Former BBG Governors, CUSIB Director support reform of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary Two former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members, Ambassador Victor Ashe and Blanquita…
LIPIEN: A propaganda-free Voice of America, WT op-ed
BBG Watch Commentary In a Washington Times op-ed, strongly supporting management reforms proposed in the Royce – Engel…
Don’t make Voice of America an arm of State Dept. – Letter to Obama from Paul Westpheling
A Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Paul Westpheling, Former General Vice-President…
OUR DYSFUNCTIONAL INTERNATIONAL RADIO/TV STATIONS – Guy W. Farmer Op-Ed
A Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Guy W. Farmer who supervised…
BBG Governor Matthew Armstrong says ‘You can’t censor the Internet’, DW reports
BBG Watch Commentary Speaking at the Deutsche Welle (DW) Global Media Forum in Bonn last week in a…
Voice of America Newsroom opponents of H.R. 4490 outnumbered at union meeting by bill’s supporters
BBG Watch Commentary Several sources told BBG Watch that at a AFGE Local 1812 union meeting last week…
Does America need the Voice of America? – media expert Jonathan Marks asks
BBG Watch Commentary We strongly disagree with international media expert Jonathan Marks’s conclusion in his latest blog article…
Bad Management Threatens Voice of America’s Future
Commentary This commentary was sent to BBG Watch by VOA broadcaster who must remain anonymous. The Voice of…
Voice of America – Information War Lost: For or Against Agency Reform?
BBG Watch Commentary The best way for a small group of well-meaning but completely misguided and unrealistic Voice…
Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real
Commentary Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real By Ted Lipien No one I know…
Fixing U.S. International Broadcasting – At Last! – MULHAUPT and WIMBUSH
BBG Watch Commentary In one of the best reasoned and most coherent articles in favor of reforming the…
BBG union comes under pressure for supporting H.R. 4490 bipartisan reform bill
BBG Watch Commentary American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812 union known for winning lawsuits to save…
More evidence of delaying notice to Voice of America listeners about shortwave cuts
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has obtained further evidence from multiple sources that a top International Broadcasting Bureau…
Is Congress trying to neuter Voice of America’s journalism or save it?
BBG Watch Commentary In a new Columbia Journalism Review article, former Voice of America (VOA) senior correspondent Gary…
United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014, CBO Cost Estimate
BBG Watch Commentary A cost estimate of H.R. 4490, the United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014,…
PCJ Radio making fun of Voice of America and BBG executives on radio cuts to Asia and Middle East
BBG Watch Commentary PCJ Radio Int. based in Taiwan has produced and aired a Special Voice of America…
Victor Ashe : Voice of America has demonstrated its weaknesses
BBG Watch Commentary Commenting on numerous news reporting failures by the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), former…
Voice of America often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes promotes it
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes even…
America’s international broadcasters are losing the air wars, analysis in Sacramento Bee
BBG Watch Commentary One of the most thoughtful analyses of U.S. government/taxpayer-funded international media outreach was written by…
DALE in WT: Only way to save U.S. international broadcasting is complete reform
BBG Watch Commentary Helle Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow for public diplomacy, has an op-ed in The…
Voice of America ignores U.S. Marine Andrew Tahmooressi in Mexican prison, visit from Congressmen Royce and Salmon
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has almost completely ignored the arrest and subsequent detention…
CUSIB urges management reforms at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), which has been…
‘Scrap this broken agency’: Audit finds Broadcasting Board of Governors wasted $5M
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Times reports on Saturday, June 21, 2014: A new State Department Office of…
BBG governor stands alone supporting Reform Act
BBG Watch Commentary A copy of a memo that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan sent…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Anti-Reform Act folks by Jane Doe
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Management by Jane Doe
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
Waste and Abuse of Power at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, According to Audit — Foreign Policy Blog reports
BBG Watch Commentary We feel sorry for new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell and all…
CUSIB Member, Former BBG Governor Victor Ashe Comments on International Affairs
BBG Watch Commentary Member of our Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Advisory Board and former…
Voice of America Ukrainian Service still works with same few staffers as before the crisis
BBG Watch Commentary Paraded in Public, Little Management Support Voice of America (VOA) Ukrainian Service has received very…
Representative Kaptur Speaks With RFE/RL And VOA
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) continues its excellent in depth coverage of events…
Rep. Ed Royce: The danger to Voice of America is maintaining the status quo
BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has published a Letter…
Acting Ukrainian FM meets Voice of America director, Voice of Russia reports
BBG Watch Commentary Acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Deshchytsya meet with Voice of America Director David Ensor on…
Face Off
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau Go Ahead: Try To Make Us Accountable – Information War Lost: Face…
Taking The Washington Post To Task
BBG Watch Commentary Reform of US Government international broadcasting cannot and must not be held hostage by a…
In-house Poroshenko analysis from BBC, DW, RFE/RL – Voice of America uses Reuters with no U.S. angle
BBG Watch Commentary It appears that in the current state of mismanagement, Voice of America (VOA) journalists, Vice…
David Ensor on Combating Propaganda in Ukraine with Voice of America programs
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to cover a gathering of…
Biden, U.S. Congress delegation not mentioned in VOA video report from Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the VOA Charter requires the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America to “present the…
WP editorial: Voice of America needs to keep its objective voice, BBG Watch agrees
BBG Watch Commentary We do not disagree with the Washington Post editorial, “Voice of America needs to keep…
Living In The Past
BBG Watch Commentary We find it ironic that while many rank-and-file Voice of America journalists and other employees…
LAT Op-Ed: Back off, Congress, and keep Voice of America real, by VOA corespondent Al Pessin
BBG Watch Commentary Al Pessin, a senior VOA foreign correspondent currently based in London, has written another op-ed…
Voice of America to target Americans despite ban on funding domestic news distribution, critics say
BBG Watch Commentary In a politically unwise press release, which according to critics at best violates the spirit…
Thumbs Down On “All Hands”
International Broadcasting Bureau – Just Call Us “Waste Unlimited!” – Information War Lost: Thumbs Down On “All Hands”…
Snowballs in Arizona
International Broadcasting Bureau – Maintaining Dysfunctional and Defunct is Our Most Important Business – Information War Lost: Snowballs…
House passage of Hitler-Stalin Pact ‘Black Ribbon Day’ bill ignored by Voice of America, mismanagement continues
BBG Watch Commentary With Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Matt Armstrong calling House Foreign Affairs Committee bipartisan…
Armstrong Going Off The Script: Calling H.R. 4490 ‘less than inarticulate’
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – Onward With Dysfunctional and Defunct! Information War Lost: Armstrong Going Off…
Former BBG member Ashe critical of BBG Governor Armstrong’s rebuke of Congress
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Governor Matt Armstrong about the bipartisan United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014 (H.R.…
Misplaced Sense of Entitlement
BBG Watch Commentary We present yet another opinion on the bipartisan reform bill, the United States International Communications Reform Act…
BBG Governor Armstrong Rebukes Members of Congress for Criticism in Bipartisan Bill
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Governor Matt Armstrong about H.R. 4490 Bipartisan Reform Bill: “So, yes, I think, I…
A Former VOA Correspondent on the Debate Over U.S. International Broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is providing a forum for discussion on the United States International Communications Reform Act of…
California paper picks up Miami Herald report on OCB journalists’ latest legal victory
BBG Watch Commentary The Sacramento Bee newspaper picked up a Miami Herald report by Juan O Tamayo on…