RFE/RL promotes nostalgia for communism with U.S. tax dollars
BBG Watch Commentary In the last few days U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was…
Washingtonian: No worries for Putin from BBG’s “Current Time” RFE/RL and VOA TV channel
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is seen by Russia experts as a failure in…
Voice of America director excited about a flaming video
BBG Watch Commentary “Look what went viral from VOA — 27+ million views. Seriously, it’s worth a watch…
Voice of America director’s e-mail, one-sided panels set tone for partisan attacks on Trump
BBG Watch Commentary A July 8, 2016 e-mail from Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett to her…
Stunning BBG CEO John Lansing SPUTNIK interview: ‘US, Russia Not in State of Information War’
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John F. Lansing apparently gave an interview to Russia’s…
Meltdown-mode Voice of America fails on Carrie Fisher
BBG Watch Commentary “May The Force Be With You.” “The Force” is definitely not with U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M…
SPUTNIK and RT take Voice of America for a ride in a “Russian Cat Tank”
BBG Watch Commentary There is probably nothing more satisfying to the Kremlin propagandists in charge of Russia’s SPUTNIK…
WP defends defunct BBG Board, fails to mention VOA chiefs’ former links to the paper
BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees have been rating their agency in Office of Personnel…
Dysfunctional U.S. agency gets its chief’s name, title wrong in a press release
BBG Watch Commentary Who is “BBG Chairman Joh Lansing”?, as a recent Broadcasting Board of Governors press release…
Mismanaged Voice of America waits till next day to do Michelle Obama Facebook post
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another example of leadership and managerial chaos at U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America…
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…
Good performance by VOA reporter on Clinton nomination but VOA still behind BBC and RT
BBG Watch Commentary Though the Voice of America (VOA) was quite sharp on the roll call vote at…
Misleading Voice of America terror in Germany headline
BBG Watch Commentary The headline on the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) English News website read: “Syrian…
RT before VOA with Obama on Baton Rouge, posts full text, VOA has 3 sentences
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s RT was well ahead in reporting on President Obama’s statement on the shooting of…
BBC, RT, SPUTNIK, others report on policemen shot in Baton Rouge, nothing yet from Voice of America at 11:11 AM ET
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) was minutes behind BBC, Russia’s RT and SPUTNIK and other…
Turkey Coup: VOA posts quick updates to Facebook following earlier criticism
BBG Watch Commentary Following the earlier BBG Watch criticism that “Voice of America was not updating Facebook news…
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 far behind BBC, DW, RT, SPUTNIK on Istanbul terror attack
BBG Watch Commentary Even at 6:00 PM ET Tuesday, the lead news story on the 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…
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)…
Dysfunction in Voice of America coverage of Clinton, Trump, and Tuesday primaries
BBG Watch Commentary We received these observations and screenshots (posted below) from a former senior Voice of America…
Clinton story on Voice of America – late and behind RT, SPUTNIK, DW, BBC – displaced by gorilla story
BBG Watch Commentary No kidding. Russia’s RT and SPUTNIK, Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW), BBC and nearly every other…
RFE/RL competes with SPUTNIK and RT in promoting Putin humor
BBG Watch Commentary During the Cold War, U.S. government-funded Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) was providing translation of…
Curious convergence? Voice of America and RT on Turkey
BBG Watch Media Commentary After the downing of the Russian fighter jet by the Turkish military in November…
RFE/RL’s Brian Whitmore counters Kremlin propaganda, management plays it safe
BBG Watch Commentary Judging by often poor quality re-writes of wire service Russia news on Radio Free Europe…
Is Voice of America talking down to foreign audiences?
BBG Watch Commentary Compared to BBC, Deutsche Welle (DW), Radio France Internationale (RFI) and even Russia’s RT and…
Has RFE/RL officially lost it by comparing images of Soviet mass murderers to photos of Hollywood stars?
BBG Watch Commentary Has U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) officially lost it in late…
All About America or mostly What’s Wrong About America on VOA blog?
BBG Watch Commentary When someone in the Middle East discovers by reading the “All About America” Voice of…
Is this Russian RT, SPUTNIK or something else?
BBG Watch Commentary Was this Facebook item posted by Russian propaganda channel RT, Russian disinformation news agency SPUTNIK…
SPUTNIK, BBC leave Voice of America behind on S. Carolina shooting death charge
BBG Watch Media BBC, Russia’s international news agency SPUTNIK and multiple other foreign and U.S. media have been…
RFE/RL star Andrei Babitsky claims he was fired in 2014 for his views
BBG Watch Media In an interview with a major Czech newspaper Lidove Noviny, former Radio Free Europe /…
Russia’s RT and SPUTNIK report on Andy Lack, NBC, BBG, VOA, RFE-RL, Royce, Nuland, Kerry – but not Voice of America
BBG Watch Media U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is showing a remarkable lack of journalistic curiosity in…
U.S. reactions to Nemtsov’s murder covered by RT and SPUTNIK, U.S. media, not Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) was late with the Boris Nemtsov murder story, offered…
Edward Lucas Urges Challenging — and Ostracism — of RT.com; Faces Kiselyev, Trolls Backlash | The Interpreter
BBG Watch Media “Edward Lucas Urges Challenging — and Ostracism — of RT.com; Faces Kiselyev, Trolls Backlash” is…
Why foreign media are better at reporting interesting U.S. news than Voice of America?
BBG Watch Media Commentary “Obama could be final jumbo jet customer” is the most popular (most read) news…
Stengel on RT Disinformation Campaign
BBG Watch Media With RT and SPUTNIK falling all over themselves to claim an undeserved news organization status…
SPUTNIK goes after Lack, misses the point
BBG Watch Commentary SPUTNIK: State Dept. Says RT Not in Same Category of US Concerns as Terrorist Groups…
Crude RT Kremlin propaganda virus infects Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty English news site
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch had reported how Voice of America English news website was picking up RT…
House vote, Royce, Engel on Russia too trivial for Voice of America, but not tighty whities
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) English news service website completely ignored the House of…
Russia’s SPUTNIK and RT, WP, BBC, others have McCain – Bell – Hungary story – still waiting for Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary This is a follow-up to our commentary: No Voice of America report on controversy over…
Obama to visit India — Russia’s SPUTNIK and other world media report, Voice of America is silent
BBG Watch Commentary The White House sent out this announcement to the media at about 10 AM ET.…
Sputnik, Putnik, Another RT
BBG Watch Commentary The name — SPUTNIK — for a news agency and international radio may sound silly…