Voice of America rewrites history on Mao’s murderous rule
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) and its taxpayer-funded parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Enjoy ‘Pravda-style’ reports from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) at US taxpayers’ expense
BBG Watch Commentary If you think that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), run by current and former…
Anne Applebaum could help Voice of America be on guard against Putin propaganda
BBG Watch Commentary Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Anne Applebaum, author of “Gulag: A History,” which Newsweek called “The most…
Voice of America used Putin’s narrative in a Russian report, ignored Biden on WWII history
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America Russian Service has posted a report and video on the 77th…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not Salesmanship
OPINION This is a guest commentary. Other opinions are welcome. Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not…
BBG, VOA, RFE/RL blow off Biden’s Hitler-Stalin Pact remarks in Latvia, post funny videos and a VOA message from terrorists
BBG Watch Commentary August 23, 2016 marked the 77th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the…
Former Republican BBG Chair James Glassman supports Clinton for president
BBG Watch Commentary James K. Glassman, former Republican Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman and former Undersecretary of…
BBG CEO John Lansing warned OIG not to reveal details of BBG massive cyber security lapses
BBG Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO and Director John Lansing warned the Office of Inspector General…
Voice of America wastes U.S. tax dollars on watermelons for China
BBG Watch Commentary If you are wondering how U.S. taxpayer-funded ($777 million in FY 2017) Broadcasting Board of…
David Satter on reforming U.S. media outreach to Russia
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In an exclusive interview with BBG Watch, U.S. journalist, author and Russia expert David Satter…
David Satter on U.S. international media reform
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In an exclusive interview with BBG Watch, U.S. journalist, author and Russia expert David Satter…
BBG Channelling from Bad to Worse
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) newsroom is now slightly faster, if not vastly better, in…
Are you in good hands, BBG?
BBG Watch Commentary “It’s playing everywhere here – even during the Olympics!,” a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Obama ignores BBG media in remarks on ISIL propaganda, Voice of America ignores his remarks
BBG Watch Commentary Call it getting even by the Voice of America. In a wide-ranging news conference last…
Excellent NYT op-ed on Putin’s propaganda – Broadcasting Board of Governors again not even an afterthought
BBG Watch Media Commentary We have gotten used to the U.S. taxpayer-funded Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the…
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…
CEPA: Winning the information war with Russia – BBG not even an afterthought
BBG Watch Commentary The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), a transatlantic think tank based in Washington and…
Russia using history as propaganda, Polish FM warns
BBG Watch Russia using history as propaganda, Polish FM warns By Ted Lipien In an…
1944 Warsaw Uprising Betrayed by Pro-Stalin WWII Voice of America
BBG Watch History August 1 marks the anniversary of the start of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising launched against…
Voice of America casts doubts Russia was behind Democrats’ emails leak
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) has issued a confusing news report in English to…
VOA live convention views less than 0.0001% in China, 0.006% in Russia, 0.03% in Iran
BBG Watch Commentary According to Voice of America Director Ms.Amanda Bennett’s figures, less than 0.0001% of Mandarin speakers, 0.0004% of English…
Hillary Clinton on BBG and Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary With the 2016 Democratic National Convention (July 25-28) getting underway Monday to nominate the former…
BBG bureaucracy successful in covering up its bungling of Jeff Shell’s trip to Russia, conflict of interest issues
BBG Watch Commentary The failing bureaucracy of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has been largely successful so…
‘Moving Forward, VOA Haunted by Its Past,’ BBG employees’ union says
BBG Watch Commentary The last few weeks brought more bad news for Voice of America (VOA) employees. This…
The BBG Saga: Leaving On A Jet Plane
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost The BBG Saga: Leaving On A Jet Plane …
Clueless U.S. agency invites Putin’s officials to RFE/RL party, they boot their chairman out of Russia instead
BBG Watch Commentary How clueless and mismanaged can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) be? According to an…
State and White House more honest, less deceptive on Jeff Shell than BBG bureaucracy and VOA
BBG Watch Commentary For the federal agency claiming to uphold the highest journalistic standards abroad, the latest Broadcasting…
Reform Needed: BBG Members Must Be Prohibited From Doing Private Business in Russia or China
BBG Watch Commentary Congressional Reform Needed: BBG Members Must Be Prohibited From Doing Private Business in Russia or…
“Слабость Запада” : Why Americans Fall for Kremlin Propaganda
BBG Watch Guest Commentary Because of some of their unique national traits, quite a few Americans, including younger…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell’s expulsion from Russia points to US bureaucratic failure
BBG Watch Commentary While all the facts are not yet in, one thing is certain: bureaucrats of the…
EXCLUSIVE Congressional sources call for abolishing the BBG after its bureaucracy bungled BBG Chair’s trip to Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Senior congressional staffers told BBG Watch that the expulsion of Broadcasting Board of Governors…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell detained and expelled from Russia
BBG Watch Last night BBG Watch reported that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell, BBG CEO…
BBG in Moscow: Russia needs a new and reformed Radio Liberty, a journalist says
OPINION Introduction by BBG Watch According to unconfirmed reports, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell, BBG…
RFE/RL moves from goats playing ball to serious journalism under new president
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) employees are telling BBG Watch of improvements in…
Voice of America English News takes nearly 4 hours to report on Obama-Putin phone call
BBG Watch According to the time stamp on the Voice of America (VOA News) English report posted online…
A confusing Voice of America report adds to poor terror coverage
BBG Watch Commentary News reports, commentaries and press releases put out by U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
RFE/RL interviews Lech Walesa on Russia, NATO, EU, and threats to democracy
BBG Watch RFE/RL has posted online a report on its exclusive interview with former Solidarity labor union leader…
Natan Sharansky mentions Voice of America in a 4th of July Story
BBG Watch History A Fourth of July Story Independence Day is doubly special for the legendary refusenik…
Voice of America Turkey and EU headlines could have been written by RT
OPINION VOA Should Quote Experts, Not Mix News With Commentary By Ted Lipien Voice of America…
Voice of America says ‘chaos’ reigns in Britain as do Russia’s RT and SPUTNIK
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is reporting to its international audiences and whatever audiences…
20 Excellent Years for Voice of America Bosnian Service
BBG Watch The Voice of America’s (VOA) Bosnian Service has been one of the most successful VOA services…
Slanted Voice of America journalism on Trump, a reader from Russia posts on VOA website
BBG Watch Commentary In a comment posted under U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) report, “Post Reporter at…
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty joins Voice of America in posting one-sided anti-Donald Trump video
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which together with the Voice of America (VOA)…
PAUL GOBLE US Sending the Wrong Signals to Peoples of Russia by Not Sending Them at All
BBG Watch America’s top expert on Kremlin propaganda Paul Goble said that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
Masters of bad timing: BBG to eliminate Radio Liberty’s shortwave broadcasts in Russian
OPINION Masters of bad timing By Ted Lipien The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
Optimistic BBG plans to eliminate RFE/RL Radio Liberty shortwave radio transmissions to Russia, Crimea, other Russian-speaking regions
BBG Watch Commentary Russian Service of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) posted an announcement on its…
Sausage attack: serious journalism at RFE/RL in decline under increasing government ownership by BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Officials of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of…
Hidden history: U.S. Congress exposes Soviet propaganda at Voice of America
BBG Watch Historical Documents & Quotes Series BBG Watch begins today publishing historical documents, some of…
Crimea Realities Chief Says Ban Won’t Stop Website, BBG announced
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has posted a press release with a headline announcing…
Op-Ed: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty can’t cope with Putin propaganda
BBG Watch Media Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum and British journalist Edward Lucas assert in a Washington Post…