Edward R. Murrow Would Not Have Approved of Partisan or Chinese Communist Propaganda at Voice of America
OPINION by Ted Lipien Voice of America (VOA) directors and some of its current and former editors and…
HISTORY Soviet Block Jamming of Western Freedom Radios
By Ted Lipien for Cold War Podcasts Toward the end of the Cold War in the 1980s, the…
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…
RFE/RL targeted Americans with a pro-Kremlin Facebook ad EXCLUSIVE NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTING NYT REPORT
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has obtained screenshots showing that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a…
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…
Former USIA Worldnet director Michael Pack mentioned as a candidate for BBG CEO position
BBG Watch Commentary If the Trump White House nominates someone to head the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
Zbigniew Brzezinski in 1989 Voice of America and Polish TV program on fall of communism
BBG Watch History Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981, died on…
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…
The Russians Are Coming!
OPINION The Russians Are Coming! US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist …
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…
Proposed privatization of Voice of America widely opposed
BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that a proposed privatization of the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
The Keogh Memorandum – Voice of America and U.S. Policy
BBG Watch History Documents & Quotes Series BBG Watch begins today publishing historical documents, some of…
Smart Soft Power Needs Flexibility and Diversification
Smart Soft Power Diversified Diversified Outreach of U.S. Media and Public Diplomacy During the Cold War – American…
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…
McKinney Russell (1929-2016) – diplomat, Radio Liberty reporter, Voice of America manager
BBG Watch History McKinney Russell (1929-2016). Family courtesy photo. McKinney Russell (1929-2016) – diplomat, Radio Liberty reporter, Voice…
Good CEO, some good ideas, bad overall strategy
BBG Watch Guest Commentary Good CEO, some good ideas, bad overall strategy By Ted Lipien John…
Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce on urgent need to reform BBG
BBG Watch Commentary House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) continues to argue for splitting different elements…
BBG hit with $400M employee contractors suit
BBG Watch Commentary A $400 million class action lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Federal…
Former Voice of America broadcasters remember Evelyn Lieberman
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Evelyn Lieberman, who died on Saturday in Washington, is being remembered by former Voice of…
How Frank Sinatra and Voice of America countered communist propaganda
By Ted Lipien Today, December 12, 2015, is Frank Sinatra’s birthday. He would have been…
CUTTING THROUGH THE FOG: AN AUTUMN UPDATE
BBG Watch BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach,…
The Katyn Massacre Lie and U.S. International Broadcasting
BBG Watch Guest Commentary The Katyń Lie and U.S. International Broadcasting Why did the Voice of…
DAVID JACKSON How to Save the Voice of America
BBG Watch Media Former Voice of America (VOA) director David S. Jackson has published an opinion article on…
OPINION: Flying journalism under a false flag
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This commentary by former Voice of America foreign…
Voice of America Mission by Hans Tuch in New York Times
BBG Watch Media Hans N. Tuch, former acting director and deputy director of the Voice of America (VOA),…
Voice of America Information War Lost: A Malfunction Of Comment and Punctuation
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch offers various opinions on the latest Russia’s RT campaign to discredit new Broadcasting…
Matt Armstrong’s MountainRunner Reboots
BBG Watch News “Matt Armstrong’s blog on public diplomacy, international journalism, and the struggle against propaganda” will resume…
JOE BRUNS The Voice of America: A Worthy Mission for the 21st Century
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Joe Bruns who was named Deputy…
AFGE Local 1812 union defends H.R. 4490 reforms for Voice of America
BBG Watch American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, a union representing federal employees at the Broadcasting…
Government Executive on BBG Watch coverage of H.R. 4490 reform bill
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE: BBG Watch, the anonymous blog that harshly criticizes the BBG, has been sympathetic toward the bill.…
Robert Reilly reviews new book by Martha Bayles on U.S. public diplomacy
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. public diplomacy and U.S. international broadcasting were at one time liked through the United…
A historical perspective on H.R. 4490 debate — propaganda — public diplomacy — VOA Charter
BBG Watch Commentary VOA CHARTER To protect the integrity of VOA programming and define the organization’s mission, the…
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…
Joe Bruns on radio and new media at BBG and at VOA under USIA
BBG Watch Commentary The lack of adequate advance notice to our audiences is inexcusable, said numerous Voice of…
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…
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…
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…
‘America doesn’t need varnished truth’ by Al Pessin in The Hill blog, and BBG Watch commentary
Al Pessin, a senior Voice of America foreign correspondent, currently based in London, posted this commentary in one…
Götterdämmerung – Issues Of Reform, Rehabilitation, Rebirth
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost: Götterdämmerung – Issues Of Reform, Rehabilitation, Rebirth By The Federalist On…
The Hill on propaganda fears and reform of bureaucracy in charge of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary A report in The Hill, which focuses on a bipartisan bill to reform U.S. international…
Is Voice of America hobbling along? – Ariel Cohen, Blanquita Cullum, David Ensor, Dan Robinson respond
BBG Watch Commentary At the Heritage Foundation panel discussion today (April 21, 2014) on “Propaganda, Disinformation, and Dirty…
Susan Rice and Richard Stengel promote State Department’s response to Putin’s propaganda machine, offer little help so far to BBG
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. National Security Advisor to President Obama Susan Rice and U.S. Under Secretary of State…
IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott is wrong on USIA’s record at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary was provided by Ted Lipien, director of the independent Committee for U.S. International…
Bureaucrats With A Grudge
Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Bureaucrats With…
Sonenshine to leave public diplomacy post at State, sources told BBG Watch
BBG Watch Exclusive News Report and Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Under Secretary of State for…
Beware of Central Bureaucracy for USIB
BBG Watch Commentary This BBG Watch commentary on the “21st Century Vision for U.S. Global Media” paper by…
Why are 'old white guys' leaving RFE/RL?
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) top lawyer is the latest experienced executive to announce he is leaving the…
Passive aggressive BBG staff?
BBG Watch Commentary Is it only us, or was Lynne Weil engaging in a bit of passive aggressive…
Morale at Broadcasting Board of Governors grantees at all-time low due to bureaucratic power-grab
This BBG Watch Commentary is based on several inside sources. Bureaucratic power-grab After making a good start on…
The Great Pumpkin — A Halloween Look At U.S. Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) Commentary, October 31, 2008, San Francisco — Free Media Online Blog…