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