Trump Sticks With Pack for Broadcasting Chief, WFB reported
BBG Watch Media As reported by Susan Crabtree in the Washington Free Beacon, “President Trump has re-nominated documentary…
USAGM Is Federal Bureaucracy’s Fantasyland
OPINION U-SAG-M — Federal Bureaucracy’s Fantasyland Information War Lost: Diversionary Tactics By The Federalist In…
OPINION VOA Problems: Racism, Xenophobia, Mediocrity, and Nepotism
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett has made various charges against VOA Mandarin Service…
Propaganda Video from RFE/RL and VOA “Current Time” Russian Program of U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)
BBG Watch Commentary This one-sided political and partisan propaganda video was produced with Russian subtitles…
WFB: House Foreign Affairs Committee uncovered new spate of management failures at USAGM and VOA
BBG Watch Media Commentary A new report by Susan Crabtree in The Washington Free Beacon provides additional details…
Voice of America Persian Service targeted Americans with illegal Facebook ads
BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee…
USAGM CEO John Lansing ignored early warnings of ads targeting Americans
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO John Lansing, who had been appointed in 2015 during…
Dan Robinson comments on NPR report about VOA
Voice Of America Vows Independence, As Trump Calls For ‘Worldwide Network’ Dan Robinson comments on NPR report…
WFB: “Corker, Menendez Push Effort to ‘Neuter’ Trump’s Broadcasting Chief”
BBG Watch Media Commentary Washington Free Beacon senior writer Susan Crabtree who has been reporting on U.S government…
Fantasy Land at USAGM and VOA
OPINION U-SAG-M Fantasyland Special 2018 Holiday Edition US Government International Media? By The Federalist …
USAGM Holdover CEO Was Warned in 2017 About Anti-Semitism in His Agency’s Programs
BBG Watch Commentary United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Obama Administration holdover CEO John F. Lansing took…
BBC, DW, RT went Facebook Live with Blasey Ford; VOA did not
BBG Watch Commentary BBC, Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW) and Russia’s RT all had Facebook LIVE transmissions of the…
USAGM The Rebranded Tower of Babel
OPINION U-SAG-M! The Rebranded Tower of Babel Old Is New, New Is Old By The Federalist …
QUESTIONS NOT WANTED BY USAGM
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This is part three of a commentary on the newly named United States Agency…
FACT AND FANTASY AT USAGM (FORMERLY BBG): A FAMILIAR WASHINGTON GAME
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This is part two of a multipart commentary on the newly named United States…
RE-BRANDED USAGM LIMITS MEDIA COVERAGE OF WASHINGTON PR EVENT: NO QUESTIONS WANTED
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This is part one of a multipart commentary on the newly named United…
Pro-Stalin Voice of America Propaganda Revealed in 1984 VOA Interview with Józef Czapski – Cold War Radio Museum
BBG Watch History A Cold War Radio Museum article points out official bias and censorship in Voice of…
U-SAG-M! – U.S. Agency for Global Media
OPINION “U-SAG-M!” – United States Agency for Global Media US Government International Media Information War Lost By…
BBG’s – now USAGM – systemic failure on Iran coverage
BBG Watch Commentary on USAGM “Additionally, in the aggregate, reportage on bilateral relations between the U.S.…
“Weaponization?” What Congress wants are effective BBG programs to Iran
OPINION “Weaponization?” US Government International Media Information War: Lost By The Federalist A recent article…
‘Arc of success’ BBG manager Jeff Trimble is retiring
BBG Watch Commentary “Board Chairman Kenneth Weinstein thanked outgoing Deputy Director Jeff Trimble for his 21…
Trump intends to nominate Michael Pack as CEO of Broadcasting Board of Governors EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Michael Pack to be the Chief…
Is Voice of America again afraid of Katyn?
Guest Commentary By Ted Lipien I noticed through an online search of their news websites that neither the…
HISTORY U.S. Congressman on Katyn Massacre Coverup at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary In mid-April 1943, the Voice of America (VOA), which was then known as the Overseas…
CUSIB on Voice of America China Service and the Need for a Congressional Investigation
BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has a…
The BBG Troll Farm
OPINION The BBG Troll Farm US Government International Media Information War Lost By The…
Just The Facts?!? on BBG
OPINION Just The Facts?!? US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist The…
Message for Speaker Ryan from Dissident RFE/RL Journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Dissident Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists want to tell House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)…
Royce calls for new BBG CEO and VOA reform
BBG Watch Commentary Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce (R-CA) has called for new CEO…
CNN, Rep. Engel got played by ‘BBG whistleblowers’
BBG Watch Commentary For several days, some contributors to BBG Watch were being bombarded with rumors from secondary…
Public Diplomacy Challenges for the Trump Administration
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) has posted multiple raw videos without any commentary or context…
Voice of America 1951 – Presidents’ Day and Debates on VOA’s Future
BBG Watch Commentary Wishing all of our readers and contributors Happy Presidents’ Day, we repost the latest article…
‘The Greatest Scam’ in Washington are salaries of failed BBG executives
OPINION The Greatest Scam in Washington Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost By The Federalist…
Obama aide Ben Rhodes had a special link to Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Ben Rhodes, former Assistant to President President Obama and his Deputy National Security Advisor for…
SOLZHENITSYN Target of KGB Propaganda and Censorship by Voice of America
OPINION Cold War Radio Museum How Voice of America Censored Solzhenitsyn SOLZHENITSYN, Target of KGB Propaganda and Censorship…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown Part One
OPINION Total Meltdown Part One By The Federalist These are bad times for the recent political…
Private emails may hamper any OIG investigation of Voice of America Guo Wengui incident
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned that at least until recently some Voice of America (VOA)…
Members of Congress request OIG investigation of VOA and BBG handling of Guo Wengui interview EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Four members of the U.S. Congress who serve on committees in the U.S. Senate…
Video critical of Voice of America director gets thousands of views in China
BBG Watch Commentary Changqing Cao, a U.S. based independent Chinese journalist and political commentator who has a wide…
Voice of America interrogates its Chinese TV host for wearing a white flower
BBG Watch Commentary In what could be a plot of a surreal but all too true Franz Kafka…
The Russians – Again – Still #ReformBBG
OPINION The Russians – Again – Still US Government International Media Information War: Lost #ReformBBG …
The Resistance of VOA Newsroom and BBG Bureaucracy
OPINION The Resistance US Government International Media Information War: Lost and Corrupted By The Federalist …
Radio Free Asia’s China Services Must Not Be Silenced
BBG Watch | PETITION In a JOINT APPEAL TO CONGRESS, dated June 24, 2017, Chinese democracy seekers,…
Can Things Get Any Worse at Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)?
OPINION Can Things Get Any Worse? US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist…
Secretary Tillerson Supportive of OIG Investigation into Voice of America China Controversy
BBG WATCH COMMENTARY In a rare comment from America’s top diplomat about increasing programming and management controversies at…
‘China Intervenes to Block Businessman From Revealing Spying Secrets on VOA,’ DC veteran journalist reports
BBG Watch Media Commentary Veteran Washington journalist and political author Bill Gertz reports in the Washington Free Beacon…
A Good Swift Kick Might Save BBG from Self-Destruction
OPINION A Good Swift Kick US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist Professor Martha Bayles…
Chinese free speech defender Lam Wing-Kee 林榮基 criticizes Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Chinese bookseller, free speech advocate and former political prisoner in China Lam Wing-Kee 林榮基 has…
Cut The Dead Wood at Broadcasting Board of Governors
OPINION Cut The Dead Wood And Save The Agency’s Mission US Government International Media Information War: Lost…