Voice of America ignores White House statement on Holodomor genocide in 1930s Ukraine, as does RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary Someone worked at the White House this Saturday, November 7, but not at the U.S.…
BBC enters Putin’s media war – POLITICO
BBG Watch Media James Panichi and Alex Spence report in Politico Europe Edition that “To counter Kremlin crackdown,…
Voice of America gets an exclusive interview with Ukraine’s President Poroshenko
BBG Watch Media BBG Watch is reposting the Voice of America (VOA) report based on VOA’s exclusive interview…
BBG sleepwalks through RFE/RL crisis
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This commentary was written by a former senior Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) official…
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…
Digital Journal op-ed: Voice of America in intellectual twilight zone against Putin
BBG Watch Media Commentary An
Robert Conquest and Voice of America’s intellectual decline
BBG Watch Commentary Robert Conquest (left), who died on August 3, 2015, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom…
Briefing Memo 5 for New BBG CEO – IBB’s $50 Million Gallup Contract
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
75th Anniversary of Sumner Welles Declaration – U.S. Public Diplomacy from Success to Failure at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary This week marked the 75th anniversary of the Welles Declaration, one of the most powerful…
‘Crimea overwhelmingly happy to be part of Russia,’ Voice of America reported year ago citing faulty BBG poll
BBG Watch History U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is now under new interim leadership after the recent…
Voice of America asleep on Ukrainian fighting, gives more play to Peskov and Lavrov than Harf
BBG Watch In a show of incredible slowness, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to make the…
Voice of America has news and web issues
BBG Watch Early Wednesday afternoon, new Russsian military offensive in Ukraine was number two news story on BBC…
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,…
Jimmy Carter justifies Russia’s annexation of Crimea on Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary In commenting on the Voice of America Russian Service posting of VOA News exclusive interview…
Ed Royce in WSJ on countering Putin’s information weapons of war
BBG Watch Commentary Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the…
Chairman Royce to Convene Hearing Wednesday at 10 a.m. on Russia’s ‘Weaponization’ of Information
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is reposting reminders about Wednesday’s events in Washington, DC focused on U.S. international…
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…
Assistant Secretary Nuland praises BBG Russia broadcasts, agrees with Chairman Royce on need for BBG reform
BBG Watch Ambassador Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State in charge of the Bureau of European and Eurasian…
OPINION – DAN ROBINSON – Mixing Advocacy with News Reporting at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary All views expressed are those of the author. One Year Later — Dysfunction, News Failures,…
Pro-Russia, Anti-Ukraine rally in Moscow – comparing VOA, RFE/RL, BBC coverage
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) English news report on “Pro-Russia, Anti-Ukraine Rally Held in Moscow” (Posted…
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…
Voice of America explains Putin
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Reporter Tries to Clarify Putin’s Remark on NATO’s Role in Ukraine …
VOA’s Gongadze first with tweet on John Kerry going to Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary The State Department made an announcement more than an hour ago and shortly thereafter popular…
Top American Diplomat Decries ‘Lies’ of RT | Foreign Policy
BBG Watch Media Victoria Nuland, the assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, rebuts RT’s (formerly…
Voice of America Information War Lost: Pants On Fire
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Information War Lost: Pants On Fire By The Federalist We…
Voice of America report on Putin at G20 shows only pro-Putin readers’ comments
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is either completely ineffective in audience engagement…
Voice of America – Information War Lost: Beyond Dysfunctional and Defunct
BBG Watch Commentary A new commentary from our regular contributor The Federalist deals with the Voice of America…
Former BBG member: Ukrainians stand for national unity
BBG Watch Commentary Co-leader of International Republican Institute’s (IRI) delegation of election observers Victor Ashe, former United States…
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…
Former BBG member Victor Ashe to observe Ukrainian elections
BBG Watch Commentary The International Republican Institute announced that its delegation to observe Ukraine’s October 26, 2014 parliamentary…
Voice of America journalist to moderate election debates in Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Not everything at the Voice of America (VOA) is doom and gloom despite serious management…
WRMI to Begin Relay of Radio Ukraine International – NEWS RELEASE
BBG Watch Commentary Shortwave station WRMI in Okeechobee, Florida will begin a daily relay transmission of the English-language…
Shakespeare in Gdansk instead of anti-Putin rally in Moscow – What the heck?, Voice of America
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Josh, not his real…
U.S. expert: ‘Putin Cleverly Exploits Three Weaknesses of the West,’ including journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) senior executives could learn a lot from the most recent article…
Voice of America and RT English news in common : no headlines of Moscow peace protests
BBG Watch Commentary Mismanaged U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and Russia’s propaganda propaganda outlet RT…
U.S. Senators Back Funding To Battle Russian Propaganda, RFE/RL reports
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported that a bipartisan bill passed by the…
Yatsenyuk, Poroshenko Hail RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service On Sixtieth Anniversary – BBG PRESS RELEASE
BBG Watch Commentary Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, currently visiting the U.S., sent a written statement to be read…
Voice of America – Russian TV program used for attacks on U.S. appears to be over, for now
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch sources confirmed that U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America’s (VOA) participation in a controversial…
White House on VOA-RFE/RL Russian TV, controversial VOA – Russia TV project not mentioned
BBG Watch Commentary In the “FACT SHEET: U.S. Support for Ukraine,” the White House has announced a…
No invasion of Ukraine if U.S. had 24/7 Russian TV channel, Paul Goble says
BBG Watch Commentary In a lecture on the topic of Putin’s disinformation war, delivered at the Institute of…
Voice of America: social media or ‘old state broadcaster model’?
BBG Watch Commentary Will VOA embrace change with social media or ‘old state broadcaster model’ of censored program…
Under Secretary Stengel: U.S. needs to harden its ‘soft power’
BBG Watch Commentary How does the U.S. harden its “soft power”? According to a Voice of America (VOA)…
McCain wants to fight and kill, Russian TV says in joint program with Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary McCain wants to fight and kill, Russian TV said in a joint program with Voice…
Hillary Clinton, Obama, Biden, Bicentennial of U.S. Anthem — All Ignored by Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) did not cover Hillary Clinton during…
VOA Interview with Kerry — no video, no audio*, no photo, no Facebook** — SKYPE interview with VOA reporter instead
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America executives have once again shown how unable they are to manage a…
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…
Will Voice of America management violate VOA Charter and U.S. law in a deal with communist Vietnam?
VOA Charter Commentary Steve Peacock reported in an article on the WND website that “the Obama administration is…
Information war – Russia 2 : Voice of America 0, experts agree
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel observed recently…
VOA expecting riots in Russia? Or maybe Novorossiya? Taxpayers pay for anti-riot car and much more
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Post “In the Loop” columnist Al Kamen is perhaps making fun of the…
Voice of America missed U.S. ties of Obama’s host in Estonia
BBG Commentary Hosting President Obama during his visit to Estonia was President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…