Cuba and Paris – Radio and TV Marti, VOA, U.S. public diplomacy doing great or limping?
BBG Watch Commentary No well-meaning journalist who cares about bringing news to people living under government censorship and…
Sputnik, Putnik, Another RT
BBG Watch Commentary The name — SPUTNIK — for a news agency and international radio may sound silly…
U.S. political support growing for H.R. 4490, but some Senate Republicans want radical broadcasting reforms
EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Commentary A key political constituency for many members of Congress, Central and East European Coalition…
Under Secretary Stengel: U.S. needs to harden its ‘soft power’
BBG Watch Commentary How does the U.S. harden its “soft power”? According to a Voice of America (VOA)…
Information war – Russia 2 : Voice of America 0, experts agree
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel observed recently…
Voice of America obliterated by Russia’s RT on Ferguson coverage, social media outreach
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) was not only late in reporting online on the killing of…
JOE BRUNS The Voice of America: A Worthy Mission for the 21st Century
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Joe Bruns who was named Deputy…
Voice of America snubs White House aide Ben Rhodes speaking on VOA’s future, Russia’s RT had a report
BBG Commentary Whether it was a deliberate snub or yet another example of management and news reporting meltdown…
An Untenable Position With Consequences
Voice of America – Information War Lost: An Untenable Position With Consequences By The Federalist Sonja Pace…
Voice of America news failures on Syria, other stories extend to VOA language services
BBG Watch Commentary No Voice of America language service was found to have posted news from Congress, State…
Government Executive on BBG Watch coverage of H.R. 4490 reform bill
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: BBG Watch, the anonymous blog that harshly criticizes the BBG, has been sympathetic toward the bill.…
Report language on H.R. 4490 strengthens journalistic integrity, includes VOA Charter, limits Voice of America to non-surrogate role
BBG Watch Commentary Report language for H.R. 4490, the United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014, has…
Robert Reilly reviews new book by Martha Bayles on U.S. public diplomacy
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. public diplomacy and U.S. international broadcasting were at one time liked through the United…
OUR DYSFUNCTIONAL INTERNATIONAL RADIO/TV STATIONS – Guy W. Farmer Op-Ed
A Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Guy W. Farmer who supervised…
Is Congress trying to neuter Voice of America’s journalism or save it?
BBG Watch Commentary In a new Columbia Journalism Review article, former Voice of America (VOA) senior correspondent Gary…
Kerry’s representative to BBG writes about Egypt and media freedom, ignored by VOA
BBG Watch Commentary Richard Stengel, who serves as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs…
IBB ends long-term partnerships with rebroadcasters in two-sentence emails and no thank you
BBG Watch Commentary Officials of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) in Washington are ending long-term partnerships with rebroadcasters…
U.S. BBG pays for faulty, favoring Kremlin propaganda poll in Russia-annexed Crimea
BBG Watch Commentary Two top independent sociologists in Ukraine and Russia, as well as some American experts who…
WP editorial: Voice of America needs to keep its objective voice, BBG Watch agrees
BBG Watch Commentary We do not disagree with the Washington Post editorial, “Voice of America needs to keep…
Voice of America to target Americans despite ban on funding domestic news distribution, critics say
BBG Watch Commentary In a politically unwise press release, which according to critics at best violates the spirit…
Armstrong Going Off The Script: Calling H.R. 4490 ‘less than inarticulate’
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – Onward With Dysfunctional and Defunct! Information War Lost: Armstrong Going Off…
Undersecretary Stengel Visits RFE/RL Kyiv Bureau — Importance of U.S.-funded Surrogate Media Acknowledged
BBG Watch Commentary It is good to see a high level U.S. State Department official, Under Secretary for…
The Hill on propaganda fears and reform of bureaucracy in charge of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary A report in The Hill, which focuses on a bipartisan bill to reform U.S. international…
U.S. Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy condemns Kremlin propaganda and ban on Voice of America in Russia, but VOA English News fails to report his comments
BBG Watch Commentary When propaganda poses as news, it creates real dangers. Setting the record straight about @RT_com…
Reforming U.S. International Media Outreach
BBG Watch Commentary A draft bill originating in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which has U.S. Rep. Ed…
Major reform of U.S. international broadcasting and public diplomacy to be proposed in Congress
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a draft bill originating in the House Foreign Affairs Committee,…
Is Voice of America hobbling along? – Ariel Cohen, Blanquita Cullum, David Ensor, Dan Robinson respond
BBG Watch Commentary At the Heritage Foundation panel discussion today (April 21, 2014) on “Propaganda, Disinformation, and Dirty…
Death By Division
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Just Love Being Dysfunctional and Defunct! – Information War Lost: Death By Division By The Federalist…
The Voice of America Shouldn’t Be A Whisper by John Lenczowski
BBG Watch Commentary In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, former President Reagan’s Soviet affairs advisor John Lenczowski argues…
Voice of America English news site ignores Kerry and Stengel, equates Obama with Putin
BBG Watch Commentary We found it interesting that Voice of America (VOA) English news website ignored the swearing-in…
Crimea no longer part of Ukraine on Voice of America map
BBG Watch Commentary A map posted on U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) news website no longer shows…
Kerry: ‘No decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine’ – low in VOA report, near top in others
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English language news report from Paris on the Kerry-Lavrov meeting has…
Disastrous BBG Budget
“The true bureaucrat is a man of really remarkable talents. He writes a kind of English that…
Susan Rice and Richard Stengel promote State Department’s response to Putin’s propaganda machine, offer little help so far to BBG
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. National Security Advisor to President Obama Susan Rice and U.S. Under Secretary of State…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: Ukraine gets short shrift from mismanaged Voice of America
BBG Watch Digital Journal has published an op-ed by former VOA acting associate director Ted Lipien who noted…
Alleged violations of IRS rules by IBB officials may cost taxpayers, U.S. agency millions
BBG Watch Exclusive Commentary BBG Watch has learned that officials of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) at a…
Should VOA post White House statements in full? At least, it should do it right without embarrassing US President and Americans
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English website posted in full President Obama’s statement on the…
Why Voice of America Should Not Have Ignored Religious Freedom Message from President Obama to Orthodox Christians in Egypt
BBG Watch Commentary Tuesday, January 7, BBG Watch reported that the English-language website of the Voice of America…
VOA Director David Ensor described as inspirational by public diplomacy expert
BBG Watch Commentary Jonathan Henick, a career diplomat with over 20 years of experience in the U.S. Foreign…
Martial law prisoners in Poland praised Reagan, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe
Originally posted on December 4, 2013 Today’s political prisoners who are fighting for democracy and human rights are…
Voice of America repeats Russian politician’s attack on Greenpeace without retort, misleads world on U.S. law
BBG Watch Commentary “Greenpeace’s actions were just to create a political scandal and draw more attention to Greenpeace.…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: VOA and U.S. Public Diplomacy Failed on Obama-Malala Meeting
Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. public diplomacy failed to take full advantage of President Obama’s meeting Friday…
Bureaucrats With A Grudge
Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Bureaucrats With…
Don’t worry, be happy – IBB government employee responds to Smith-Mundt questions as a private blogger
BBG Watch Commentary Kim Andrew Elliott is a government employee at the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) who claims…
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…
Anniversary of the mass firings of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Some of the fired journalists were asked by the new management to return to Radio…
Richard Stengel leaving Time for State Department public diplomacy job with duties at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Politico and The New York Times reported that Richard Stengel, the top editor of Time…
Voice of America’s amateur hour on Obama’s Syria speech
BBG Watch Commentary Let’s face it: Voice of America’s (VOA) news reporting and management structure are completely broken.…
BBG Governor Matt Armstrong: ‘Agency is a tremendously important part of our foreign policy and for the United States in general’
BBG Watch Commentary While introducing himself at his first open Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting in Washington,…
Strategic Collapse
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Strategic Collapse by…