Voice of America Persian Service targeted Americans with illegal Facebook ads
BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee…
Voice of America Russian Service’s illegal targeting of Americans with Facebook ads exposed by Rep. Royce
BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee…
Congress exposes repeated violations of Smith-Mundt Act in USAGM agency’s Facebook ads targeting Americans
BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee…
USAGM CEO John Lansing ignored early warnings of ads targeting Americans
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO John Lansing, who had been appointed in 2015 during…
Voice of America ignores Der Spiegel journalistic scandal despite fake reports from the U.S.
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. government-run and U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has ignored the Claas Relotius journalistic…
Senators block attempt to entrench bureaucrats at Voice of America and USAGM
BBG Watch Media Commentary A group of conservative senators has blocked a bill which would allow holdover bureacrats…
New York Times missed evidence of existing Voice of America bias under Amanda Bennett and John Lansing
BBG Watch Media Commentary While noting some of the management scandals at the Voice of America (VOA) and…
Dan Robinson comments on NPR report about VOA
Voice Of America Vows Independence, As Trump Calls For ‘Worldwide Network’ Dan Robinson comments on NPR report…
Washington Post: VOA fires journalist over interview with Chinese exile
BBG Watch Commentary A Failure of Leadership No matter how one reads the Washington Post’s blog opinion article…
WFB: “Corker, Menendez Push Effort to ‘Neuter’ Trump’s Broadcasting Chief”
BBG Watch Media Commentary Washington Free Beacon senior writer Susan Crabtree who has been reporting on U.S government…
Fantasy Land at USAGM and VOA
OPINION U-SAG-M Fantasyland Special 2018 Holiday Edition US Government International Media? By The Federalist …
Management confirms decision to fire VOA Mandarin chief Sasha Gong over Guo Wengui
BBG Watch Commentary Senior management of the Voice of America (VOA) and its parent agency, the United States…
They called him “a joke” and streamed a sex joke about his wife, will Trump grant Voice of America an interview?
BBG Watch Commentary Internal memos from the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) show that one of…
Did Trump forget Voice of America or rejected it as far to the left of CNN?
BBG Watch Commentary, As reported by U.S. and world media, President Trump raised in a tweet the possibility…
Voice of America English website ignored Guo Wengui $100 million China human rights fund
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) under holdover Obama administration director Amanda Bennett appears to…
Thanksgiving: Time to Be Grateful For “Cushy” Six-figure Jobs at USAGM
BBG Watch Guest Commentary As Americans observed Thanksgiving, employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) no…
How VOA explained not sending reporters to Pompeo press conference on Iran sanctions
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) and its parent federal agency, United States Agency for Global…
Federal USAGM Interference Blocks Watchdog Website Name
BBG Watch Commentary An act of interference with domestic press by Federal U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM),…
USAGM outlets VOA and RFE/RL Radio Farda absent at Pompeo news conference on Iran sanctions
BBG Watch Commentary According to Iranian-American Mahtab Farid, neither the U.S. tax-funded and Federally-managed Voice of America (VOA)…
No Mention on Tax-funded VOA News Website of Possible Blexit
BBG Watch Commentary No Mention on Tax-funded VOA News Website of Possible Blexit Plenty of One-Sided Left-Wing…
Who leaked an embarrassing video for RFE/RL – Voice of America Russian TV?
BBG Watch Commentary A leaked rehearsal video for the Russian-language Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)-Voice of…
USAGM Holdover CEO Was Warned in 2017 About Anti-Semitism in His Agency’s Programs
BBG Watch Commentary United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Obama Administration holdover CEO John F. Lansing took…
VOA Fires or Proposes Removal of 15 Hausa Service Employees for ‘Improper Conduct’
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has been warning about similar potential problems of foreign influence in other Voice…
BBC, DW, RT went Facebook Live with Blasey Ford; VOA did not
BBG Watch Commentary BBC, Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW) and Russia’s RT all had Facebook LIVE transmissions of the…
USAGM Misappropriated ‘Watch’ Domains to Stifle Criticism by US Media
BBG Watch Commentary In an unprecedented and stunning betrayal of public trust and its mission, the newly-renamed United…
USAGM The Rebranded Tower of Babel
OPINION U-SAG-M! The Rebranded Tower of Babel Old Is New, New Is Old By The Federalist …
QUESTIONS NOT WANTED BY USAGM
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This is part three of a commentary on the newly named United States Agency…
FACT AND FANTASY AT USAGM (FORMERLY BBG): A FAMILIAR WASHINGTON GAME
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This is part two of a multipart commentary on the newly named United States…
RE-BRANDED USAGM LIMITS MEDIA COVERAGE OF WASHINGTON PR EVENT: NO QUESTIONS WANTED
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This is part one of a multipart commentary on the newly named United…
Fear of the Chinese Government Continues Among Some at VOA
Guest Commentary Fear of the Chinese Government and Caving in to Its Pressure Continue Among Some at…
U-SAG-M! – U.S. Agency for Global Media
OPINION “U-SAG-M!” – United States Agency for Global Media US Government International Media Information War Lost By…
Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett with a USAGM Umbrella
BBG Watch Commentary on USAGM A picture that’s worth a thousand words. The photo, sent to BBG Watch…
BBG’s – now USAGM – systemic failure on Iran coverage
BBG Watch Commentary on USAGM “Additionally, in the aggregate, reportage on bilateral relations between the U.S.…
Government media agency chief John Lansing calls for a closed meeting on USAGM at National Press Club
BBG Watch Commentary on USAGM Apparently not disturbed by knowledge of public diplomacy or experience to know what…
Same As It Ever Was – Agency for Global Media USAGM or Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG Under John Lansing
OPINION Same As It Ever Was Agency for Global Media USAGM or Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG Under…
Tom Kent leaving RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary Having published a letter to the New York Times editor in defense of his stewardship…
Voice of America headline with a new country: Sonalia
BBG Watch Commentary It is not that such a mistake could not have happened at a news organization,…
RFE/RL targeted Americans with a pro-Kremlin Facebook ad EXCLUSIVE NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTING NYT REPORT
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has obtained screenshots showing that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a…
Strzok-like behavior rewarded at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Some of the U.S. federal employees who are news reporters for the Voice of America…
“Weaponization?” What Congress wants are effective BBG programs to Iran
OPINION “Weaponization?” US Government International Media Information War: Lost By The Federalist A recent article…
Questions BBG employees want CEO Lansing to answer but are afraid to ask
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has received a number of questions from Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees…
Voice of America links killings at a newspaper to Trump
BBG Watch Commentary In an Associated Press (AP) report posted on the Voice of America (VOA) news website,…
The Summit and Beyond: The Big Picture
OPINION The Summit and Beyond: The Big Picture Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By…
Why no Koreans in VOA Greta with Trump photo?
BBG Watch Commentary .@realDonaldTrump with VOA after interview in Singapore pic.twitter.com/ohO2JvVnHZ — Greta Van Susteren (@greta) June…
‘Arc of success’ BBG manager Jeff Trimble is retiring
BBG Watch Commentary “Board Chairman Kenneth Weinstein thanked outgoing Deputy Director Jeff Trimble for his 21…
Iranian woman has hopes for management change at BBG, VOA Persian, Radio Farda
BBG Watch Commentary Sheema Kalbasi, who tweets as @IranianWoman, is a U.S.-based Iranian poet, filmmaker, rights activist who…
Trump intends to nominate Michael Pack as CEO of Broadcasting Board of Governors EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Michael Pack to be the Chief…
Iran scholars criticize BBG, VOA, and Radio Farda management
BBG Watch Commentary With increasing frequency and frustration, anti-regime Iran scholars based in the West, as well as…
BBG Digital Meltdown: The Perfect Storm
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Digital Meltdown: The Perfect Storm US Government International Media Information War: Lost…
‘Debilitating’ Voice of America digital system failure continues
BBG Watch Commentary One week later, as of Friday, the digital DALET system crisis at the U.S. taxpayer-funded…