FACT AND FANTASY AT USAGM (FORMERLY BBG): A FAMILIAR WASHINGTON GAME
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This is part two of a multipart commentary on the newly named United States…
Closed meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has posted a closed meeting notice to meet the…
‘Wholesale racism’ in Israel: RFE/RL Facebook message paid by U.S. taxes
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has included a message in the…
David Satter on VOA: Russia needs ‘Truth Commission’ to investigate crimes of post-Soviet leaders
BBG Watch Commentary Overheard in Washington Announcement on New VOA Director Expected Soon Under new leadership…
Pro-status quo BBG Washington insider criticized for resisting BBG reform
BBG Watch Commentary Two former Voice of America (VOA) journalists criticized Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Republican member,…
New BBG CEO John Lansing is having a positive impact, but is it enough?
BBG Watch Commentary There are clear signs that new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing is…
John Lansing will encounter entrenched pro-status quo BBG bureaucracy, Congressional sources warn
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE “Tackling these problems and ‘righting the ship’ will be a truly herculean effort, perhaps only…
BBG Governor Weinstein: RFE/RL level of energy-no comparison to five years ago
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “multimedia expansion and rapid growth” was the focus of Broadcasting…
Sen. Wicker, Rep. Shock question BBG strategy as do BBG chair and members, but change seems still elusive
BBG Watch Commentary In an opinion article published Friday (April 25, 2014) on FoxNews.com, “America must not retreat…
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…
Ambassador Crocker leads discussion on perceptions of America in Middle East — VIDEO
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member, Ambassador Ryan Crocker moderated a discussion at the headquarters of the Middle…
VOA English News ignores Kerry talking about media freedom with Chinese bloggers
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) top executive David Ensor likes to brag that VOA “uses social…
VOA Director David Ensor described as inspirational by public diplomacy expert
BBG Watch Commentary Jonathan Henick, a career diplomat with over 20 years of experience in the U.S. Foreign…
Memo To The Board #4 – ‘Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose’
BBG Watch Commentary Introduction BBG Watch welcomes the last commentary of 2013 by The Federalist, our most popular…
BBG announced new IBB interim management – Jeff Trimble to move to journalistic role
BBG Watch Commentary At today’s open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) its chairman Jeff Shell…
Why VOA English website does not have an interview with Ambassador Crocker about nuclear negotiations with Iran in Geneva?
BBG Watch Just Asking We are wondering why the Voice of America (VOA) English news website does not…
Voice of Russia quotes Ambassador Crocker, VOA English news misses key NYT Iran op-ed
BBG Watch Board Note We thought that former U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker’s New York Times op-ed on…
BBG Governor Ambassador Ryan Crocker Forces Behind Marine Barracks Bombing Still Active in Syria
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Ambassador Ryan Crocker said that the forces behind the…
IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott is wrong on USIA’s record at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary was provided by Ted Lipien, director of the independent Committee for U.S. International…
The Daily Beast gets it wrong – U.S. taxpayers’ money can now be used to provide news to Americans but controversy lingers
BBG Watch Commentary The Daily Beast article, “The Story Behind That Incredibly Riveting Video of the D.C. Car…
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…
Why Secretary Kerry has not yet designated anyone to represent him at BBG meetings?
BBG Watch Commentary As far as we know, Secretary of State John Kerry has not yet designated anyone…
Pope Francis on Syria – Voice of America website ignores papal statement
BBG Watch Commentary The Huffington Post reported that “Pope Francis urged the Group of 20 leaders on Thursday…
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,…
Former BBG Governor Ashe welcomes promise of federal pay raise, warns of anti-labor animus
BBG Commentary Beloved by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) rank and file employees and feared by International Broadcasting…
BBG Governor Ryan Crocker: ‘Insuring that our weave with the State Department and other relevant federal entities is solid and appropriate’
BBG Watch Commentary At his first open Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting in Washington, DC, newly-confirmed BBG…
BBG Chairman Jeff Shell: ‘Best way to showcase freedom and democracy is by free media’
BBG Watch Commentary At his first open Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting, the new BBG Chairman Jeff…
New BBG Board to consider extending Kevin Klose’s tenure at RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned from multiple sources that newly-confirmed Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members,…
Strategic Collapse
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Strategic Collapse by…
CUSIB Advisory Board met with new BBG Chair Jeffrey Shell
BBG Watch Commentary Some of the members of the Advisory Board for the independent Committee for U.S. International…
New BBG Governors Sworn In
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch congratules Jeff Shell, Matt Armstrong and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on becoming new members…
CUSIB Welcomes US Senate Confirmation of Three New BBG Members
BBG Watch Commentary The independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has welcomed the confirmation by…
Senate Foreign Relations Committee cleared nominations of Shell, Crocker, and Armstrong for BBG board
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which holds jurisdiction over all…
Czech Senator, former journalist, appeals to Secretary Kerry to ensure equal rights for all RFE/RL employees
BBG Watch Commentary In an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, a member of the…
Personnel news from inside BBG, IBB, VOA and RFE/RL as reported and commented on by sources
BBG Watch Commentary CFO BBG Watch has learned that Leslie Hyland has been hired as the new Chief…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe: situation at RFE/RL 'has been righted'
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting on June 19, 2013 in Washington, DC…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe: situation at RFE/RL ‘has been righted’
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting on June 19, 2013 in Washington, DC…
Radio Liberty and other independent journalists in Russia want BBG Governor Ashe to stay
BBG Watch Commentary When former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) executives fired them without any warning,…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Penny’s Folly
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Penny’s Folly by The…
BBG employee union blasts IBB executives, praises Victor Ashe
Has there really been any significant change at the Agency that would result in improved morale? And why…
Can the BBG's IBB bureaucrats get any lower?
Can the BBG’s IBB bureaucrats get any lower? by Jane Doe So, I haven’t written for a while…
Crocker and Ashe: both needed at Broadcasting Board of Governors
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Chess Moves by The…
BBG board nominee Ryan Crocker called the premier U.S. diplomat of his generation
BBG Commentary No diplomat matches Ambassador Ryan Crocker in direct experience in today’s Middle East, Leslie H. Gelb…
Obama nominates Ryan Crocker to serve on Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Will Ambassador Crocker’s nomination to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) displace corruption watcher and…