Voice of America accuses Ukraine of inflaming rhetoric over downing of Malaysian airliner
BBG Watch Commentary VOICE OF AMERICA NEWS: “Ukrainian officials have further inflamed the rhetoric over the…
Former BBG Governors, CUSIB Director support reform of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary Two former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members, Ambassador Victor Ashe and Blanquita…
A historical perspective on H.R. 4490 debate — propaganda — public diplomacy — VOA Charter
BBG Watch Commentary VOA CHARTER To protect the integrity of VOA programming and define the organization’s mission, the…
The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
Does America need the Voice of America? – media expert Jonathan Marks asks
BBG Watch Commentary We strongly disagree with international media expert Jonathan Marks’s conclusion in his latest blog article…
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…
Victor Ashe : Voice of America has demonstrated its weaknesses
BBG Watch Commentary Commenting on numerous news reporting failures by the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), former…
Voice of America often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes promotes it
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes even…
DALE in WT: Only way to save U.S. international broadcasting is complete reform
BBG Watch Commentary Helle Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow for public diplomacy, has an op-ed in The…
Voice of America leaves it to Russian RT to report on US-Poland scandal
BBG Watch Commentary While international media has been full of reports for many days on leaked tapes of…
CUSIB urges management reforms at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), which has been…
CUSIB Member, Former BBG Governor Victor Ashe Comments on International Affairs
BBG Watch Commentary Member of our Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Advisory Board and former…
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…
Representative Kaptur Speaks With RFE/RL And VOA
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) continues its excellent in depth coverage of events…
Government Executive publishes new details about 2012 firing of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive reporter Charles S. Clark, who often writes about the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Crossing The Line
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America – Information War Lost: Crossing The Line By The Federalist The…
CUSIB adds Albanian American voice to its Advisory Board
BBG Watch Commentary An Albanian American political and civic leader has joined the Advisory Board of the Committee…
Austin attacks Reilly, distorts his views on reforming Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) Director Dan Austin, who in 2008 ended all direct VOA…
In-house Poroshenko analysis from BBC, DW, RFE/RL – Voice of America uses Reuters with no U.S. angle
BBG Watch Commentary It appears that in the current state of mismanagement, Voice of America (VOA) journalists, Vice…
David Ensor on Combating Propaganda in Ukraine with Voice of America programs
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to cover a gathering of…
Biden, U.S. Congress delegation not mentioned in VOA video report from Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the VOA Charter requires the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America to “present the…
Voice of America did not send staff reporter from Washington with Biden to Ukraine, paid for Europe trip for VOA Director instead
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: Later in the day, VOA added the name of Gabe Joselow as a byline…
VOA English News does not update Obama – Poland story for 11 hours, fails to cover Solidarity Prize for Crimean Tatar leader
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) posted its last VOA English News update on President…
RT hammers VOA in social media
RT report from earlier today, June 2, 2014, dealing with U.S. news, “Republicans criticize US swap with Taliban,…
LAT Op-Ed: Back off, Congress, and keep Voice of America real, by VOA corespondent Al Pessin
BBG Watch Commentary Al Pessin, a senior VOA foreign correspondent currently based in London, has written another op-ed…
How to spot a Russian Twitter troll, Ukraine@war
BBG Watch Commentary “In the style of war that Putin fights, influencing the public opinion plays a very…
The Opinion-Makers: How Russia Is Winning the Propaganda War, DER SPIEGEL
BBG Watch Commentary “With the help of news services like RT and Ruptly, the Kremlin is seeking to…
Voice of America gives Obama – Poroshenko meeting announcement two sentences
BBG Watch Commentary Rudderless and floundering Voice of America (VOA) English News devoted only two sentences to the…
Waste Without End
International Broadcasting Bureau – Dysfunctional and Defunct Is So Much Fun! – Information War Lost: Waste Without End…
McCue’s Resignation Letter: Tribute to BBG Journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Board member Susan McCue’s resignation letter to President Obama is…
Former BBG member Ashe critical of BBG Governor Armstrong’s rebuke of Congress
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Governor Matt Armstrong about the bipartisan United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014 (H.R.…
Deutsche Welle does Voice of America’s reporting job on Hunter Biden and Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English website did not have a news report on Hunter…
Ed Royce: U.S. burdening international broadcasters with a failed bureaucracy
BBG Watch Commentary “We have done ourselves no favors by burdening international broadcasters with a failed bureaucracy.…
NYT with 11.8M Twitter followers worries, VOA News with 103K behind UN Peacekeeping with 119K
BBG Watch Commentary According to BuzzFeed article, “Exclusive: New York Times Internal Report Painted Dire…
RFE/RL news report from Ukraine on USA TODAY
BBG Watch Commentary Outstanding investigative multimedia news reporting from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) got picked…
Voice of America English News fails to report Kerry’s statement on deportation of Crimean Tatars
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has failed to report for its worldwide English audiences…
RSF: US SHOULD NOT ADOPT “INFORMATION WARFARE” APPROACH
BBG Watch Commentary “We urge the US authorities not to transform media such as Voice of America, Radio…
Congress eager to fund RFE/RL and VOA surge to Russia but will insist on management reforms
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that many members of the U.S. Senate and the House of…
First ever bill to defund Voice of America for violations of VOA Charter and mismanagement
BBG Watch Commentary Never in the history of the Voice of America (VOA) under its numerous past directors…
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…
Are comments on Voice of America websites subject to pro-Kremlin trolling? — They are.
BBG Watch Commentary Are comments on Voice of America (VOA) websites subject to pro-Kremlin trolling? There is absolutely…
RFE/RL And VOA Affiliate Stations Forced Off The Air In Ukraine, IBB Ignored Lithuanian AM Option
BBG Watch Commentary As predicted by many critics of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), the Broadcasting Board of…
Russia’s RT retweets on Voice of America website draw criticism from former BBG members
BBG Watch Commentary Two former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members have criticized Voice of America (VOA) practice…
Voice of America posts tweets from Russia’s RT photographer who mocked Michelle Obama
BBG Watch Commentary In a clear violation of its congressionally-approved Charter, the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America reposts…
BBG can be proud of its journalists working under defunct bureaucracy
BBG Watch Commentary Not all is defunct at the Voice of America (VOA) and the Broadcasting Board of…
Extraordinary Measures
International Broadcasting Bureau – Adding Disinformation to Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: Extraordinary Measures By The…
National Geographic article warning about RT tweets, sometimes used by Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary WARNING – The article quotes an obscenity. In an National Geographic article “The Twitter War: Social Media’s…
Voice of America posts tweets from Russia’s RT and ‘pro-Russia, Fuck the #US, German socialist ‘
BBG Watch Commentary WARNING: This commentary quotes an obscenity. Using U.S. taxpayers’ money, the Voice of America (VOA),…
Voice of America mission critical programming ‘is not considered inherently governmental function’, IBB executives claim
BBG Watch Commentary — Investigative Report — Waste and Mismanagement In a series of investigative reports, BBG Watch…
Voice of America fails to report Putin’s Ukraine presidential election comment
BBG Watch Commentary Yesterday, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) loaded headlines and reports (more like commentaries) were…