Iran scholars criticize Voice of America management
With increasing frequency and frustration, Iran scholars and journalists based in the West, as well as anti-regime activists…
VOA – Iran – RT Tweet Circle
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary A Voice of America (VOA) correspondent felt the need to tweet Wednesday about…
Think-tank declares USAGM reforms of VOA and RFE/RL Iran programs inadequate EXCLUSIVE
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE A just released study by the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) concludes…
RFE/RL achieves a pro-Iran regime ‘Hate America’ impact
BBG – USAGM Guest Commentary RFE/RL from Headline to Impact By Ted Lipien How a U.S.…
RFE/RL Tajik Service – One Scandal Too Many Under USAGM CEO John Lansing
BBG – USAGM Watch According to an e-mail seen by BBG – USAGM Watch, a top lieutenant to…
Twitter poll: VOA and Radio Farda USAGM Iran audience claims are false
BBG Watch Commentary A Twitter poll, launched on March 21, 2019 by Radio Farda personality, political satirist, actor…
RFE/RL claims Iran clergy “remains firmly in place” as criticism of Radio Farda, VOA and USAGM goes viral
BBG Watch Commentary In a new video from U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which is managed…
Iranians curse USAGM’s RFE/RL Radio Farda for repeating regime propaganda
BBG Watch Commentary Iranians are enraged by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Radio Farda, as well as in…
Tuning in to BQ Cullum — the Voice of America
BBG Watch Media Report and Commentary A local American newspaper has posted a profile of radio and television…
How VOA explained not sending reporters to Pompeo press conference on Iran sanctions
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) and its parent federal agency, United States Agency for Global…
USAGM outlets VOA and RFE/RL Radio Farda absent at Pompeo news conference on Iran sanctions
BBG Watch Commentary According to Iranian-American Mahtab Farid, neither the U.S. tax-funded and Federally-managed Voice of America (VOA)…
BBG’s – now USAGM – systemic failure on Iran coverage
BBG Watch Commentary on USAGM “Additionally, in the aggregate, reportage on bilateral relations between the U.S.…
“Weaponization?” What Congress wants are effective BBG programs to Iran
OPINION “Weaponization?” US Government International Media Information War: Lost By The Federalist A recent article…
Iranian woman has hopes for management change at BBG, VOA Persian, Radio Farda
BBG Watch Commentary Sheema Kalbasi, who tweets as @IranianWoman, is a U.S.-based Iranian poet, filmmaker, rights activist who…
Iran scholars criticize BBG, VOA, and Radio Farda management
BBG Watch Commentary With increasing frequency and frustration, anti-regime Iran scholars based in the West, as well as…
Radio Farda: isn’t it time for a house cleaning?
OPINION GUEST ANALYSIS Radio Farda: isn’t it time for a house cleaning? By Majid Mohammadi President Trump…
Message for Speaker Ryan from Dissident RFE/RL Journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Dissident Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists want to tell House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)…
Ann Noonan Addresses BBG on China
BBG Watch Commentary Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB –…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part Two
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part Two US Government International Media Know Your Audience? By…
Many in #IranProtests call VOA Voice of the Mullahs, says Kenneth Timmerman
BBG Watch Commentary In an interview with John Loeffler for his “Steel on Steel” radio program on January…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown on Iran
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown Mode on Iran: 4.0 US Government International Media By…
VOA News not reporting on Ayatollah Shahroudi in Germany, called him ‘moderate’
BBG Watch Commentary Isn’t is strange that Voice of America VOA English News is not reporting on the…
#ReformBBG – Support #IranProtests
BBG Watch Commentary Dear Americans, The U.S. taxpayer-founded @VOANews & @RFERL never took the right stance on #IranProtests…
Voice of America Posts Iranian Mullahs’ Victory Statement with A Pravda-like Top VOA Headline
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) confirmed its longstanding reputation for being what Iranian and…
Timmerman calls on NSC for change of Voice of America leadership
BBG Watch Commentary “Led by a stable of Obama appointees, the Voice of America and the Persian language…
Voice of America repeats Iran regime propaganda that protests are waning
BBG Watch Commentary Taking a clue from Iran’s regime propaganda, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) reported that…
Iranian protesters feel let down by VOA and Radio Farda
BBG Watch Commentary An Iranian coordinator of anti-regime protests in Iran who is now in exile told The…
U.S. funded Radio Farda and VOA fail their mission in Iran, Iranian dissidents say in #ReformBBG
BBG Watch Media Commentary An article by Avideh Motmaen-Far published by the Gatestone Institute think-tank, states that independent…
#ReformBBG charges of VOA and Radio Farda airing Iran propaganda
BBG Watch Media #ReformBBG Twitter hashtag tweets include charges that Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…
WSJ op-ed: In Iran, Radio Liberty Doesn’t Live Up to Its Name
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Farda, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “Persian-language service too often parrots state…
John Kerry Voice of America interview proved VOA’s irrelevance on social media
BBG Watch Commentary Seven and a half hours after a Voice of America (VOA) interview with U.S. Secretary…
Voice of America Persian v DW Persian on Facebook 301 – 3,800
BBG Watch Media The Voice of America Persian Facebook post on President Obama statement on the nuclear…
Voice of America Persian v BBC Persian on Facebook 301 – 6,900
BBG Watch Media Voice of America Persian slide into irrelevance on social media While most…
Dismal Voice of America social media stats on big Iran – U.S. news day
BBG Watch Commentary Members of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) should hold top Voice of America…
Death By Division
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Just Love Being Dysfunctional and Defunct! – Information War Lost: Death By Division By The Federalist…
Lady Liberty Spotlights RFE/RL’s Women Journalists – BBG Press Release
BBG PRESS RELEASE Lady Liberty Spotlights RFE/RL’s Women Journalists To mark the U.N. observance of Human Rights…
Intimidation Continues In Iran Despite New Government, RFE/RL Press Release
Intimidation Continues In Iran Despite New Government, RFE/RL Press Release September 11, 2013 RFE/RL’s Persian language Service, Radio…
Congressional Record, April 6, 2011: Rep. Rohrabacher confronts BBG on China and Iran
From time to time, BBG Watch publishes significant historical documents on U.S. international broadcasting. Today, we want to…
Never use a gadget that's smarter than you – RFE/RL President Korn embarrassed by his email
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) staffers are having a big laugh over their president and…