VOA Kurdish – BBG and USAGM Watch

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Sen. Menendez’s ‘arms for Ukraine’ call merits top headline on BBC, but not on Voice of America English news website

August 31, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Key American senators, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator John McCain…

5 minute read

Voice of America TOP STORY Headline: PUTIN ASKS RUSSIA TO STOP MILITARY OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE

August 29, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary PUTIN ASKS RUSSIA TO STOP MILITARY OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE TOP STORIES…

5 minute read

Russian RT paid more attention to American Jim Foley than Voice of America, obliterated VOA in social media

August 28, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary The Kremlin’s external media outlet RT (formerly Russia Today) once again beat U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…

8 minute read

Voice of America obliterated by Russia’s RT on Ferguson coverage, social media outreach

August 27, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) was not only late in reporting online on the killing of…

7 minute read

Voice of America does not post a profile of slain U.S. journalist Jim Foley, RT of Russia does

August 25, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) did not post a profile of slain U.S. journalist Jim Foley;…

13 minute read

Voice of America ignores U.S. observances of Hitler – Stalin Pact anniversary

August 25, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America management ignores U.S. statements on Hitler – Stalin Pact 75th anniversary and…

13 minute read

Different perspectives on U.S. help for Yazidi refugees in Iraq, Voice of America role

August 19, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary NBC News and Fox News provided remarkably different perspectives of the American Yazidi community views…

5 minute read

On Ferguson, Voice of America top brass shows Rick Stengel why Russia’s RT is better

August 18, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting on August 13 in Washington,…

6 minute read

Voice of America bosses and staff on vacation, no VOA reporter in Ferguson, Missouri

August 18, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary The same management of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), which provided on-the-scene coverage of…

3 minute read

NBC interviews Voice of America journalist and Yazidi activist – BBG Media Highlights – August 18, 2014

August 18, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Media Highlights are compiled, posted and sent out to subscribers by the staff of…

4 minute read

CUSIB’s ANN NOONAN: management meltdown at the Voice of America

August 15, 2014

Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), speaking…

19 minute read

Voice of America snubs White House aide Ben Rhodes speaking on VOA’s future, Russia’s RT had a report

August 15, 2014

BBG Commentary Whether it was a deliberate snub or yet another example of management and news reporting meltdown…

12 minute read

BBG hears from the White House, CUSIB

August 14, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary In remarks to the Board of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Assistant to the…

4 minute read

‘Death Knell in Fine Print for Voice of America’ BELIDA and PACE

August 11, 2014

Alex Belida and Sonja Pace, former senior news executives and foreign correspondents with the Voice of America, believe…

15 minute read

Voice of America Kurdish Service has no homepage story on Obama hours after statement on Kurdish refugees in Iraq

August 9, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Nearly three hours after President Obama made a statement on Iraq, in which spoke about…

2 minute read

Voice of America Kurdish Service Did Not Post New Tweets for 10 Hours Despite Humanitarian Tragedy in Iraq

August 9, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Despite a tremendous humanitarian tragedy in Iraq involving tens of thousands of Kurds and Kurdish-speaking…

2 minute read

Voice of America Kurdish Service Facebook Page Not Updated for 11 Hours

August 9, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Despite a tremendous humanitarian tragedy in Iraq involving tens of thousands of Kurds and Kurdish-speaking…