Read More 7 minute read The BBG Saga: Leaving On A Jet PlaneJuly 18, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost The BBG Saga: Leaving On A Jet Plane …
Read More 6 minute read Clueless U.S. agency invites Putin’s officials to RFE/RL party, they boot their chairman out of Russia insteadJuly 17, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary How clueless and mismanaged can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) be? According to an…
Read More 12 minute read State and White House more honest, less deceptive on Jeff Shell than BBG bureaucracy and VOAJuly 15, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary For the federal agency claiming to uphold the highest journalistic standards abroad, the latest Broadcasting…
Read More 4 minute read Reform Needed: BBG Members Must Be Prohibited From Doing Private Business in Russia or ChinaJuly 15, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Congressional Reform Needed: BBG Members Must Be Prohibited From Doing Private Business in Russia or…
Read More 6 minute read BBG Chair Jeff Shell’s expulsion from Russia points to US bureaucratic failureJuly 14, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary While all the facts are not yet in, one thing is certain: bureaucrats of the…
Read More 5 minute read EXCLUSIVE Congressional sources call for abolishing the BBG after its bureaucracy bungled BBG Chair’s trip to MoscowJuly 13, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Senior congressional staffers told BBG Watch that the expulsion of Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 3 minute read BBG Chair Jeff Shell detained and expelled from RussiaJuly 13, 2016 BBG Watch Last night BBG Watch reported that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell, BBG CEO…
Read More 8 minute read BBG in Moscow: Russia needs a new and reformed Radio Liberty, a journalist saysJuly 13, 2016 OPINION Introduction by BBG Watch According to unconfirmed reports, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell, BBG…
Read More 6 minute read Downward Spiral At Broadcasting Board of GovernorsJune 27, 2016 Opinion Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost The Never-Ending Downward Spiral Part Two By The Federalist …
Read More 6 minute read In a report on New York LGBT Pride March, Voice of America fails to call Orlando shooting terrorism, doesn’t mention murderer’s oath to ISIS or even his nameJune 26, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary In a report on the New York LGBT Pride March on Sunday, June 26, the…
Read More 4 minute read How the US is working to defeat ISIS online with no mention of the BBGJune 25, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Yet another media article on how the U.S. is trying to defeat ISIS online was…
Read More 3 minute read Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Announces Thomas Kent As New PresidentJune 10, 2016 BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty announced the appointment of…
U.S. tax-funded Voice of America joins anti-Donald Trump electioneeringJune 8, 2016 BBG Watch Media A journalist working as a U.S. government employee for the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 5 minute read Dysfunction in Voice of America coverage of Clinton, Trump, and Tuesday primariesJune 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary We received these observations and screenshots (posted below) from a former senior Voice of America…
Read More 4 minute read Closed meeting of the Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMay 23, 2016 BBG Watch The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has posted a closed meeting notice to meet the…
Read More 20 minute read Ben Rhodes and the Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMay 11, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Ben Rhodes, Assistant to President President Obama and his Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic…
Read More 9 minute read Employee morale commitment letter from BBG CEOMay 3, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary As the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is distributing links for federal employees to participate…
Read More 7 minute read BBG meets with Secretary Kerry, gets praise despite anti-Israel, pro-Putin messagingApril 20, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary According to Secretary Kerry, “Today’s Broadcasting Board of Governors is not the BBG of a…
Read More 8 minute read ‘Wholesale racism’ in Israel: RFE/RL Facebook message paid by U.S. taxesMarch 27, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has included a message in the…
Read More 6 minute read Broadening of $400 million class action lawsuit against Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMarch 15, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Washington, D.C. law firm, Themis PLLC, has broadened its $400 million class action lawsuit,…
Read More 7 minute read A Fantasy of Success at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMarch 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary “‘It’s a whirlwind of positive change.’ Summing up the recent (February 26 [2016]) bimonthly public…
Read More 4 minute read Will RFE/RL Defeat Putin Propaganda With Plan Based On Catching ‘Anger Energy’?March 5, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting on February 26, 2016, Radio…
Read More 4 minute read Some in Congress fuming over BBG lobbying for status quo EXCLUSIVEFebruary 25, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Some members of Congress are angry at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), its board…
Read More 4 minute read Congress to BBG: You are a ‘Broken Agency’February 23, 2016 BBG Watch This press release was posted today on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs website. This…
Read More 3 minute read BBG’s Chairman and CEO treated to more VOA technical problems on important news and staff meeting dayFebruary 23, 2016 BBG Watch We have attached three screen videos showing Voice of America (VOA) problems with live President Obama…
Read More 7 minute read Good CEO, some good ideas, bad overall strategyFebruary 13, 2016 BBG Watch Guest Commentary Good CEO, some good ideas, bad overall strategy By Ted Lipien John…
Read More 13 minute read New BBG CEO John Lansing is having a positive impact, but is it enough?January 29, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary There are clear signs that new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing is…
Read More 5 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors cyber policies not ready for primetimeJanuary 20, 2016 BBG Watch Media The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) “response to cybersecurity incidents and its newly developed policy…
Read More 19 minute read Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian ServiceJanuary 18, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Introduction to “Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service: A View From Russia”…
Read More 17 minute read Voice of America Launched Extremism Watch Desk EXCLUSIVEJanuary 14, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary Defying her critics in the Voice of America (VOA) Central English Newsroom who object…
Read More 3 minute read Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce on urgent need to reform BBGJanuary 11, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) continues to argue for splitting different elements…
Read More 22 minute read BBG Contract Employees $400M Class Action Complaint EXCLUSIVEJanuary 8, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary This article covers legal issues. Please read our Disclaimers and Terms of Use. …
Read More 10 minute read Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against ReformJanuary 7, 2016 OPINION Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform Will Taxpayers Continue to Foot This…
Read More 1 minute read Money before reform or vice versa: BBG’s Shell v. Royce in WTJanuary 5, 2016 BBG Watch Media Should the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal agency in charge of U.S. information outreach…
Read More 9 minute read The Big Kahuna Hits A Wall at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsJanuary 3, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: We Lost – The Big Kahuna Hits A Wall By…
Read More 12 minute read Voice of America digital meltdown redux of PBS for BBG CIO?December 31, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chief Information Officer and former Interim CEO and Director André…
One BBG executive apologizes, others keep silentDecember 30, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary “Meanwhile, please accept my personal apologies for this serious event. It is very…
Read More 1 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Fantasy ReformDecember 30, 2015 OPINION/COMMENTARY Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: It’s Over. We Lost. Fantasy Reform By The Federalist …
Read More 4 minute read Russia propaganda machine gains on U.S. | Washington TimesDecember 28, 2015 BBG Watch Media In an interview with The Washington Times, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep.…
Read More 7 minute read BBG hit with $400M employee contractors suitDecember 23, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary A $400 million class action lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Federal…
Read More 10 minute read BBG CEO gives two longtime SES executives new dutiesDecember 21, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Some Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees are scratching their heads to explain a recent…
Read More 10 minute read Is this Russian RT, SPUTNIK or something else?December 19, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Was this Facebook item posted by Russian propaganda channel RT, Russian disinformation news agency SPUTNIK…
Read More 3 minute read Will Broadcasting Board of Governors Reform Itself?December 17, 2015 EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Report With A Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge…
Read More 5 minute read CUSIB, other experts disagree with David Ensor and one Superman CEO solution for BBGDecember 14, 2015 BBG Watch Media The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) posted a comment in Foreign Policy…
Read More 3 minute read Maria González To Head Office Of Cuba Broadcasting, Carlos A. Garcia-Pérez not pushed out for suspicion of Castro regimeDecember 8, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from a well-informed Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) source that the…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America power and broadcasting outage UPDATEDecember 8, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE It took the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) massive administrative and technical support staff a…
Read More 9 minute read BBG and VOA managers too busy traveling and teaching journalism abroad to manage their ownDecember 3, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Too much foreign travel not related to a core activity can make a government agency…
Read More 12 minute read Voice of America opponents of ‘countering violent extremism’ not likely to be asked to do itDecember 3, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English newsroom reporters, some of whom make more than $150,000 per…
Read More 12 minute read Carter Administration opposed consolidation of U.S. government broadcasting and Voice of America privatizationDecember 2, 2015 Commentary By Ted Lipien Recently released U.S. government documents show that President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor (1977–1981)…
Read More 2 minute read Digital Journal Op-Ed: Reform and adult supervision for Broadcasting Board of GovernorsNovember 30, 2015 BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors and Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC. In an…