practically defunct – BBG and USAGM Watch

In 2013, the then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Congress that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) was "practically defunct" in its capacity to tell America's message around the world. Since then, what is now the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and the Voice of America (VOA) have become even more dysfunctional and poorly managed.

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U. S. Agency for Global Media USAGM and Ukraine

March 20, 2022

The U.S. Agency for Global Media still shows a press release about its poll in the Russian-occupied part…

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Voice of America takes more than two hours to post a White House statement on Iran

January 1, 2018

BBG Watch Commentary It took U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 million FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA), part of the…