Trump Nominates USAGM Board Chair Ken Weinstein To Be Ambassador to Japan
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY President Trump announced his intent to nominate Kenneth R. Weinstein to be U.S. Ambassador to…
Statement from the USAGM Board Chairman regarding CEO Lansing
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO John F. Lansing is leaving his…
‘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…
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…
Many in #IranProtests call VOA Voice of the Mullahs, says Kenneth Timmerman
BBG Watch Commentary In an interview with John Loeffler for his “Steel on Steel” radio program on January…
Another former RFE/RL newswoman Shahida Tulaganova slams management
BBG Watch Commentary UK-based award-winning investigative reporter Shahida Tulaganova joined another award-winning journalist Khadija Ismayilova, a former political…
Renowned newswoman Khadija Ismayilova blasts RFE/RL bosses after quitting
BBG Watch Commentary After quitting in frustration her freelancer position with U.S. tax-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio…
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission findings on Guo Wengui and Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission‘s findings on Guo Wengui and Voice of America…
Full Meltdown Mode for Voice of America and BBG
OPINION Full Meltdown Mode Broadcasting Board of Governors and Voice of America: Information War Lost By…
Hudson Institute website under attack before Guo Wengui event
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE The website of the Hudson Institute, http://www.hudson.org, a politically conservative, non-profit American think tank…
Muted by VOA director, China whistleblower Guo Wengui to speak at venue of BBG chair
BBG Watch Commentary Guo Wengui who is also known as Miles Kwok and is China’s most famous billionaire…
BBG Chair Ken Weinstein retweets on VOA personality flipping off anti-Iran regime demonstrators
BBG Watch Commentary In one of the most bizarre incidents at the already dysfunctional and “practically defunct” (Secretary…
U.S. funded Radio Farda and VOA fail their mission in Iran, Iranian dissidents say in #ReformBBG
BBG Watch Media Commentary An article by Avideh Motmaen-Far published by the Gatestone Institute think-tank, states that independent…
Albanian-American politician, CUSIB member opposes proposed VOA cuts
BBG Watch Mark Gjonaj, a New York State Assembly member and Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB –…
‘Wholesale racism’ in Israel: RFE/RL Facebook message paid by U.S. taxes
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has included a message in the…
JANE DOE: BBG executives to Congress – to fix a bloated bureaucracy you must give it more power
From Joan and Jane Doe BBG executives to Congress – to fix a bloated bureaucracy you must…
BBG Member Kenneth Weinstein Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of Kenneth Weinstein, member of the Broadcasting Board of…
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing: Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing: Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Time: 02:30…
CUTTING THROUGH THE FOG: AN AUTUMN UPDATE
BBG Watch BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach,…
John Lansing will encounter entrenched pro-status quo BBG bureaucracy, Congressional sources warn
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE “Tackling these problems and ‘righting the ship’ will be a truly herculean effort, perhaps only…
OPINION Voice of America Information War Lost: A Day For Stifling Debate
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
BBG Governor Weinstein: RFE/RL level of energy-no comparison to five years ago
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “multimedia expansion and rapid growth” was the focus of Broadcasting…
Chairman Royce to Convene Hearing Wednesday at 10 a.m. on Russia’s ‘Weaponization’ of Information
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is reposting reminders about Wednesday’s events in Washington, DC focused on U.S. international…
Journalism in the Shadow of the Kremlin – Hudson Institute, April 15, 2015, 3:00 PM
BBG Watch Journalism in the Shadow of the Kremlin, April 15, 3PM, Hudson Institute Kenneth R. Weinstein,…
Another no rebuttal Voice of America column attacking Netanyahu
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal…
HEINLEIN, SHELL, WEINSTEIN on Voice of America Charter, BBG reform bill and news reporting
BBG Watch Last Updated Mar. 09, 2015, 12:25 AM ET During a meeting with Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Russia’s RT and SPUTNIK report on Andy Lack, NBC, BBG, VOA, RFE-RL, Royce, Nuland, Kerry – but not Voice of America
BBG Watch Media U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is showing a remarkable lack of journalistic curiosity in…
CUSIB disappointed in Andy Lack’s departure, expresses support for BBG and Chairman Shell
BBG Watch At least one anonymous critic has called for Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell and Governor Ken Weinstein Q and A with Employees Part I I AUDIO
BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell announced today that CEO and Director Andrew…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell and Governor Ken Weinstein Q and A with Employees Part I AUDIO
BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell announced today that CEO and Director Andrew…
NOONAN, PRESUTTI, HEIL — mismanagement, independence, future of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Link to Video At the open board meeting in Washington Thursday, Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Special Committee on VOA in the 21st Century – VIDEO
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open meeting last Thursday, the board voted the…
Promoting Free Media: Informing the 1989 Velvet Revolution and the Challenge Today – Wilson Center – October 16
Public Announcement RFE/RL, the Embassy of the Czech Republic and the Woodrow Wilson Center invite you to…
Sen. Wicker, Rep. Shock question BBG strategy as do BBG chair and members, but change seems still elusive
BBG Watch Commentary In an opinion article published Friday (April 25, 2014) on FoxNews.com, “America must not retreat…
Blame the IBB, not the BBG Board, for making U.S. media outreach dysfunctional, says former VOA and IBB executive
BBG Watch Commentary Journalist, writer and former Voice of America (VOA) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive, Ted…
VOA English News ignores Kerry talking about media freedom with Chinese bloggers
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) top executive David Ensor likes to brag that VOA “uses social…
Hudson Institute Statement on the Expulsion of Senior Fellow David Satter from the Russian Federation
BBG Watch Commentary Hudson Institute, a nonpartisan Washington think tank, condemned the denial of a journalist’s visa by…
Memo To The Board #4 – ‘Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose’
BBG Watch Commentary Introduction BBG Watch welcomes the last commentary of 2013 by The Federalist, our most popular…
BBG announced new IBB interim management – Jeff Trimble to move to journalistic role
BBG Watch Commentary At today’s open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) its chairman Jeff Shell…
Can the BBG Transform Itself? – Helle Dale, Heritage Foundation expert, asks
BBG Watch Commentary After years of dysfunction, U.S. international broadcasting might be headed for better times as new…
BBG Governor Kenneth Weinstein on U.S. International Media Outreach and Internet Freedom
At an open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Washinton, DC, October 23, 2013, newly…
IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott is wrong on USIA’s record at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary was provided by Ted Lipien, director of the independent Committee for U.S. International…
The Daily Beast gets it wrong – U.S. taxpayers’ money can now be used to provide news to Americans but controversy lingers
BBG Watch Commentary The Daily Beast article, “The Story Behind That Incredibly Riveting Video of the D.C. Car…
Departures of good BBG Governors allow failed IBB and VOA managers to stay
BBG Watch Commentary Not all Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members have been great. Some were disengaged or…
Senate Confirms Kenneth Weinstein To BBG
BBG Watch Commentary The United States Senate today (Monday, September 23, 2013) unanimously confirmed Dr. Kenneth R. Weinstein…
Obama nominates Dr. Kenneth R. Weinstein to serve on Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch welcomes the nomination of a prominent scholar and expert on the Middle East…