Rep. Rohrabacher asks for more U.S. broadcasts to Iran and PakistanApril 26, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional and Defunct – The FY2014 BudgetApril 21, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional and Defunct – The FY2014 Budget by The Federalist On…
Tara Sonenshine on Public Diplomacy, Voice of America InterviewApril 17, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) interviewed Tara Sonenshine, the U.S. Undersecretary of State…
Beyond BBG press release: Comments from AFGE 1812's Tim Shamble, CUSIB's Ann NoonanApril 13, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary “Mindful of the damage to RFE/RL’s reputation in Russia caused by the previous RFE/RL management,…
BBG Press Release: BBG Budget Request Reflects Strategic Priorities And Global Media EnvironmentApril 10, 2013 BBG Watch is reposting a BBG Press Release on FY 2014 BBG Budget Request. It is worth noting…
2014 Obama budget eliminates Voice of America radio to Iran, reduces radio to Afghanistan, cuts positionsApril 10, 2013 BBG Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) director David Ensor has announced that President Obama’s FY 2014 budget…
VOA Director Ensor blamed for expanding bureaucracy while reducing programs to IranApril 9, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor announced last week that that cross-border VOA radio…
Read More 2 minute read Sequestration Prompts Attempt to Silence U.S. Radio BroadcastingApril 8, 2013 “Again, the BBG has demonstrated why it is a broken institution, unfit to handle the U.S. government’s most…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: America could learn from rappers' tribute to Radio Free EuropeApril 8, 2013 Digital Journal Op-Ed: America could learn from rappers’ tribute to Radio Free Europe by Ted Lipien Truckee – Led…
U.S. reduces radio news broadcasts to Iran, Afghanistan, Belarus, China and other nations without free mediaMarch 31, 2013 BBG Watch Exclusive News and Commentary The United States is cutting or reducing radio news broadcasts to Afghanistan,…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: Dysfunctional, Defunct “Stupid News”March 25, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: Dysfunctional, Defunct “Stupid News” by The Federalist Anyone who has held a…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – IBB: The Babble-RamaMarch 5, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – IBB: The Babble-Rama by The Federalist Before…
Read More 5 minute read Lev Roitman calls on Kevin Klose to act on restoring rights of RFE/RL employeesMarch 2, 2013 Commentary by Lev Roitman Former senior commentator at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Lev Roitman, who retired from…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Tuning Out and GoneFebruary 22, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Tuning Out and Gone by The Federalist The behavior of senior…
Congressional Record, April 6, 2011: Rep. Rohrabacher confronts BBG on China and IranFebruary 11, 2013 From time to time, BBG Watch publishes significant historical documents on U.S. international broadcasting. Today, we want to…
Read More 20 minute read Beware of Central Bureaucracy for USIBFebruary 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary This BBG Watch commentary on the “21st Century Vision for U.S. Global Media” paper by…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America Director David Ensor on Truth and Propaganda to IranJanuary 17, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary We were greatly intrigued by this comment about Truth versus Propaganda from Voice of America…
Read More 3 minute read 'At Voice of America, Complaints About Its Iranian Coverage,' Wall Street Journal op-edJanuary 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary An op-ed in The Wall Street Journal by Sohrab Ahmari, “At Voice of America, Complaints…
Freedom House President David Kramer highly critical of Steven Korn's leadership at RFE/RLDecember 14, 2012 Sources told BBG Watch that at a panel discussion on Russia held Thursday in Washington by the Broadcasting…
Never use a gadget that's smarter than you – RFE/RL President Korn embarrassed by his emailDecember 6, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) staffers are having a big laugh over their president and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a PictureNovember 13, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a Picture by The Federalist (We are…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part TwoOctober 21, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: IranOctober 6, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: Iran by The Federalist They’re at it again. The gift that…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Press Releases and Other PronouncementsSeptember 17, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Press Releases and Other Pronouncements by The Federalist …
BBG staff tries to rebuff critics on grantee consolidation planSeptember 13, 2012 Senior executive staffers at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) have launched an all-out attack on critics of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors members to meet with Secretary of State Clinton amid doubts about their leadershipSeptember 10, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that members of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), who…
Read More 2 minute read PARAZITSeptember 5, 2012 By Quo Vadis (Mari Ciliberti) The popular satirical Voice of America (VOA) television program to Iran PARAZIT has…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: End of Summer No End to the NightmareSeptember 3, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: End of Summer No End to the Nightmare by The Federalist For…
BBG Watch reporting on Voice of America 'Parazit' program to Iran enters mainstream mediaAugust 23, 2012 Last week BBG Watch — www.bbgwatch.com, an independent website run by former and current Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 11 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War with Iran LostAugust 23, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War with Iran Lost A commentary by The Federalist “The BBG is the…
Ending the Ponzi Scheme at the Voice of AmericaAugust 22, 2012 The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union AFGE Local 1812 has posted on its website another article…
Broadcasting Board of Governors emails document VOA executive's move against independent reporterAugust 21, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Internal Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) emails posted online by Inner City Press reporter Matthew…
BBG members kept in the dark about Voice of America satirical TV show to Iran being off the air for nine monthsAugust 20, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members were reportedly appalled to learn last week for the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – ShortsAugust 15, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Shorts by The Federalist Well, it is August after all and even the…
Read More 6 minute read ODDI Oddities – Broadcasting Board of Governors Job Guaranteed for Life?August 14, 2012 ODDI ODDITIES A BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS JOB GUARANTEED FOR LIFE? By Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) Recently, a…
Broadcasting Board of Governors builds a costly mousetrap that doesn't workAugust 1, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary New media innovators at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) built their “Weapons of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – How Do You Spell Tyranny?July 9, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – How Do You Spell Tyranny? A commentary by The Federalist “During times of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Gallup Iran SurveyJune 30, 2012 In a typical opaque fashion, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has released some Gallup telephone survey data…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – The House of Innovation & a Capitalist ManifestoMay 9, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – The House of Innovation & a Capitalist Manifesto by The Federalist …
Broadcasting Board of Governors could use strategy lessons from Castro and ChavezApril 27, 2012 This past December 2011, the VOA Spanish Service celebrated the 50th anniversary of its popular broadcast, Buenos Dias…
Buenos Dias or Buenos Noches for Voice of America Spanish BroadcastsApril 26, 2012 As Gabriel Garcia Marquez once said: La sabiduría nos llega cuando ya no nos sirve de nada. Wisdom…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Mumbo-Jumbo and Psycho-BabbleApril 24, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Mumbo-Jumbo and Psycho-Babble by The Federalist It is painful – the process of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – BBG Strategy: We’re Abandoning Our Mission and We Don’t Care!April 17, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – BBG Strategy: We’re Abandoning Our Mission and We Don’t Care! by The Federalist Let’s get…
Gallup tried to silence Tibetan woman protesting silencing of Voice of America Tibetan radioMarch 29, 2012 An unidentified Tibetan woman made an emotional protest Wednesday at a joint Gallup and Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 3 minute read Why America Has Trouble Reaching Iran: VOA’s Persian News Network in Dire Need of Reform by Helle Dale, Heritage FoundationMarch 6, 2012 Helle C. Dale, a Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy at The Heritage Foundation has written another in-depth analysis…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Eve of DestructionMarch 6, 2012 by The Federalist On March 7, 2012 the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) plans to mark the 70th…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Behold! The Master PlanMarch 1, 2012 by The Federalist As we already know, as part of the administration’s FY2013 budget, the Broadcasting Board…
BBG awarded 50 million dollar contract to Gallup while planning to terminate broadcasts and fire over 200 journalistsFebruary 19, 2012 Journalists at the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Alhurra TV, Radio Sawa, and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Iran and the Art of the DealFebruary 17, 2012 by The Federalist Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor is taking on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and its…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Not Too Big To FailFebruary 16, 2012 by The Federalist The Broadcasting Board of Governors – International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB), known to be the worst…