Read More 2 minute read SPUTNIK and RT take Voice of America for a ride in a “Russian Cat Tank”December 11, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary There is probably nothing more satisfying to the Kremlin propagandists in charge of Russia’s SPUTNIK…
Read More 9 minute read Washington Post Enabling BBG Dysfunction With A Dysfunctional MessageDecember 10, 2016 Commentary Washington Post Enabling BBG Dysfunction With A Dysfunctional Message Broadcasting Board of Governors: Information War Lost By…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America failed to report Ben Rhodes represented Obama at Castro funeralDecember 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Practically defunct (Hillary Clinton’s words), U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) failed…
Read More 11 minute read Voice of America whips up anti-Trump hysteria with one-sided reportingDecember 5, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary “The lawyer representing the family of Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the man who wounded 11…
Read More 11 minute read DAN ROBINSON: At the BBG — A World of Alternate UniversesDecember 5, 2016 Commentary This is a guest commentary for BBG Watch written by former senior Voice of America White House…
Read More 6 minute read Dysfunctional U.S. agency gets its chief’s name, title wrong in a press releaseDecember 5, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Who is “BBG Chairman Joh Lansing”?, as a recent Broadcasting Board of Governors press release…
Read More 4 minute read HFAC Chair Ed Royce welcomes elimination of BBG boardDecember 2, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) welcomed the House passage of the National Defense…
Read More 2 minute read BBG chiefs heap praise on executives of a failed agencyDecember 1, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary In the end, the Obama White House pulled the plug on Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 6 minute read Defunct BBG Board to bite the dustDecember 1, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary In the end even the Obama White House had enough of the “practically defunct“ (Hillary…
Read More 8 minute read Who Knew?November 29, 2016 Commentary Who Knew? Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost By The Federalist Some thoughts about the 2016…
Read More 8 minute read Tax-funded Voice of America accuses Breitbart News of anti-Semitism, racism, ‘anti-women views’November 26, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M in FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA), which never uses negative labels…
Read More 5 minute read Material weaknesses and significant deficiencies continue under BBG CEO John LansingNovember 18, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Independent Auditor’s Report on the Broadcasting Board of Governors 2016 and 2015 Financial Statements, ordered…
Read More 4 minute read Russia’s RT, BBC beat Voice of America hands down on Trump, Clinton and Obama speechesNovember 9, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s propaganda channel carried President Obama’s post election speech LIVE on Facebook, reaching a large…
Read More 15 minute read Message from Voice of America Director fails to acknowledge who won U.S. PresidencyNovember 9, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Amanda Bennett Amanda Bennett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who as director of U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M…
Read More 5 minute read Anti Donald Trump electioneering by tax-funded Voice of America violated VOA CharterNovember 9, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary While the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election is still not yet fully decided…
Voice of America and 2016 Vote – Unprecedented Bias, Partisanship, and Sloppiness UPDATENovember 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary REPOSTED at 11:11 PM ET A staggering number of Voice of America (VOA) reports and…
Hillary Clinton on BBG and Voice of America, nothing yet from Donald TrumpNovember 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary REPOSTED at 8:55 PM ET BBG Watch is re-posting our article from July 2014 which…
Hillary Clinton on BBG and Voice of America, nothing yet from Donald TrumpNovember 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is re-posting our article from July 2014 which summarizes her rather extensive views,…
Read More 4 minute read Richard Stengel is Obama’s nominee for Chairman of Broadcasting Board of GovernorsOctober 24, 2016 BBG Watch News and Commentary President Obama announced his intent to nominate Richard Stengel for Member and Chairman…
Read More 7 minute read State Department expert: Western ads provide 60-80% of Russian propaganda fundingOctober 18, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary A State Department Russian Affairs Political Officer Timothy Nelson said in a public forum that…
Read More 8 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Failing GradeOctober 10, 2016 Commentary The Failing Grade: Employee Survey Results Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost By The…
Read More 10 minute read 45% of visits to Voice of America English website are from the U.S. – EXCLUSIVEOctober 4, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE One of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) newsroom editors disclosed in an internal…
Read More 7 minute read Inexperienced leaders breed chaos at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsSeptember 28, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Voice of America (VOA) Video: India Python Swallows Antelope Broadcasting Board…
Read More 6 minute read BBG Bottom Feeders, Going Backward – Part TwoSeptember 26, 2016 Commentary Bottom Feeders, Going Backward – Part Two Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost By…
Read More 12 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors: ‘Regular Bottom Feeder Going Backward’ Under New CEOSeptember 23, 2016 Commentary ‘Regular Bottom Feeder Going Backward’ Under New CEO Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Long Lost The…
Read More 17 minute read Politico, Wash. Examiner pick up on WP description of BBG leadership as ‘regular bottom-feeder’ on employee moraleSeptember 21, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Update In the annual 2016 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS),…
Read More 13 minute read Not by accident, Richard Stengel had a better trip to Russia than BBG Chair Jeff ShellSeptember 18, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell’s trip to Russia turned out to be…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America rewrites history on Mao’s murderous ruleSeptember 16, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) and its taxpayer-funded parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 10 minute read Enjoy ‘Pravda-style’ reports from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) at US taxpayers’ expenseSeptember 14, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary If you think that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), run by current and former…
Read More 20 minute read Voice of America used Putin’s narrative in a Russian report, ignored Biden on WWII historySeptember 6, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America Russian Service has posted a report and video on the 77th…
Read More 9 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not SalesmanshipAugust 31, 2016 OPINION This is a guest commentary. Other opinions are welcome. Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not…
Read More 26 minute read BBG, VOA, RFE/RL blow off Biden’s Hitler-Stalin Pact remarks in Latvia, post funny videos and a VOA message from terroristsAugust 27, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary August 23, 2016 marked the 77th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the…
Read More 5 minute read Former Republican BBG Chair James Glassman supports Clinton for presidentAugust 26, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary James K. Glassman, former Republican Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman and former Undersecretary of…
Read More 15 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors as ‘Temple of Cyber Insecurity’August 24, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost Temple of Cyber Insecurity By The Federalist …
Read More 22 minute read BBG CEO John Lansing warned OIG not to reveal details of BBG massive cyber security lapsesAugust 22, 2016 BBG Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO and Director John Lansing warned the Office of Inspector General…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America wastes U.S. tax dollars on watermelons for ChinaAugust 19, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary If you are wondering how U.S. taxpayer-funded ($777 million in FY 2017) Broadcasting Board of…
Read More 8 minute read BBG Channelling from Bad to WorseAugust 15, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) newsroom is now slightly faster, if not vastly better, in…
Read More 10 minute read Are you in good hands, BBG?August 12, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary “It’s playing everywhere here – even during the Olympics!,” a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America for Trump in a Russian puff videoAugust 10, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary A number of former and current Voice of America (VOA) journalists, including both…
Read More 17 minute read Obama ignores BBG media in remarks on ISIL propaganda, Voice of America ignores his remarksAugust 9, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Call it getting even by the Voice of America. In a wide-ranging news conference last…
Read More 4 minute read Excellent NYT op-ed on Putin’s propaganda – Broadcasting Board of Governors again not even an afterthoughtAugust 7, 2016 BBG Watch Media Commentary We have gotten used to the U.S. taxpayer-funded Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the…
Read More 9 minute read Flawed law permits Broadcasting Board of Governors members to do private business in Russia and ChinaAugust 6, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary With increasing demands for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to come clean about accusations against…
Read More 10 minute read Voice of America casts doubts Russia was behind Democrats’ emails leakJuly 27, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) has issued a confusing news report in English to…
Read More 7 minute read Many Voice of America reporters continue to uphold VOA Charter and do a good jobJuly 26, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Quite a few Voice of America (VOA) reports and programs these days violate the VOA…
Read More 2 minute read Good performance by VOA reporter on Clinton nomination but VOA still behind BBC and RTJuly 26, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Though the Voice of America (VOA) was quite sharp on the roll call vote at…
Read More 7 minute read VOA live convention views less than 0.0001% in China, 0.006% in Russia, 0.03% in IranJuly 25, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary According to Voice of America Director Ms.Amanda Bennett’s figures, less than 0.0001% Mandarin speakers, 0.0004% English speakers, 0.002% Spanish speakers, 0.006% Russian speakers,…
Read More 8 minute read Hillary Clinton on BBG and Voice of AmericaJuly 24, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary With the 2016 Democratic National Convention (July 25-28) getting underway Monday to nominate the former…
Read More 8 minute read BBG bureaucracy successful in covering up its bungling of Jeff Shell’s trip to Russia, conflict of interest issuesJuly 22, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The failing bureaucracy of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has been largely successful so…
Read More 6 minute read ‘Moving Forward, VOA Haunted by Its Past,’ BBG employees’ union saysJuly 22, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The last few weeks brought more bad news for Voice of America (VOA) employees. This…
Read More 14 minute read Voice of America Director Bennett Hails One-Sided Anti-Trump VOA Report While Supporting VOA CharterJuly 21, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) implies that Donald Trump is an embodiment of “hate and…