoxNews.com, “America must not retreat…
Read More 7 minute read Blame the IBB, not the BBG Board, for making U.S. media outreach dysfunctional, says former VOA and IBB executiveApril 15, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Journalist, writer and former Voice of America (VOA) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive, Ted…
Read More 5 minute read VOA manages to stream Obama live with some glitches, gets interview with KerryMarch 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary 03-20-14 10.50AM EDT, VOA Homepage. There is still no link or any mention of…
Read More 5 minute read Wicker pushes to keep foreign radio services open — IBB wants them cut to keep its own budget and positionsMarch 12, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a leading Senator on the Commission on Security and Cooperation…
Read More 9 minute read Former BBG member Blanquita Cullum : ‘very concerned about Voice of America’March 9, 2014 BBG Watch “We’ve got a serious problem,” journalist, broadcaster and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita…
Read More 4 minute read ‘THE IMPLAUSIBLE MISSION’ – BBG employees’ union on massive violations of VOA Charter by VOA and IBB executivesFebruary 11, 2014 ‘THE IMPLAUSIBLE MISSION’ is the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees’ union commentary on massive violations of the…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America news goes to the dogs, but not to BosniaFebruary 11, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America news goes to the dogs, but not to Bosnia The…
Read More 10 minute read VOA English news, most language services ignore violent anti-corruption protests in BosniaFebruary 10, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary News reporting failures at the Voice of America (VOA) are so frequent and so numerous…
Read More 8 minute read Madonna and Pussy Riot in NY on Putin get 0 reports on VOA English news site, Justin Bieber gets 6February 6, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary As of late afternoon Thursday, February 6, the Voice of America (VOA) English news website…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America not reporting on U.S. Congressman’s threat to journalist – BBC, Russia’s RT, Iran’s Press TV areJanuary 30, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Whether the news is good or bad for the United States or for President Putin,…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America not reporting U.S. weather story today, top news on BBCJanuary 29, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: 10:45 PM EST, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 – Voice of America is not updating…
Read More 8 minute read U.S. Embassy in Ukraine beats Voice of America in fast news and social media popularityJanuary 20, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary When it comes to posting news online and social media popularity, even a U.S. embassy…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Persian Service hours behind BBC in online reporting on Obama Iran nuclear deal statementJanuary 13, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The embattled Voice of America (VOA) Persian Service was today (Sunday. Jan. 12) hours behind…
Read More 4 minute read BBC beats Voice of America on Iran nuclear freeze date White House announcement, still no news from VOAJanuary 12, 2014 BBG Watch 4:00 PM ET UPDATE: Around 4:00 PM ET, Voice of America Persian Service website finally posted…
Read More 2 minute read Half of US Congressional politicians are millionaires — BBC, Iran Radio, RT, and others report — not Voice of AmericaJanuary 11, 2014 Global Media Analyst International media have been reporting for the last two days on the latest wealth analysis…
Read More 5 minute read Iran posts more U.S. news in English than Voice of America, some not reported on VOA websiteJanuary 9, 2014 Global Media Analyst One of the English language news websites of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, http://english.irib.ir, sometimes…
Read More 12 minute read New Year’s Message for Ukraine from Quincy Jones — New Year’s Demonstration in Turkey — But Nothing From Voice of AmericaJanuary 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Message for Ukraine from Quincy Jones — New Year’s Eve Demonstration in Turkey — But…
Read More 1 minute read Lady Liberty Spotlights RFE/RL’s Women Journalists – BBG Press ReleaseDecember 13, 2013 BBG PRESS RELEASE Lady Liberty Spotlights RFE/RL’s Women Journalists To mark the U.N. observance of Human Rights…
Read More 26 minute read Martial law prisoners in Poland praised Reagan, Voice of America and Radio Free EuropeDecember 4, 2013 Originally posted on December 4, 2013 Today’s political prisoners who are fighting for democracy and human rights are…
Read More 3 minute read World gets news about murder of Iranian rock musicians in the U.S. from BBC, not Voice of AmericaNovember 12, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has not reported on its English news website the…
Read More 1 minute read Why VOA English website does not have an interview with Ambassador Crocker about nuclear negotiations with Iran in Geneva?November 9, 2013 BBG Watch Just Asking We are wondering why the Voice of America (VOA) English news website does not…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of Russia quotes Ambassador Crocker, VOA English news misses key NYT Iran op-edNovember 8, 2013 BBG Watch Board Note We thought that former U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker’s New York Times op-ed on…
Read More 4 minute read Taxpayers pay for Voice of America news about birth of Halle Berry’s baby while some human rights news goes unreportedOctober 11, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Most of the U.S. government may be in a shutdown mode, but taxpayer-funded Voice of…
Departures of good BBG Governors allow failed IBB and VOA managers to staySeptember 30, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Not all Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members have been great. Some were disengaged or…
Voice of America (VOA) Persian-language editorial broadcasts to Iran may face a major reductionSeptember 23, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In a report in The Washington Free Beacon, “Voice of America on Mute,” Alana Goodman…
Intimidation Continues In Iran Despite New Government, RFE/RL Press ReleaseSeptember 17, 2013 Intimidation Continues In Iran Despite New Government, RFE/RL Press Release September 11, 2013 RFE/RL’s Persian language Service, Radio…
Foreign audiences looking for original Voice of America reports get news analysis from Reuters on VOA’s ‘unattractive’ websiteSeptember 5, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary It is bad enough that under the leadership of Voice of America Director David Ensor…
Senate Appropriations Committee opposes reductions in Voice of America servicesJuly 26, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended to the full Senate that the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind?July 9, 2013 International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind? by The…
Read More 8 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Generally Out of Order – For Every MeasureJune 16, 2013 by The Federalist On Thursday, June 13, 2013 the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) held a “digital innovation expo”…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Boston, Chechnya, KazakhstanMay 2, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Boston, Chechnya, Kazakhstan by The Federalist …
U.S. officials promoting media freedom abroad censor information for American publicApril 29, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. government’s International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB)–the administrative arm of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…