Tweets for Voice of America and Al Jazeera 7 Top English News: 143 – 810, July 9, AM ETJuly 9, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary, BBG Watch has compared Tuesday morning Washington, DC time the number of Tweets for top…
Voice of America English news on White House statement on Egypt comes from Reuters – 0 Facebook ‘Likes’July 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary For many hours Monday, Voice of America English website could not post its own original…
New low for Voice of America – no original coverage of massacre in Egypt – leads with Reuters news – shows 0 Facebook ‘Likes’ – Al Jazeera already has 2,500July 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary 42 protesters have been killed, including women and children in the overnight clashes in Egypt.…
Former CNN executives at Voice of America had no video on San Francisco plane crash, Russia Today video got 33K views as of Sunday eveningJuly 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Al Jazeera, Russia Today and BBC had thousands of Facebook “Likes” and Tweets for their…
Voice of America routed by Russia Today and Al Jazeera for top news on Facebook and TwitterJuly 7, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Whether a top news story is new or has been on the website for several…
Read More 2 minute read Voice of America and Russia Today Saturday Turkey Protests coverage compared: VOA Facebook “Likes” – 2, RT – 923 (Sun. 1PM DC)July 7, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary 923 to 2 – Russia Today (RT) English beats Voice of America (VOA) English in…
When a plane crashes in US, web audiences abroad go to Al Jazeera, BBC, Russia Today – not Voice of AmericaJuly 7, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary When a South Korean airliner crash-landed at the San Francisco International Airport, Al Jazeera, BBC…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Proud of It! – Self-FlagellationJuly 5, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Proud of It! – Self-Flagellation by The Federalist …
43 to 1 – Voice of America beaten by Al Jazeera on Morsi ouster news story in social media engagement on the webJuly 5, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary English is America’s official language, but critics charge that news collection and reporting by the…
Aspen Ideas Festival kept VOA Director Ensor from dealing with crisis in CambodiaJuly 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary An agency source told BBG Watch that Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor was…
Tara Sonenshine – Broadcasting Board of Governors is in urgent need of reformJune 28, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In an emailed farewell note, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs…
Read More 5 minute read U.S. Rep. Ed Royce draws a clear distinction between Voice of America and surrogate broadcastersJune 27, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In an opening statement at the hearing Wednesday on reforming “Broadcasting Board of Governors: An…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Definitely Out of Order – “Considering The Changing Landscape”June 25, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Definitely Out of Order – “Considering…
On Snowden and other news, foreigners get America’s story in English from Al Jazeera and Russia Today, not from Voice of AmericaJune 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary When it comes to almost any major international news story, even those originating in the…
On Snowden and other news, foreigners get America's story in English from Al Jazeera and Russia Today, not from Voice of AmericaJune 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary When it comes to almost any major international news story, even those originating in the…
Read More 10 minute read Russia Today video views on You Tube vastly outnumber Voice of America’s, VOA news coverage crippled by bureaucratsJune 23, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In justifying his decision not to send any staff reporters or video journalists to Turkey…
Russia Today video views on You Tube vastly outnumber Voice of America's, VOA news coverage crippled by bureaucratsJune 23, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In justifying his decision not to send any staff reporters or video journalists to Turkey…
Still under discredited IBB management team, BBG listed among six agencies good employees should avoidJune 21, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The latest Best Places to Work in the Federal Government snapshot by the Partnership for…
Voice of America English service failed to send staff reporters to Turkey to cover protestsJune 19, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary A survey prepared by the Voice of America management showed that much of VOA English…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America English website posts a one-sided report on TurkeyJune 17, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) English news website has posted Sunday a one-sided…
Unaccountable bureaucratsJune 2, 2013 The union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal employees posted a commentary on the agency’s unaccountable bureacracy.…
BBG member may have a conflict in vigorously defending media freedomMay 16, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary At the May 15, 2013 open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Ann…
Crocker and Ashe: both needed at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMay 12, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Chess Moves by The…
Recording from U.S. broadcasting meeting has unexplained gapsApril 29, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Remember President Nixon’s secretary, Rose Mary Woods, and the 18½ minute gap in President Nixon…
U.S. officials promoting media freedom abroad censor information for American publicApril 29, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. government’s International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB)–the administrative arm of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Michael Lynton misses another Broadcasting Board of Governors meeting, makes agency ungovernableApril 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Sources at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report that BBG’s Interim Presiding Governor Michael…
Top IBB officials are preventing hiring of an interim executive officer for BBG, undermine national securityApril 21, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned from several reliable sources that top officials of the International Broadcasting…
Expert analysis from RFE/RL on Boston bombings and Chechnya enhanced by Radio Liberty in ExileApril 20, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Last year, U.S. government bureaucrats in Washington wanted to eliminate Radio Free Europe / Radio…
Bureaucrats proposed cutting US broadcasts to North Caucasus, home of Boston bombing suspectsApril 19, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary. U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) still broadcasts uncensored radio programs in…
Congress to Broadcasting Agency: Is Anyone Listening to Us? by Helle DaleApril 19, 2013 U.S. international broadcasting strategy again landed under congressional scrutiny in Wednesday’s House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, a Heritage…
Dennis Mulhaupt leaves BBG, no quorum if Michael Lynton continues to be a no show at meetingsApril 10, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary A Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Dennis Mulhaupt has informed the White House that…
VOA Director Ensor blamed for expanding bureaucracy while reducing programs to IranApril 9, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor announced last week that that cross-border VOA radio…
Read More 6 minute read Bulat Atabayev – Radio Liberty Kazakh Service stopped radio programs and became a tabloid websiteApril 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Prominent Kazakh theater director and former political prisoner Bulat Atabayev joined other Kazakh opposition leaders…
Generous bonuses for poorly performing SES executives at Broadcasting Board of Governors draw criticismApril 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary A list of cash bonuses given to the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), the Voice of…
U.S. court rules a contract employee can bring claims of discrimination against Broadcasting Board of GovernorsApril 5, 2013 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: Dysfunctional and Defunct, Same As It Ever WasApril 4, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: Dysfunctional and Defunct, Same As It Ever Was By The…
Read More 7 minute read IBB invited speaker who mocked former BBG member Hillary Clinton; some BBG governors furious with IBB's Director LoboApril 3, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) has invited and later announced it will disinvite a Roman…
Employees angry with IBB Director LoboApril 2, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Jane Smith is one of our occasional anonymous contributors to BBG Watch from within the…
Morale boosting plan made some BBG employees highly skepticalMarch 26, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary One employee said that he was literally sick in his stomach listening to and watching…
Growing consensus that failed Broadcasting Board of Governors executives should leaveMarch 15, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary “That is why we call yet again on Congress to exercise its overview functions to…
Read More 6 minute read OCB and IBB executives show contempt for employees and law, face criticism from Victor AsheMarch 14, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Cheered on by the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive staff, the current administration of the…
Will IBB make exploited and powerless VOA contract employees pay the price of sequestration?March 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting last week, Governor Michael Meehan announced that…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – IBB: The Babble-RamaMarch 5, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – IBB: The Babble-Rama by The Federalist Before…
Single CEO for U.S. International Broadcasting expected in Obama's FY2014 budget proposalFebruary 11, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that President Obama’s FY2014 budget proposal is likely to call for…
Union accuses IBB bureaucracy of 'a great pretend game'February 8, 2013 The employee union at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812,…
In defense of Broadcasting Board of GovernorsFebruary 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The Bureaucracy at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, centered largely within the BBG’s International Broadcasting…
Taking issue with Clinton's claim of U.S. international broadcasting being 'dysfunctional'February 4, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary One of our guest commentators who writes under the pen name of Jane Doe because…
Clinton: If we don't have an up-to-date, modern, effective Broadcasting Board of Governors, we shouldn't have one at allFebruary 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Hillary Clinton gave the final major speech Thursday as the outgoing Secretary of State at…
VOA union leader appeals to Director Lobo to stop intimidating security proceduresJanuary 28, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary “It’s a New Year, let’s make it the BBG’s best.” – Dick Lobo Imagine if…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: The Secretary Weighs In – AgainJanuary 27, 2013 (For more discussion on Secretary Clinton’s comments and the future of BBG see: “Fox, Marks, Perron, and…