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Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez takes issue with BBG decision to close down Voice of America Greek Service

August 14, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary While the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) wastes millions of taxpayers dollars on its overblown…

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Inaccurate reporting from Voice of America offers support for Kremlin propaganda

August 12, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary A report posted Monday on the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), “As Kyiv’s Maidan…

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An Untenable Position With Consequences

August 11, 2014

Voice of America – Information War Lost: An Untenable Position With Consequences By The Federalist Sonja Pace…

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Has The Voice of America Outlived Its Usefulness?

August 5, 2014

Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This commentary is from an anonymous journalist who works at…

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Is it news, or is it propaganda? – Op-Ed in The Hill by Mollie King of IBB and formerly Voice of America

July 22, 2014

BBG Watch Mollie King, a program analyst within the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) under the Broadcasting Board of…

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Voice of America accuses Ukraine of inflaming rhetoric over downing of Malaysian airliner

July 19, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary VOICE OF AMERICA NEWS: “Ukrainian officials have further inflamed the rhetoric over the…

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Former BBG Governors, CUSIB Director support reform of U.S. international broadcasting

July 16, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Two former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members, Ambassador Victor Ashe and Blanquita…

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LIPIEN: A propaganda-free Voice of America, WT op-ed

July 16, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary In a Washington Times op-ed, strongly supporting management reforms proposed in the Royce – Engel…

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A historical perspective on H.R. 4490 debate — propaganda — public diplomacy — VOA Charter

July 13, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary VOA CHARTER To protect the integrity of VOA programming and define the organization’s mission, the…

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Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real

July 4, 2014

Commentary Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real By Ted Lipien No one I know…

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Voice of America often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes promotes it

June 25, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes even…

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Rep. Ed Royce: The danger to Voice of America is maintaining the status quo

June 11, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has published a Letter…

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VOA shows thousands of pro-Kremlin troll comments and some RT retweets

June 4, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary With the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) management allowing posting on the VOA English…

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How to spot a Russian Twitter troll, Ukraine@war

June 2, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary “In the style of war that Putin fights, influencing the public opinion plays a very…

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The Opinion-Makers: How Russia Is Winning the Propaganda War, DER SPIEGEL

June 2, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary “With the help of news services like RT and Ruptly, the Kremlin is seeking to…

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House passage of Hitler-Stalin Pact ‘Black Ribbon Day’ bill ignored by Voice of America, mismanagement continues

May 24, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary With Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Matt Armstrong calling House Foreign Affairs Committee bipartisan…

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BBG Governor Armstrong Rebukes Members of Congress for Criticism in Bipartisan Bill

May 22, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Governor Matt Armstrong about H.R. 4490 Bipartisan Reform Bill: “So, yes, I think, I…

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NYT: House Measure to Change Voice of America’s Mission Is Drawing Intense Debate

May 21, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary “A bill to overhaul Voice of America has prompted an intense debate among supporters of…

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Ed Royce: U.S. burdening international broadcasters with a failed bureaucracy

May 19, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary “We have done ourselves no favors by burdening international broadcasters with a failed bureaucracy.…

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The Blame Game

May 19, 2014

International Broadcasting Bureau – We Don’t Know Anything But Dysfunctional And Defunct – Information War Lost: The Blame…

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Are comments on Voice of America websites subject to pro-Kremlin trolling? — They are.

May 13, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Are comments on Voice of America (VOA) websites subject to pro-Kremlin trolling? There is absolutely…

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National Geographic article warning about RT tweets, sometimes used by Voice of America

May 11, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary WARNING – The article quotes an obscenity. In an National Geographic article “The Twitter War: Social Media’s…

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A New Voice of America, Wall Street Journal Editorial

May 6, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch reported today that “in contrast to other Western broadcasters, such as BBC and…

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The Hill on propaganda fears and reform of bureaucracy in charge of Voice of America

May 4, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary A report in The Hill, which focuses on a bipartisan bill to reform U.S. international…

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Is Voice of America hobbling along? – Ariel Cohen, Blanquita Cullum, David Ensor, Dan Robinson respond

April 21, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary At the Heritage Foundation panel discussion today (April 21, 2014) on “Propaganda, Disinformation, and Dirty…

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Propaganda, Disinformation, and Dirty Tricks: The Resurgence of Russian Political Warfare – Partial C-SPAN VIDEO

April 21, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: For full Heritage Foundation video and partial audio and transcripts, see: Is Voice of…

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Russian opposition paper Novaya Gazeta reports on BBG Watch article about Radio Liberty’s Andrei Babitsky

April 19, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary A Russian liberal opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, which is supported by Mikhail Gorbachev, has published…

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Applebaum in WP: ‘rethink the funding and governance of our international broadcasters’

April 17, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary In a Washington Post op-ed, “A fearful new world, imperiled by Russia’s subterfuge,” Pulitzer Prize…

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Crimea no longer part of Ukraine on Voice of America map

April 8, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary A map posted on U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) news website no longer shows…

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Chairman Royce Speaks on Expansion of RFE/RL and VOA Broadcasts to Ukraine and Russia

April 2, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary According to a news report in Politico, “Congress sends Ukraine package to Obama,” a separate…

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Voice of America ignores protest letter to Putin in NYT from Ukrainian Jews, as do Voice of Russia and RT

March 28, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Considering insessant propaganda from the Kremlin-controlled media describing anti-Yanukovych protesters and the new Ukrainian government…

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House Foreign Affairs Committee votes $10 million for RFE/RL and VOA surge in Ukraine

March 25, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed with…

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Voice of America Ukraine coverage improves as VOA correspondents assert themselves against management

March 22, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has noticed some, although still sporadic and small, improvements in Voice of America…

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Applebaum: more funding for Radio Liberty in information war with the Kremlin

March 12, 2014

Pulitzer Prize winning author, journalist and historian Anne Applebaum wrote recently an op-ed for The Telegraph about the…

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Mario Corti on continued importance and uniqueness of Radio Liberty in Russia

March 11, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty — A Unique Medium By Mario Corti Radio Liberty is a unique phenomenon…

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BBG Media Highlights – March 10, 2014 – increased funding for RFE/RL, Cullum : ‘very concerned about Voice of America’

March 10, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary – “BBG Media Highlights” are distributed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) – a…

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Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt: “massive propaganda war” in Ukraine | Radio Sweden

March 7, 2014

World Media Watch highlighted this report from Radio Sweden: Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called the situation in…

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VOA Hit and Miss: Voice of America fails to report on U.S. Ambassador accusing Russia of ‘Big Lies’

March 5, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary With Russia’s media propaganda offensive over Ukraine in full swing, U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe…

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BBG Media Highlights – March 4, 2014 – Voice of America Ukrainian Service lacks resources to update Twitter and Facebook

March 4, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary – “BBG Media Highlights” are distributed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) – a…

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Daily Beast and FT expose ‘Putin’s Crimea Propaganda Machine’

March 4, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary From: World Media Watch The new World Media Watch website has been reporting for several…

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Russian media agitate against Kyiv, DW

March 2, 2014

An re-posted item from World Media Watch commenting on excellent Deutsche Welle reporting from Ukraine: Germany’s Deutsche Welle…

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BBG Watch links with World Media Watch

February 6, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has linked with World Media Watch website which offers “a convenient way to…

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The Daily Beast gets it wrong – U.S. taxpayers’ money can now be used to provide news to Americans but controversy lingers

October 5, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary The Daily Beast article, “The Story Behind That Incredibly Riveting Video of the D.C. Car…

Voice of America does not do propaganda or represent the White House, VOA Director says

September 18, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary “The Voice of America is not a propaganda organization and is not a mouthpiece of…

From defunct to ridiculous – how IBB officials are ruining good name of U.S. international broadcasting

August 13, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary It did not occur to International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) bureacrats that Americans might not like…

Senate Foreign Relations Committee cleared nominations of Shell, Crocker, and Armstrong for BBG board

August 1, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which holds jurisdiction over all…

Middle America newspapers call for restoring ‘Big Brother’ domestic propaganda ban for BBG

August 1, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary The Post and Courier, the main daily newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, has called for…

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Former Voice of America journalist says U.S. officials are losing information war abroad

July 29, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and journalist Ted Lipien wrote in a…

Despite their statements that they will not propagandize Americans, IBB officials must be closely watched

July 26, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary While BBG Watch would like to believe Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) assurances that it…

The Agency of Domestic Invasive Activity – Information War Lost – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – International Broadcasting Bureau

July 23, 2013

The Agency of Domestic Invasive Activity – Information War Lost – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in…