More of the Big Lie
OPINION More of the Big Lie and Other Items of Note US Government International Media Information War Lost…
Leadership and experience matter, as Radio and TV Martí Director shows
BBG Watch Commentary While the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), which runs Radio and TV Martí, is part…
Flawed law permits Broadcasting Board of Governors members to do private business in Russia and China
BBG Watch Commentary With increasing demands for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to come clean about accusations against…
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War: Lost and Staying Lost
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War: Lost and Staying Lost By The Federalist …
Misleading audience claims from US broadcasting agency officials
BBG Watch Commentary Officials running US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), U.S. government’s overseas media outreach federal agency,…
OPINION We’ve Lost For The French and Western Civilization
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: We’ve Lost For The French and Western Civilization By The Federalist…
John F. Lansing is leading contender for U.S. broadcasting BBG CEO post EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from reliable high-level sources within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Radio Free Iraq no longer needed, shut down, Broadcasting Board of Governors announced
BBG Watch Commentary With the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), a jihadi extremist…
Union pleased with reform bill protecting ‘journalistic integrity’ of Voice of America news
BBG Watch A union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) posted online a commentary…
Broadcasting Board of Governors union opposes de-federalization as bad for America’s image abroad
BBG Watch BBG Watch is reposting a recent article by, American Federation of Government Employees – AFGE Local…
Ted Lipien remembers Ken Tomlinson
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former director of the Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service and later VOA…
Blame the IBB, not the BBG Board, for making U.S. media outreach dysfunctional, says former VOA and IBB executive
BBG Watch Commentary Journalist, writer and former Voice of America (VOA) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive, Ted…
Losing Egypt and the Rest of the Arab and Muslim World
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) failed to send a correspondent with Vice President Biden to Central…
BBG Meeting 2-25-14 — VIDEO and BBG Press Release
The Broadcasting Board of Governors met at the Springfield, VA, headquarters of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks on…
Brian Conniff gives persuasive presentation on Radio Sawa and Alhurra TV
The Broadcasting Board of Governors met at the Springfield, VA, headquarters of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks on…
A Living Memorial In Honor of Former BBG Governor, Victor Ashe
BBG Watch Commentary “The American Linden tree planted through the efforts of AFGE Local 1812 will be a…
Voice of America fails to report on President Obama’s Statement on Coptic Christmas
BBG Watch Commentary Late yesterday, Tuesday, January 7, BBG Watch reported that the English website of the Voice…
RFA and RFE/RL highlight their journalistic accomplishments in 2013
BBG Watch Commentary Both Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) have posted…
U.S. government-funded international media lost audiences in Middle East and other key regions
BBG Watch Commentary According to new audience research data released by the Broadcasting Board of…
CUSIB Marks International Human Rights Day
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) posted a new press release about its activities in…
CUSIB member Robert Reilly on How to Win the War of Ideas
Republished by BBG Watch from CUSIB – cusib.org. Robert Reilly, member of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting…
Gulf News columnist says Voice of America lost much of its relevance
BBG Watch Commentary In a column for Gulf News, a leading English language newspaper of the Gulf region,…
It’s Worse Than You Think
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: It’s Worse Than…
Even More Words and Their Stories and Some Numbers, Too – Information War Lost – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – International Broadcasting Bureau
Even More Words and Their Stories and Some Numbers, Too – Information War Lost – The Standard for…
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind?
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind? by The…
U.S. International Broadcasting “Defunct”—Congress Finally Steps In by Helle Dale, The Heritage Foundation
BBG Watch Commentary Helle Dale, the Heritage Foundations Senior Fellow in Public Diplomacy studies, comments in the Heritage…
BBG FM rebroadcasting in Mauritania, but where is human rights reporting by Voice of America?
BBG Watch Commentary We are not saying that local rebroadcasts are always a bad idea, far from it,…
U.S. court rules a contract employee can bring claims of discrimination against Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another defeat for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) General Counsel (GC) Office,…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Tuning Out and Gone
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Tuning Out and Gone by The Federalist The behavior of senior…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: (Yet Another) Silver Bullet Placebo
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: (Yet Another) Silver Bullet Placebo by The Federalist As reported by…
Repeal of Smith-Mundt is good for media freedom, but Americans must be wary of government bureaucrats marketing news domestically
BBG Watch Commentary Commenting on the defense authorization bill that President Obama signed last night, which includes a…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting in a state of general failure
BOTTOM OF THE BARREL Commentary by Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Employee…
Pelosi concerned about proposed merger of BBG's independent broadcasters
BBG Watch has learned that the Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: Former US Diplomat Criticizes Weak Language on Libya Killings
The following Digital Journal op-ed was published by former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: The Arab and Muslim World
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: The Arab and Muslim World A commentary by The Federalist …
US President and Vice President don't travel abroad together, should IBB Director and Deputy Director be different?
BBG Watch Commentary and “Just Asking” Questions Most Americans know that the US President and the US Vice…
Radio Free Asia managers and employees, other BBG broadcasters, oppose merger plan
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) plan to merge the grantee-surrogate broadcasters into one large…
Director Bruce Sherman on Broadcasting Board of Governors' killing of Voice of America brand-name
BBG Watch Commentary Why is the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) trying to silence Voice of America (VOA)…
BBG claims surrogate broadcasters can do Voice of America's job
In a response for a RadioWorld article, “Advocacy Group Objects to BBG Cuts,” a spokesperson for the Broadcasting…
Trouble at PNN – Voice of America to Iran – BBG blamed
BBG Watch Commentary Several recent media reports point to serious problems at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
BBG awarded 50 million dollar contract to Gallup while planning to terminate broadcasts and fire over 200 journalists
Journalists at the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Alhurra TV, Radio Sawa, and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Not Too Big To Fail
by The Federalist The Broadcasting Board of Governors – International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB), known to be the worst…
US International Broadcasting and the BBG: The Numbers Game
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has announced that its own surveys (These are not completely independent surveys.…
The Worst of Times
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, January 8, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary is by The…
Thinking About The Unthinkable
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, January 6, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary by The…
Restoring Effectiveness of U.S. Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, September 25, 2008, San Francisco — Free Media Online Blog…