Read More 8 minute read Voice of America Between A Firewall and AccountabilityNovember 27, 2020 USAGM Watch OPINION and COMMENTARY By Ted Lipien What is more important: protecting Voice of America (VOA) U.S.…
Read More 10 minute read USAGM – US Agency for Global Mayhem – Don’t Get Fooled – AgainNovember 21, 2020 OPINION – GUEST COMMENTARY US Agency for Global Mayhem Don’t Get Fooled – Again By The Federalist To…
Read More 1 minute read ROBINSON and ELLIOTT on Reforming USAGM in Charge of Voice of America, Other USG MediaNovember 20, 2020 USAGM Watch Media Commentary The Biden Choice on USAGM: Business as Usual, or Major Change. By Dan Robinson,…
Read More 6 minute read MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART ONEApril 9, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary MAXIMUM HUBRIS: THE USAGM – PART ONE NUMBERS GAME, TAXPAYERS AS…
Read More 7 minute read The USAGM Numbers GameApril 9, 2019 OPINION The USAGM Numbers Game Numbers of Convenience Without Consequence By The Federalist The audience numbers…
Read More 7 minute read RFE/RL Tajik Service – One Scandal Too Many Under USAGM CEO John LansingMarch 28, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch According to an e-mail seen by BBG – USAGM Watch, a top lieutenant to…
Read More 6 minute read Twitter poll: VOA and Radio Farda USAGM Iran audience claims are falseMarch 27, 2019 BBG Watch Commentary A Twitter poll, launched on March 21, 2019 by Radio Farda personality, political satirist, actor…
Read More 7 minute read Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp IncreasesMarch 27, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Guest Commentary Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp Increases By…
Read More 7 minute read A Cup That Runneth OverJanuary 18, 2017 OPINION A Cup That Runneth Over USG International Broadcasting Information War Lost By The Federalist …
Read More 3 minute read BBG CEO and media executives disavow BBG analyst’s view of impactFebruary 3, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) new CEO John Lansing and his senior media executives…
Read More 9 minute read IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott is wrong on USIA’s record at Voice of AmericaOctober 16, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary This commentary was provided by Ted Lipien, director of the independent Committee for U.S. International…
Read More 13 minute read Bureaucrats With A GrudgeOctober 13, 2013 Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Bureaucrats With…
Read More 7 minute read Don’t worry, be happy – IBB government employee responds to Smith-Mundt questions as a private bloggerOctober 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Kim Andrew Elliott is a government employee at the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) who claims…
BBG Chairman Jeff Shell will head Universal, reports saySeptember 10, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The Los Angeles Times and other media reported that Jeff Shell, a longtime Comcast Corp.…
Read More 8 minute read Contrary to claims from Kim Andrew Elliott and IBB officials, Voice of America coverage of Russia does not compare to Radio Liberty reportingJuly 19, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In arguing for combining all U.S. international broadcasting entities into one and in his frequent…
Read More 6 minute read When a “Private Blogger” Isn’tJuly 11, 2013 When a “Private Blogger” Isn’t – International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard For Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government…
Read More 2 minute read IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott renews private blogging with comments about Rep. Ed Royce and Radio Free AsiaJuly 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary After several months of absence from private blogging on international broadcasting, Kim Andrew Elliott an…
MAXIMUS HUBRIS / REASONABLE DOUBT, PART IIIFebruary 9, 2013 The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812, continues its series…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: The Secretary Weighs In – AgainJanuary 27, 2013 (For more discussion on Secretary Clinton’s comments and the future of BBG see: “Fox, Marks, Perron, and…