The Big Lie
OPINION The (Really) Big Lie US International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist An often-heard description of…
Voice of America and Internment of Japanese Americans
Introduction With today’s 75th anniversary of the signing of the presidential executive order to imprison Japanese Americans during…
US Media Agency Accelerating Toward Oblivion
OPINION US Media Agency Accelerating Toward Oblivion US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist…
A Cup That Runneth Over
OPINION A Cup That Runneth Over USG International Broadcasting Information War Lost By The Federalist …
Let Hysteria Ring!
OPINION Let Hysteria Ring! By The Federalist It’s been a bad year for the bulk…
WP defends defunct BBG Board, fails to mention VOA chiefs’ former links to the paper
BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees have been rating their agency in Office of Personnel…
Voice of America failed to report Ben Rhodes represented Obama at Castro funeral
BBG Watch Commentary Practically defunct (Hillary Clinton’s words), U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) failed…
DAN ROBINSON: At the BBG — A World of Alternate Universes
Commentary This is a guest commentary for BBG Watch written by former senior Voice of America White House…
HFAC Chair Ed Royce welcomes elimination of BBG board
BBG Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) welcomed the House passage of the National Defense…
BBG chiefs heap praise on executives of a failed agency
BBG Watch Commentary In the end, the Obama White House pulled the plug on Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Defunct BBG Board to bite the dust
BBG Watch Commentary In the end even the Obama White House had enough of the “practically defunct“ (Hillary…
Voice of America and Broadcasting Board of Governors chiefs allow biased reporting
Commentary Voice of America and Broadcasting Board of Governors need immediate attention and reform By Ted Lipien…
When Voice of America and Radio Free Europe were praised in Congress
BBG Watch History When Voice of America and Radio Free Europe were praised in Congress By Ted Lipien…
BBG promotes Voice of America video with a slur against Nevada Senator
BBG Watch Commentary Veteran Voice of America (VOA) journalists are wondering when the U.S. Congress will start paying…
Richard Stengel is Obama’s nominee for Chairman of Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch News and Commentary President Obama announced his intent to nominate Richard Stengel for Member and Chairman…
Voice of America airs allegation dismissed as a lie by Senator Reid’s office
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 million in FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) has produced and posted…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not Salesmanship
OPINION This is a guest commentary. Other opinions are welcome. Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not…
Broadcasting Board of Governors as ‘Temple of Cyber Insecurity’
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost Temple of Cyber Insecurity By The Federalist …
Obama ignores BBG media in remarks on ISIL propaganda, Voice of America ignores his remarks
BBG Watch Commentary Call it getting even by the Voice of America. In a wide-ranging news conference last…
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan calls for more funding for U.S. broadcasting to China and Tibet, BBG reform
BBG Watch Speaking at an event last week in Flushing, NY, sponsored by the Qi’s Cultural Foundation, Ann…
Flawed law permits Broadcasting Board of Governors members to do private business in Russia and China
BBG Watch Commentary With increasing demands for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to come clean about accusations against…
‘Moving Forward, VOA Haunted by Its Past,’ BBG employees’ union says
BBG Watch Commentary The last few weeks brought more bad news for Voice of America (VOA) employees. This…
Clueless U.S. agency invites Putin’s officials to RFE/RL party, they boot their chairman out of Russia instead
BBG Watch Commentary How clueless and mismanaged can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) be? According to an…
EXCLUSIVE Congressional sources call for abolishing the BBG after its bureaucracy bungled BBG Chair’s trip to Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Senior congressional staffers told BBG Watch that the expulsion of Broadcasting Board of Governors…
RFE/RL moves from goats playing ball to serious journalism under new president
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) employees are telling BBG Watch of improvements in…
ROBINSON: Not Unfair…Or Outsized…Or Erroneous
OPINION Former senior White House correspondent for the Voice of America Dan Robinson has responded to the BBG…
To Congress: Shut ‘Em Down (Broadcasting Board of Governors), Create Something That Works
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost Shut ‘Em Down By The Federalist So much…
Broadcasting Board of Governors has no peer in diminished performance
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost The Never-Ending Downward Spiral Part Three By The Federalist …
Downward Spiral At Broadcasting Board of Governors
Opinion Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost The Never-Ending Downward Spiral Part Two By The Federalist …
In a report on New York LGBT Pride March, Voice of America fails to call Orlando shooting terrorism, doesn’t mention murderer’s oath to ISIS or even his name
BBG Watch Commentary In a report on the New York LGBT Pride March on Sunday, June 26, the…
How the US is working to defeat ISIS online with no mention of the BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Yet another media article on how the U.S. is trying to defeat ISIS online was…
Poor quality BBG video, risky ads on BBG YouTube, VOA Director Amanda Bennett
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has posted on its official website and uploaded to…
Voice of America Downplaying Terrorist Threat From ISIS
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost – The Never-Ending Downward Spiral Voice of America Downplaying Terrorist…
Update from BBG CEO on Thornberry Amendment to De-Federalize VOA
BBG Watch After earlier criticism from Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees for taking too long to communicate…
LIPIEN OP-ED: Robert E. Sherwood on avoiding election coverage bias at Voice of America
OPINION Robert E. Sherwood on avoiding election coverage bias at Voice of America By Ted Lipien I disagree…
Slanted Voice of America journalism on Trump, a reader from Russia posts on VOA website
BBG Watch Commentary In a comment posted under U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) report, “Post Reporter at…
Voice of America employee says VOA should not be de-federalized as punishment for inept management
BBG Watch A Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee sent email to the two U.S. Senators from the…
U.S. tax-funded Voice of America joins anti-Donald Trump electioneering
BBG Watch Media A journalist working as a U.S. government employee for the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
DAN ROBINSON Voice of America needs honest self-examination, not ‘whitewash’
BBG Watch Media Writing in the USC Center on Public Diplomacy CPD Blog, former Voice of America (VOA)…
Voice of America – Staring Over The Precipice
OPINION Staring Over The Precipice Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By The Federalist …
Voice of America employees question BBG CEO John Lansing e-mail about their future
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees received on Thursday, June 2, an e-mail with “Message…
David Jackson Op-Ed in PDC – International Broadcasting: The Nuclear Option
BBG Watch Former Voice of America (VOA) director David S. Jackson published an opinion article on the USC…
Thornberry Amendment to Reform Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The House of Representatives voted to include in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act an…
Reality Check
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost Reality Check By The Federalist There are some…
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: VOA Swears in Pulitzer Winner as New Director After Yearlong Vacancy
BBG Watch Media Government Executive reporter Charles Clark noted in a recent report the appointment of Amanda Bennett…
Information Warfare: It’s Over, We Lost
OPINION: THE FEDERALIST Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information Warfare: It’s Over, We Lost BBG: Land of…
Correcting Voice of America history
BBG Watch Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director, Ted Lipien, who earlier in his VOA career…
Crimea annexation anniversary: How BBG and VOA initially helped to advance Putin’s narrative
BBG Watch Commentary Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to Crimea on Friday to mark the second anniversary of…
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…
BBG digital storage not upgraded in five years – who’s fault is it?
BBG Watch Commentary Digital storage equipment at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which serves the needs of…