After chastising Voice of America on Boko Haram coverage, Nigeria reaches out to Al Jazeera
BBG Watch After giving U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) an unprecedented rebuke a few days ago in…
When Dead and Broken BBG is All That’s Left
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost – When Dead and Broken is All That’s Left …
Nigerian government: accusations Voice of America skewed in favor of Boko Haram
BBG Watch The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Information and Culture has posted today (March 10, 2016) on its…
Sloppy VOA helps Boko Haram charge reported by Nigerian media
BBG Watch Media Nigerian media is reporting that Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has…
Open letter from Nigeria to President Obama accuses Voice of America Hausa Service of helping Boko Haram terrorists with unprofessional reporting
BBG Watch Media Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust published an open letter to President Obama in which a reader…
Nigerian Government accuses Voice of America of helping Boko Haram terrorists with biased reporting
BBG Watch Media It could not have been much worse for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). BBG…
CORRECTION VOA did not break Burkina Faso terror news, AFP did
BBG Watch CORRECTION On January 15, BBG Watch reported that Voice of America (VOA) French-to-Africa Service broke the…
Voice of America misleads world with Donald Trump headline, endangers Americans
BBG Watch Commentary After trying to convince the world last week that Americans were in a “State…
VOICE OF AMERICA FRENCH or VOA Agence France Presse ?
BBG Watch Commentary Why is no one at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) apparently concerned that the…
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…
Voice of America tells world U.S. is in a ‘State of Fear’
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) told its international audiences in a homepage headline and in an…
On the day of Obama’s terrorism address, Voice of America shows 21 hour old Tweet
BBG Watch On Saturday, President Obama made a radio address on domestic terrorism. The Voice of America had…
Voice of America news foul-ups — Point/Counterpoint
BBG Watch BBG Watch commentary: “Voice of America homepage link to California shooting did not work as story…
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)…
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 …
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…
Radio Liberty bans Paris terror report from its former Russian correspondent
BBG Watch Commentary A former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) staffer and investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko…
U.S. hero stabbed – Voice of America late again and out-reported by BBC
BBG Media So . . . . here is a story that is not an earthshaker, but is…
Ben Carson urges Voice of America to wage information warfare against ISIS
BBG Watch Media Leave it to Ben Carson, once way back in the pack among GOP presidential candidates,…
U.S. funded RFE/RL posts a puff piece on an Iranian terrorist
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has reported often on a leadership, management and news handling crisis at the…
Does the World Service have a future?
BBG Watch Media The editor of BBC World Service News until earlier this year argues that the funding…
Digital Journal op-ed: Voice of America in intellectual twilight zone against Putin
BBG Watch Media Commentary An
OPINION Voice of America Information War Lost: A Day For Stifling Debate
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
State Department Lamely Markets Anti-IS Messages to Millennials
BBG Watch Media Much of the same thing has been going on at the Broadcasting Board of Governors’…
Death for Tsarnaev – earlier speculative Voice of America headlines undermined credibility
BBG Watch Commentary Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death over the April…
Millions spent on Voice of America newsroom and bureaus of no help with news on weekends and nights
BBG Watch Commentary Despite spending multiple millions of taxpayers’ dollars on the Voice of America (VOA) central newsroom,…
Finally a fuller Voice of America report on Copenhagen – Where was VOA London Bureau?
BBG Watch Commentary After two days of late and superficial reports on the Copenhagen shootings and badgering by…
Second Copenhagen shooting, still no headline or new report on Voice of America one hour after BBC posts
BBG Watch Commentary BBC, Russia’s RT, and Al Jazeera reported that one person was shot in the head…
Copenhagen shooting: still nothing on Voice of America one hour after BBC reports
BBG Watch Commentary One hour after BBC and numerous other international and U.S. media reported that shots were…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: 2015 – A Year For Living Dangerously
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch presents a variety of opinions on U.S. international media outreach. One of our…
Voice of America bashing Israel and Netanyahu
BBG Watch Editorial Voice of America bashing Israel and Netanyahu A column on U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
Voice of America Boston terror trial report sends confusing, wrong message abroad
BBG Watch Commentary Even when U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) manages to produce more than a perfunctory…
Voice of America ignores Obama’s statement on Berlin Wall anniversary, U.S. contributions
BBG Watch Commentary November 9 marks the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Mismanaged, U.S.…
U.S. agency should do charity drive to bring Voice of America radio back to Asia and Middle East
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary contains elements of satire and sarcasm. If you object to such content, please…
Joe Bruns on radio and new media at BBG and at VOA under USIA
BBG Watch Commentary The lack of adequate advance notice to our audiences is inexcusable, said numerous Voice of…
Voice of America Ukraine coverage improves as VOA correspondents assert themselves against management
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has noticed some, although still sporadic and small, improvements in Voice of America…
The Russian Front – The Federalist
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: The…
Voice of America reports – 1/2 on State Department Russia Terror – 27 on British Royal Wedding
BBG Watch Commentary “Voice of America is not a propaganda organization and it is not a mouthpiece of…
VOA Russian Service reports on White House – NSC statement on terror attacks in Russia – VOA English does not
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE 3:00PM ET, Dec. 30: A brief reference to the NSC – White House statement…
RFE/RL Radio Svoboda, RT, and BBC report on second terrorist attack in Volgograd, VOA News does not
UPDATE 1:00AM ET – VOA English News posts a short report at about 1:00AM ET on the second…
Continuing and extensive RFE/RL Russian Service coverage of Volgograd terror attack – VOA English News late with updates
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE 10:00PM ET It turns out that VOA English News posted a report at about…
RFE/RL acting president Kevin Klose discusses reforms at Radio Liberty in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary At the broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open meeting in Washington, DC on May 15,…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Boston, Chechnya, Kazakhstan
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Boston, Chechnya, Kazakhstan by The Federalist …
Hushing America’s message in terrorism’s redoubt, Washington Times op-ed
In an op-ed in The Washington Times, former Voice of America manager Ted Lipien warns that bureaucratic infighting…
Recording from U.S. broadcasting meeting has unexplained gaps
BBG Watch Commentary Remember President Nixon’s secretary, Rose Mary Woods, and the 18½ minute gap in President Nixon…
Michael Lynton misses another Broadcasting Board of Governors meeting, makes agency ungovernable
BBG Watch Commentary Sources at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report that BBG’s Interim Presiding Governor Michael…