Read More 10 minute read Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against ReformJanuary 7, 2016 OPINION Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform Will Taxpayers Continue to Foot This…
Read More 14 minute read Edward R. Murrow – A Propaganda HoundJanuary 5, 2016 Commentary Ted Lipien, who is one of BBG Watch’s sponsors and supporters, has agreed to write for us…
Read More 1 minute read Digital Journal Op-Ed: Reform needed for U.S. soft power to workJanuary 2, 2016 BBG Watch Media “U.S. needs more money for more soft power outreach abroad, but Congress and President must…
Read More 3 minute read Former Voice of America broadcasters remember Evelyn LiebermanDecember 15, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Evelyn Lieberman, who died on Saturday in Washington, is being remembered by former Voice of…
Read More 1 minute read Former VOA director Evelyn Lieberman dies at 71December 15, 2015 By Ted Lipien The New York Times chose to use a catchy headline, “Evelyn Lieberman, Aide Who Moved…
Read More 5 minute read CUSIB, other experts disagree with David Ensor and one Superman CEO solution for BBGDecember 14, 2015 BBG Watch Media The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) posted a comment in Foreign Policy…
Read More 3 minute read How Kirk Douglas and Radio Free Europe countered Soviet propagandaDecember 11, 2015 By Ted Lipien Despite gasps of indignation from the Kremlin and quite a few Western fellow travelers who…
Read More 1 minute read Op-Ed: Voice of America falsely tells world U.S. is in a “State of Fear”December 7, 2015 BBG Watch Media “Two days before President Obama’s Oval Office address on domestic terrorism, the Voice of America…
Read More 12 minute read Carter Administration opposed consolidation of U.S. government broadcasting and Voice of America privatizationDecember 2, 2015 Commentary By Ted Lipien Recently released U.S. government documents show that President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor (1977–1981)…
Read More 2 minute read Digital Journal Op-Ed: Reform and adult supervision for Broadcasting Board of GovernorsNovember 30, 2015 BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors and Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC. In an…
Read More 3 minute read Russian court rules against award-winning human rights reporter in employment dispute with Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyOctober 15, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Sources in Moscow told BBG Watch that a Russian judge took only about five minutes…
Read More 2 minute read GovExec.com: Broadcasting Board Names John Lansing as CEOAugust 17, 2015 BBG Watch Media Government Executive has a report by Charles S. Clark, a GovExec.com reporter who follows federal…
Read More 2 minute read Former BBG member reacts to John Lansing BBG CEO appointmentAugust 17, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Former member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Victor Ashe reacted to the appointment…
Read More 2 minute read Digital Journal op-ed: Voice of America in intellectual twilight zone against PutinAugust 12, 2015 BBG Watch Media Commentary An
Read More 10 minute read Senator Ted Cruz wants BBG to counteract ISIS propaganda, some Voice of America English news staffers don’tAugust 4, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 37 minute read 1944 Warsaw Uprising Betrayed by Pro-Stalin WWII Voice of AmericaAugust 2, 2015 BBG Watch History BBG Watch is reposting an article about the Voice of America’s (VOA) pro-Soviet broadcasts during…
Read More 1 minute read Kudos to RFE/RLJuly 31, 2015 BBG Watch Media A Digital Journal op-ed notes that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is showing courage and practices…
Read More 24 minute read The Katyn Massacre Lie and U.S. International BroadcastingJuly 2, 2015 BBG Watch Guest Commentary The Katyń Lie and U.S. International Broadcasting Why did the Voice of…
Read More 2 minute read Op-Ed: Voice of America disappointsMay 12, 2015 BBG Watch Media “U.S. taxpayer funded Voice of America (VOA) has problems offering timely analysis of Kremlin propaganda,…
Read More 1 minute read Op-Ed: Voice of America can learn from State Dept. about social mediaApril 3, 2015 BBG Watch Media “When it comes to a few important journalistic new media skills, such as speed of…
Read More 3 minute read Op-Ed: Chinese dissident criticizes Obama, praises Hillary ClintonMarch 22, 2015 BBG Watch Media In an exclusive March 12, 2015 interview with the Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service,…
Read More 2 minute read Op-Ed: Disappearance of Putin is most likely a propaganda ployMarch 14, 2015 BBG Media Russian President Vladimir Putin may have staged his own disappearance to score propaganda points against gullible…
Read More 4 minute read Good news for free journalism in Cuba – some illegally fired Radio and TV Marti staffers to be reinstated by BBG – EXCLUSIVEMarch 7, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In a development that reflects well on the current Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) broad,…
Read More 3 minute read CUSIB disappointed in Andy Lack’s departure, expresses support for BBG and Chairman ShellMarch 5, 2015 BBG Watch At least one anonymous critic has called for Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell…
Read More 1 minute read VOA and RFE/RL Russia media outreach in Op-Ed: Murder of Polish priest may offer clues in Boris Nemtsov’s caseMarch 3, 2015 BBG Watch Media The importance of effective U.S. media outreach through the Voice of America (VOA) and Radio…
Read More 4 minute read GovExec.com and BBG Watch report on BBG, VOA and Andy LackFebruary 20, 2015 Managers, employees and guests at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting in Washington, DC, February…
Read More 6 minute read BBG CEO ANDY LACK ‘I didn’t come here to cut. I came here to grow’ Voice of AmericaFebruary 19, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary In remarks at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting Wednesday (February 18,…
Read More 3 minute read If we are behind Russia and China, that will change, BBG director Andy Lack tells NYTJanuary 22, 2015 BBG Watch In an interview with New York Times reporter Ron Nixon, newly sworn-in Chief Executive Officer and…
Read More 1 minute read Op-Ed: U.S. must protest lack of Cuban visas for VOA and Marti reportersJanuary 21, 2015 BBG Watch The Obama Administration is silent on Voice of America (VOA) and Radio and TV Marti reporters…
Read More 5 minute read Good journalism is always good public diplomacyJanuary 13, 2015 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. Views expressed here are only those of the…
Read More 2 minute read Rep. Sherman right on more funding but Congress must check Voice of America North Korea reportingDecember 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), the second Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee,…
Read More 5 minute read NOONAN, PRESUTTI, HEIL — mismanagement, independence, future of Voice of AmericaDecember 19, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Link to Video At the open board meeting in Washington Thursday, Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 3 minute read A Time to Give ThanksNovember 27, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Happy Thanksgiving to all BBG Watch readers and contributors. We repost today a commentary by…
Read More 4 minute read CUSIB Applauds Breakthrough in the BBG’s 5-year Log Jam for Radio and TV Marti WorkersNovember 20, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has welcomed the news…
Read More 3 minute read RADIO PRAGUE: US Senator Roger Wicker to get Defender of Freedom Award for supporting RFE/RLNovember 14, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The Prague Freedom Foundation will present US Senator Roger Wicker with its first Defender of…
Read More 1 minute read Putin’s Russian victimhood on VOAOctober 20, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary “Western media both expose, but often just report, Putin’s Russian victimhood propaganda claims, while poor…
Read More 5 minute read BBG CEO-Designate Andy Lack Meets CUSIB Supporters of U.S. International MediaOctober 8, 2014 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE News and Commentary Journalist and media executive Andrew Lack, who had been selected by the…
Read More 2 minute read CUSIB congratulates Andy Lack on CEO position at BBGSeptember 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting, (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a press release in which…
Read More 3 minute read U.S. media on Andy Lack CEO announcement by BBGSeptember 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary VARIETY Andrew Lack to Leave Bloomberg for Federal Agency Post The current chairman, Universal’s Jeff…
Read More 6 minute read BBG Names Andy Lack CEO – BBG Watch had it firstSeptember 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary As predicted first and reported exclusively by BBG Watch last week, Andrew R. Lack, age…
Read More 5 minute read EXCLUSIVE Broadcasting Board of Governors voted to offer CEO job to Andy Lack of BloombergSeptember 20, 2014 EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch News and Commentary BBG Watch has confirmed that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members voted…
Read More 2 minute read DIGITAL JOURNAL Op-Ed: Propaganda war in which Voice of America helps PutinSeptember 9, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien, who is now director of…
Read More 6 minute read Radio World reports on BBG Shortwave Committee report and rebuttal from CUSIBAugust 5, 2014 Radio World has two articles on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report on the future of shortwave…
Read More 5 minute read CUSIB Condemns BBG Shortwave Committee Report for Targeting Vulnerable Radio Audiences for Cuts Rather Than Cutting Waste — PRESS RELEASEAugust 1, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a press…
Read More 8 minute read Community leaders support reform of U.S. international broadcastingJuly 28, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: H.R. 4490, the bipartisan Royce – Engel United States International Communications Reform Act of…
Read More 8 minute read Is it news, or is it propaganda? – Op-Ed in The Hill by Mollie King of IBB and formerly Voice of AmericaJuly 22, 2014 BBG Watch Mollie King, a program analyst within the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) under the Broadcasting Board of…
Read More 1 minute read CUSIB Director Meets with BBG Chairman ShellJuly 17, 2014 BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that Ted Lipien, Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International…
Read More 2 minute read Former BBG Governors, CUSIB Director support reform of U.S. international broadcastingJuly 16, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Two former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members, Ambassador Victor Ashe and Blanquita…
Read More 1 minute read LIPIEN: A propaganda-free Voice of America, WT op-edJuly 16, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In a Washington Times op-ed, strongly supporting management reforms proposed in the Royce – Engel…
Read More 3 minute read The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG WatchJuly 9, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…