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…
HELLE DALE Broadcasting Reform At BBG Is Urgently Needed To Fight ISIS
BBG Watch Media Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, has called for urgent…
Consolidation-driven decline of U.S. BBG media and State public diplomacy outreach predicted in 1995
BBG Watch The decline of both U.S. international broadcasting and U.S. public diplomacy as a result of the…
President Obama fails to mention Broadcasting Board of Governors in his countering-ISIL propaganda statement
BBG Watch Commentary If during the Cold War, the President of the United States conspicuously failed to mention…
BBG is also rotten far below its head, former employee says
BBG Watch Commentary A former Voice of America (VOA) journalist took issue with some of the observations in…
Some in Congress fuming over BBG lobbying for status quo EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Some members of Congress are angry at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), its board…
Reform Radio Liberty or Continue to Lose Propaganda War with Russia
EXCLUSIVE OPINION for BBG Watch Reform Radio Liberty or Continue to Lose Propaganda War with Russia By Zygmunt…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Hand Me A Shovel
Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors Losing The Information War: Hand Me A Shovel By The Federalist…
BBG WATCH SENATOR CORKER PUTIN CORRUPTION VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT BASED ON VOA INTERVIEW
BBG Watch ALSO SEE: VOA News ignored Senator Corker on Putin corruption, BBG Watch, February 2, 2016 …
Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Introduction to “Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service: A View From Russia”…
Voice of America Newsroom gave VOA services largely unipartisan comments to Obama’s address
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch was alerted by concerned Voice of America (VOA) journalists that VOA Central English…
Communicators with new BBG CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch Media C-SPAN has posted its Communicators with John Lansing video. John Lansing is new Chief Executive…
Appointment of an information czar is bureaucratic overreach | WT op-ed
BBG Watch Media A single U.S. information czar not confirmed by the U.S. Senate in charge of absolutely…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Fantasy Reform
OPINION/COMMENTARY Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: It’s Over. We Lost. Fantasy Reform By The Federalist …
Voice of America or Voice of Castro?
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America or Voice of Castro? While surfing the web, we recently came across…
Bureaucratic appointments by new BBG CEO worry agency writer
OPINION A writer, who wants to remain anonymous, comments on recent personnel appointments made by new Broadcasting…
All About America or mostly What’s Wrong About America on VOA blog?
BBG Watch Commentary When someone in the Middle East discovers by reading the “All About America” Voice of…
BBG CEO gives two longtime SES executives new duties
BBG Watch Commentary Some Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees are scratching their heads to explain a recent…
JANE DOE: BBG executives to Congress – to fix a bloated bureaucracy you must give it more power
From Joan and Jane Doe BBG executives to Congress – to fix a bloated bureaucracy you must…
OPINION Former Voice of America Director: U.S. International Media Needs Only One CEO, Other Experts Disagree
BBG Watch Media “The debate over how to reform America’s government-supported media operations has begun to zero in…
Business versus Policy Experience: Thoughts on Reform of U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch Remember Charlotte Beers. She is a highly successful American businesswoman. She was the first female vice-president…
Former RFE/RL President Kevin Klose Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of Kevin Klose, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President,…
Former BBG Member S. Enders Wimbush Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of former Broadcasting Board of Governors member, S. Enders…
BBG Member Kenneth Weinstein Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of Kenneth Weinstein, member of the Broadcasting Board of…
BBG Chairman Jeff Shell Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of Jeff Shell, Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of…
BBG CEO John Lansing Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of John Lansing, CEO and Director of the Broadcasting…
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing: Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing: Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Time: 02:30…
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…
OPINION: Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War?
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War? What Information War? The Agency Is Dead – Unprecedented Irrelevance…
VOA Charter ignored, says former Voice of America director
BBG Watch Commentary We would like to offer this commentary from BBG Watch as an introduction to highlighting…
On the eve of Town Hall meeting, BBG employees present a plea to new CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE On the eve of the Town Hall to Introduce CEO John Lansing, scheduled for Tuesday,…
Faire l’amour is top U.S. news today on Voice of America French
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: After BBG Watch posts were published and after the sex-before-jail report stayed on the…
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,…
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Defeated
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
Journalist analyzes Matt Armstrong buzzwords
BBG Watch Commentary A former Voice of America senior correspondent has sent us an analysis of a recent…
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…
Reactions vary to John Lansing as contender to lead U.S. BBG media outreach
BBG Watch Opinions BBG Watch has received a number of reactions to its exclusive report that U.S. cable…
Digital Journal op-ed: Voice of America in intellectual twilight zone against Putin
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John F. Lansing is leading contender for U.S. broadcasting BBG CEO post EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from reliable high-level sources within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
U.S. Media Outreach to Russia Between Optimism and Despair
BBG Watch Commentary Two recent articles touched upon a little noticed debate over U.S. response to Vladimir Putin’s…
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…
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)…
Briefing Memo 3 for New BBG CEO – What Do IBB Executives Do? They Travel
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
U.S. taxpayers can’t afford Voice of America correspondent’s proposal
PHOTO: The power of Russia’s information machine is shown in a Voice of America map in which Crimea…
BBG Governor Weinstein: RFE/RL level of energy-no comparison to five years ago
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “multimedia expansion and rapid growth” was the focus of Broadcasting…