Part THREE: Voice of America Struggles to Detect Violations of Journalistic Standards, Enforce Guidelines
AS VOICE OF AMERICA STRUGGLES, VIOLATORS OF STANDARDS SHOWERED WITH PRAISE, IN SOME CASES RE-HIRED, PROMOTED USAGM Watch…
PART TWO: Voice of America Journalistic Standards — Struggles to Detect Violations, Enforce Guidelines
Voice of America journalistic standards editor is seen as a paper tiger under the current leadership of the…
Part ONE: Voice of America Struggles to Detect Violations of Journalistic Standards, Enforce Guidelines
Voice of America Deletes Tweets By A Key Correspondent USAGM Watch Commentary We’re going to bury the lead…
A “Martyr” for Free Press Who Blocked Journalists Exposing His Mistakes
OPINION By The Federalist In the latest U.S Agency for Global Media (USAGM) dust up, the VOA White…
Voice of America Reporter in NPR Story Blocked Watchdog Website Journalists in 2017
USAGM Watch Commentary National Public Radio (NPR) reported on October 4, 2020 that two political appointees at the…
1 to 7 Likes on Facebook Posts from 912K VOA Extremism Followers — Only at USG Tax-Funded Voice of America
BBG – USAGM – Watch Commentary In January 2018 former U.S. Agency for Global Media…
Voice of America ignores ‘The Donald’ pro-Trump art exhibition in Albania
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has ignored “The Donald” pro-President…
Did Voice of America federal reporter threaten Americans to silence pro-Trump free speech?
USAGM Watch Commentary On a Twitter account showing news from the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), a…
Some Voice of America journalists keep obscene anti-Trump videos and memes WARNING: OFFENSIVE
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE A video reposted on December 1, 2016 by a Voice of America (VOA) reporter…
Voice of America director informed in June 2016 about obscene Facebook posts by VOA reporters
BBG Watch Commentary As early as in June 2016, Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett was informed…
VOA and BBG Management Ignored Repeated Warnings About Hateful Social Media Posts
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is an independent, nongovernmental organization which…
U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America allows comments calling for killing gays
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), managed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
RT Buries VOA in LIVE Facebook Views
BBG Watch Commentary Comparing Voice of America (VOA) 2016 U.S. presidential election night LIVE Facebook views (41) on…
BBG media digital failure on St. Petersburg blast
BBG Watch Commentary After posting late its breaking news on the St. Petersburg blast, Radio Free Europe /…
Senior VOA reporter quit updating Twitter since Trump’s victory
BBG Watch Commentary A source told us that a senior reporter working in the newsroom of the U.S.…
BBG management followed, legitimized fake VOA Iran Twitter feed for years
BBG Watch Commentary In a stunning display of chaos, mismanagement and lack of oversight, key management units within…
‘Beyond pathetic’ unique views for Voice of America, inside sources say
BBG Watch Commentary A Voice of America (VOA) foreign and domestic correspondent of many years told BBG Watch…
Voice of America English News has dismal online traffic, fails to reach most nations without free media
BBG Watch Commentary According to U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 M, FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) internal email, the…
State Department expert: Western ads provide 60-80% of Russian propaganda funding
BBG Watch Commentary A State Department Russian Affairs Political Officer Timothy Nelson said in a public forum that…
BBG admitted VOA buys Facebook ‘Likes’ with ads EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE A Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Office of Public Affairs staffer admitted in emails dated…
Even with terror attacks on U.S. soil, Voice of America Extremism Watch Desk has zero social media traction
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO and Director John Lansing, a successful former entertainment TV…
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…
JACKSON: The Voice of America is Not a Wire Service, And It Shouldn’t be Expected to Act Like One
OPINION Former Voice of America director David S. Jackson argues in an op-ed for BBG Watch that VOA’s…
Canadian broadcaster sees VOA Dallas coverage as inferior
OPINION Keith Perron, a Canadian broadcaster based in Taiwan found Voice of America (VOA) coverage of the Dallas…
To Congress: Shut ‘Em Down (Broadcasting Board of Governors), Create Something That Works
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost Shut ‘Em Down By The Federalist So much…
U.S. tax-funded Voice of America joins anti-Donald Trump electioneering
BBG Watch Media A journalist working as a U.S. government employee for the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: VOA Swears in Pulitzer Winner as New Director After Yearlong Vacancy
BBG Watch Media Government Executive reporter Charles Clark noted in a recent report the appointment of Amanda Bennett…
‘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…
A Fantasy of Success at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary “‘It’s a whirlwind of positive change.’ Summing up the recent (February 26 [2016]) bimonthly public…
MBN’s ‘Raise Your Voice’ Digital Initiative To Expand from Iraq to Egypt
BBG Watch Commentary Brian Conniff, president of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), spoke at the February 26,…
Will RFE/RL Defeat Putin Propaganda With Plan Based On Catching ‘Anger Energy’?
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting on February 26, 2016, Radio…
VOA talks with astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko – a missed opportunity
BBG Watch For some reason, Voice of America (VOA) Central English Newsroom did not produce a separate news…
Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Introduction to “Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service: A View From Russia”…
Voice of America opponents of ‘countering violent extremism’ not likely to be asked to do it
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English newsroom reporters, some of whom make more than $150,000 per…
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War: Lost and Staying Lost
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War: Lost and Staying Lost By The Federalist …
Misleading audience claims from US broadcasting agency officials
BBG Watch Commentary Officials running US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), U.S. government’s overseas media outreach federal agency,…
Voice of America manager argues for keeping ‘hateful’ Facebook comments on U.S., France, and gays
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Facebook pages get a dismally low number of comments from readers…
OPINION We’ve Lost For The French and Western Civilization
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: We’ve Lost For The French and Western Civilization By The Federalist…
Broadcasting Board of Governors claims a record audience despite dismal VOA social media stats
BBG Watch Commentary There is no shortage of good news from the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) despite…
Voice of America with minimal Paris terror coverage had dismal social media engagement compared to BBC, DW, and RT
BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) offered this weekend its international audiences minimal coverage…
VOA Charter ignored, says former Voice of America director
BBG Watch Commentary We would like to offer this commentary from BBG Watch as an introduction to highlighting…
Matt Armstrong calls Voice of America a ‘fundamental counter to propaganda’, exaggerates successes, ignores failures
BBG Watch Commentary A Republican member of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in…
Faire l’amour is top U.S. news today on Voice of America French
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: After BBG Watch posts were published and after the sex-before-jail report stayed on the…
Voice of America irrelevant on social media during Democratic presidential debate
BBG Watch Commentary America is calling, but is anyone looking at Voice of America news content on social…
Voice of America does better on Malala story compared to 2013, gets exclusive interview with Ukraine’s president
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice America did a much better job covering Malala Yousafzai’s visit to Washington…
Misplaced priorities of BBG Governor
BBG Watch Commentary We could not find any online trace of U.S.taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) paying any…
U.S. Media Outreach to Russia Between Optimism and Despair
BBG Watch Commentary Two recent articles touched upon a little noticed debate over U.S. response to Vladimir Putin’s…
Senator Ted Cruz wants BBG to counteract ISIS propaganda, some Voice of America English news staffers don’t
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
John Kerry Voice of America interview proved VOA’s irrelevance on social media
BBG Watch Commentary Seven and a half hours after a Voice of America (VOA) interview with U.S. Secretary…
U.S. taxpayers can’t afford Voice of America correspondent’s proposal
PHOTO: The power of Russia’s information machine is shown in a Voice of America map in which Crimea…