Read More 11 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part TwoFebruary 20, 2018 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part Two US Government International Media Know Your Audience? By…
Read More 3 minute read #ReformBBG charges of VOA and Radio Farda airing Iran propagandaJuly 5, 2017 BBG Watch Media #ReformBBG Twitter hashtag tweets include charges that Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…
Read More 3 minute read Devastating criticism of Radio Farda, VOA, and BBG from former officialJune 23, 2017 BBG Watch Media Former director of Radio Liberty during the fall of communism in the Soviet block and…
Read More 10 minute read BBG management followed, legitimized fake VOA Iran Twitter feed for yearsFebruary 22, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary In a stunning display of chaos, mismanagement and lack of oversight, key management units within…
Read More 6 minute read ‘The Persian News nightmare’ on Voice of AmericaDecember 12, 2016 BBG Watch Media Report/Commentary In a new Washington Times op-ed published December 11, 2016, New York Times best-selling…
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 14 minute read CUTTING THROUGH THE FOG: AN AUTUMN UPDATEOctober 15, 2015 BBG Watch BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach,…
Read More 3 minute read Are Voice of America news reports VOA Charter compliant and balanced?August 13, 2015 BBG Watch Just Asking After Sohrab Ahmari, an editorial page writer for the Wall Street Journal Europe published a commentary…
Read More 7 minute read WSJ Commentary: A Partisan Voice of AmericaAugust 12, 2015 BBG Watch Media Sohrab Ahmari, an editorial page writer for the Wall Street Journal Europe, based in London,…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America Persian v BBC Persian on Facebook 301 – 6,900April 3, 2015 BBG Watch Media Voice of America Persian slide into irrelevance on social media While most…
Read More 5 minute read Another Voice of America hit show to Iran lost, management blamedFebruary 4, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary The most popular Voice of America (VOA) Persian TV show, a satirical news program OnTen…
Read More 2 minute read ‘Congress Calls for Investigation into VOA for Pro-Iran Corruption,’ Washington Free Beacon ReportsOctober 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary “Congress is calling for an investigation into Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian language news service…
Read More 4 minute read Iranian Dissident Banned from VOA for Criticizing Tehran, Ban Later RemovedSeptember 12, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Adam Kredo reported in the Washington Free Beacon that an Iranian expert and regime opponent…
Read More 2 minute read Washington Times quotes BBG Watch, former BBG Governor Ashe on Hillary Clinton and decline of Voice of AmericaAugust 4, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Times reporter Jim McElhatton has an article about former Secretary of State Hillary…
Read More 24 minute read Voice of America news failures on Syria, other stories extend to VOA language servicesAugust 4, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary No Voice of America language service was found to have posted news from Congress, State…
Read More 9 minute read How Voice of America Destroys ItselfJuly 22, 2014 Voice of America – Information War Lost: How VOA Destroys Itself By The Federalist Alex Belida and…
Read More 3 minute read Meehan resolution to move Iran broadcasting from VOA to RFE RL to be voted on laterJune 20, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan tried to introduce this resolution, but since…
Read More 1 minute read VOA should stop broadcasting Iranian government propaganda back to Iran, satirist writesJune 9, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary One of the funniest, most brilliant satiric articles about the floundering Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 11 minute read A Former VOA Correspondent on the Debate Over U.S. International BroadcastingMay 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is providing a forum for discussion on the United States International Communications Reform Act of…
Read More 14 minute read Sen. Wicker, Rep. Shock question BBG strategy as do BBG chair and members, but change seems still elusiveApril 26, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In an opinion article published Friday (April 25, 2014) on FoxNews.com, “America must not retreat…
Read More 8 minute read Death By DivisionApril 19, 2014 International Broadcasting Bureau – We Just Love Being Dysfunctional and Defunct! – Information War Lost: Death By Division By The Federalist…
Read More 8 minute read Madonna and Pussy Riot in NY on Putin get 0 reports on VOA English news site, Justin Bieber gets 6February 6, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary As of late afternoon Thursday, February 6, the Voice of America (VOA) English news website…
Read More 8 minute read Back To The Newsroom and a Side TripJanuary 22, 2014 Noted and reported by BBG Watch: “Due to the severe weather forecast for tomorrow, we [IBB and Gallup]…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Persian Service hours behind BBC in online reporting on Obama Iran nuclear deal statementJanuary 13, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The embattled Voice of America (VOA) Persian Service was today (Sunday. Jan. 12) hours behind…
Read More 3 minute read World gets news about murder of Iranian rock musicians in the U.S. from BBC, not Voice of AmericaNovember 12, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has not reported on its English news website the…
Read More 8 minute read Yet another personnel change at PNN – Voice of America Persian Service – is a sign of deep leadership crisis at VOASeptember 17, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Observers of U.S. international broadcasting see the latest personnel change at PNN (Persian News…
Read More 10 minute read Congressional criticism of Voice of America programs to Iran should serve as a reality check for VOA Director David EnsorAugust 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor said on August 6, 2013 during an all-staff…
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind?July 9, 2013 International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind? by The…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – IBB: The Babble-RamaMarch 5, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – IBB: The Babble-Rama by The Federalist Before…
Congressional Record, April 6, 2011: Rep. Rohrabacher confronts BBG on China and IranFebruary 11, 2013 From time to time, BBG Watch publishes significant historical documents on U.S. international broadcasting. Today, we want to…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: End of Summer No End to the NightmareSeptember 3, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: End of Summer No End to the Nightmare by The Federalist For…
Read More 11 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War with Iran LostAugust 23, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War with Iran Lost A commentary by The Federalist “The BBG is the…
BBG members kept in the dark about Voice of America satirical TV show to Iran being off the air for nine monthsAugust 20, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members were reportedly appalled to learn last week for the…
Read More 3 minute read Why America Has Trouble Reaching Iran: VOA’s Persian News Network in Dire Need of Reform by Helle Dale, Heritage FoundationMarch 6, 2012 Helle C. Dale, a Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy at The Heritage Foundation has written another in-depth analysis…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Eve of DestructionMarch 6, 2012 by The Federalist On March 7, 2012 the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) plans to mark the 70th…
Trouble at PNN – Voice of America to Iran – BBG blamedFebruary 21, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Several recent media reports point to serious problems at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
US International Broadcasting and the BBG: The Numbers GameNovember 18, 2011 The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has announced that its own surveys (These are not completely independent surveys.…