The Russian Front – The Federalist
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: The…
Voice of America reports – 1/2 on State Department Russia Terror – 27 on British Royal Wedding
BBG Watch Commentary “Voice of America is not a propaganda organization and it is not a mouthpiece of…
VOA Russian Service reports on White House – NSC statement on terror attacks in Russia – VOA English does not
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE 3:00PM ET, Dec. 30: A brief reference to the NSC – White House statement…
RFE/RL Radio Svoboda, RT, and BBC report on second terrorist attack in Volgograd, VOA News does not
UPDATE 1:00AM ET – VOA English News posts a short report at about 1:00AM ET on the second…
10 hours later, VOA English News still ignores Ambassador McFaul’s condolences
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE 10PM ET It turns out that VOA English News posted a report at about…
RT first to report U.S. State Department statement on terrorist attack in Russia, VOA English fails to update news of attack
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE 10:00PM ET It turns out that VOA English News posted a report at about…
Voice of America English News not updating on terror attack in Russia, not reporting on U.S. Ambassador’s statement
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE 10:00PM ET It turns out that VOA English News posted a report at about…
Continuing and extensive RFE/RL Russian Service coverage of Volgograd terror attack – VOA English News late with updates
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE 10:00PM ET It turns out that VOA English News posted a report at about…
Voice of America ignores return of Greenpeace Arctic 30 American Captain Peter Willcox to U.S. soil
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English website posted yesterday (Dec. 27, 2013) two different but…
VOA News not reporting on American Greenpeace activists leaving Russia
BBG Watch Commentary For an update see: Voice of America ignores return of Greenpeace Arctic 30 American Captain…
Memo To The Board #3 – The Ice Age – from The Federalist
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Memo To The Board #3: The…
Day later, Voice of America English website still has no updates on beating of Ukrainian journalist
BBG Watch Commentary Despite many new details emerging, as well as videos, photos and protests from U.S. officials,…
Voice of America not updating news on brutal beating of Ukrainian journalist
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch UPDATE: As of 12:45AM ET, December 26, the VOA English website still has…
U.S. Ambassador to Russia tweets VOA Russian report on White House reaction to Putin’s pardons
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul tweeted an exclusive Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service…
BBC and RFE/RL offer best Pussy Riot prison release coverage, RT downplays the story
BBG Watch Commentary In terms of audience engagement through social media and the number of Facebook “Likes” for…
Voice of America had one sentence on Kerry’s statement on Khodorkovky’s release – Voice of Russia quoted almost full text
BBG Watch Despite its legal obligation to report on U.S. foreign policy, U.S. taxpayer-supported Voice of America (VOA),…
How and why Voice of America news reporting failed on Khodorkovsky and the White House
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that the failure of the Central English Newsroom at the Voice…
RT (Russia Today) and RIA Novosti carry White House statement on Khodorkovsky, hours later Voice of America English News still does not
As of 5PM ET Friday, the Voice of America English website still shows nothing about the White House…
Voice of America English news not reporting on McCain’s meetings with Yanukovych and Tymoshenko’s daughter
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s state-funded international media outlet RT (Russia Today), The Wall Street Journal, Radio Free Europe…
Voice of America English news website still shows wrong news about Sen. McCain in Ukraine, news not being updated
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: Shortly after we posted this account, VOA English News has finally corrected its mistake…
RFE/RL and other media report Senator McCain is already in Ukraine, Voice of America reports he will be there Sunday
BBG Watch Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has it right; the Voice of America (VOA) English…
Kerry’s expression of ‘disgust’ with government use of force in Ukraine does not make Voice of America main homepage
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English news website has hidden U.S. Secretary of State John…
On Mandela, Ukraine – Voice of America executives can’t arrange for special news coverage
BBG Watch Commentary Take a look at these two screenshots showing BBC’s and Voice of America’s (VOA) home…
U.S. visit to Ukraine reported by Russia Today, but not by Voice of America English service
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s state media outlet Russia Today is reporting on a vist of a high ranking…
RFE/RL counters Russian state media propaganda on events in Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary This has been posted on Facebook by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Russian state-controlled…
Even Russia Today posted George Clooney video in support of Ukrainian protesters – will Voice of America English news do the same?
BBG Watch Commentary Even Russia’s state international media outlet, Russia Today, posted on its English news website a…
Voice of America Reuters report on toppling Lenin statue in Kiev gets 18 Facebook ‘Likes’ – BBC 7,709 – Russia Today 2,800
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English website did not post an original VOA news report…
Voice of America English website ignores Biden’s media freedom remarks in China
BBG Watch Commentary With the kind of news coverage the Voice of America provides these days, Lech Wałęsa…
Voice of America English news website features Russian spokesman but not Ambassador Rice on rights violations in Russia and interference in Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Decline of the Voice of America (VOA) English news website continues as it fails to…
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 English News largely nonfunctioning during holiday weekend – outstanding coverage of Ukraine protests by VOA Ukrainian Service and RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary While Voice of America (VOA) English News was in a full holiday mode in the…
Voice of America fails American Greenpeace detainees in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Despite numerous appeals for more reporting and warnings from BBG Watch that American Greenpeace activists…
Outstanding reporting by RFE/RL – Lee Harvey Oswald’s Days In Minsk
BBG PRESS RELEASE RFE/RL’s Exclusive Interviews: Lee Harvey Oswald’s Days In Minsk For more than two years in…
VOA not reporting on Russian plane crash – most read news on BBC
BBG Watch Commentary More than two hours after Russia Today and BBC reported that a Tatarstan Airlines Boeing…
What is more important for Voice of America – Americans in Russian jail or beauty pageant in Moscow?
BBG Watch Just Asking What do you think U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America news organization considers to be…
VOA English News fails to report on transfer of Greenpeace prisoners to St. Petersburg
BBG Watch Commentary While Voice of America (VOA) English News fails to take notice, BBC posted a report…
BBC Russian Service interview with Pavel Litvinov, father of American Greenpeace activist jailed in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary The BBC Russian Service has paid close attention on its news website to British nationals…
THEARCTIC30 FROZEN OUT BY VOA
THEARCTIC30 FROZEN OUT BY VOA Guest Commentary by Marie Ciliberti, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org)…
BBC, other foreign public media report extensively on their Greenpeace nationals jailed in Russia, but not Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) journalist and executive Ted Lipien noted in articles in Digital…
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.…
Voice of America ignores plight of American Greenpeace activists jailed in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is ignoring two American Greenpeace activists jailed in…
Voice of America news failures offer audience gaining opportunities for Al Jazeera, state-funded media in Russia and China
BBG Watch Commentary In an op-ed for Digital Journal, former Voice of America (VOA) executive Ted Lipien pointed…
Shutdowns, Threats and a Car Chase
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Shutdowns, Threats and a Car…
Voice of America English News Ignores Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng’s New U.S. University and Think-Tank Affiliation
BBG Watch Commentary In a continuing saga of top-level mismanagement and provincialism in news reporting to audiences overseas,…
Reforming U.S. international broadcasting agency won’t be easy as entrenched bureaucrats try to hold on to their jobs
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting,…
Departures of good BBG Governors allow failed IBB and VOA managers to stay
BBG Watch Commentary Not all Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members have been great. Some were disengaged or…
Voice of America (VOA) Persian-language editorial broadcasts to Iran may face a major reduction
BBG Watch Commentary In a report in The Washington Free Beacon, “Voice of America on Mute,” Alana Goodman…
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…
A New Campaign of Truth
Two recent articles posted on the website of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’s (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local…
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…