Not a Lot of News Judgment at VOANews.com
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Voice of America Management Flirting With A Killer Illness
BBG Watch Commentary After an absence of several weeks, BBG Watch is pleased to welcome a new commentary…
Voice of America senior leaders must leave to make VOA effective and improve morale
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Voice of America executives still not reading VOA website
BBG Watch Commentary by Another Backbencher As of Friday, Oct 3 at 1:54am, the Voice…
Russia’s RT, BBC report on Secret Service director resignation well before Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary The news of Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigning was posted today (Wednesday)…
Voice of America ignores Syria war crimes news from Congress and White House
BBG Watch Commentary This week, Voice of America (VOA) English News failed to cover online riveting testimony in…
Maximum Hubris Revisited: Some Predictions, and Cutting Through the Propaganda – ROBINSON OP-ED
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Dan Robinson, former Voice of America…
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…
The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
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…
How to spot a Russian Twitter troll, Ukraine@war
BBG Watch Commentary “In the style of war that Putin fights, influencing the public opinion plays a very…
Voice of America gives Obama – Poroshenko meeting announcement two sentences
BBG Watch Commentary Rudderless and floundering Voice of America (VOA) English News devoted only two sentences to the…
Snowballs in Arizona
International Broadcasting Bureau – Maintaining Dysfunctional and Defunct is Our Most Important Business – Information War Lost: Snowballs…
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…
The Blame Game
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Don’t Know Anything But Dysfunctional And Defunct – Information War Lost: The Blame…
‘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…
BBG can be proud of its journalists working under defunct bureaucracy
BBG Watch Commentary Not all is defunct at the Voice of America (VOA) and the Broadcasting Board of…
Even White House can’t get Voice of America English News to report after 5PM
BBG Watch Commentary We were waiting for the proof to definitely determine what was the cause behind the…
A New Voice of America, Wall Street Journal Editorial
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch reported today that “in contrast to other Western broadcasters, such as BBC and…
Voice of America English headlines paint an image of unpopular and collapsing Ukraine government
BBG Watch Commentary In contrast to other Western broadcasters and its own Ukrainian and Russian services, Voice of…
Götterdämmerung – Issues Of Reform, Rehabilitation, Rebirth
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost: Götterdämmerung – Issues Of Reform, Rehabilitation, Rebirth By The Federalist On…
Voice of America failed to report on Obama’s statement on canonization of John XXIII and John Paul II
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America failed to report Monday on President Obama’s statement on the Canonization…
Is VOA hobbling?
BBG Watch Commentary The latest example of VOA’s hobbled state was observed on Sunday, April 20, 2014. VOA’s…
Death By Division
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Just Love Being Dysfunctional and Defunct! – Information War Lost: Death By Division By The Federalist…
Step Up!
BBG Watch Commentary With their usual tact and people skills that have made them one of the worst…
After business hours: no Voice of America report on meeting between Biden and Ukrainian PM
BBG Commentary Things have gotten back to normal at the Voice of America (VOA) after some improvement in…
Chief WH Correspondent Slams VOA in Resignation Letter – FISHBOWLDC
BBG Watch Commentary Many journalists at the Voice of America and those who knew him outside the organization…
Voice of America White House correspondent told BBG Board why VOA reporters are leaving
BBG Watch Commentary “It is my assessment that VOA’s plummeting reputation and ongoing management issues severely impacted our…
Voice of America fails to report State Department’s reaction to setencing of protesters in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another one of numerous news reporting failures, the main English language news website…
VOA journalists to management: ‘Stop Damaging Personnel Tactics’ — RECOMMENDATIONS V
We continue posting morale improving recommendations sent to BBG Watch by a group of Voice of America reporters…
Biden threatened Yanukovych with sanctions in a call on Thursday, BBC, DW, RFE/RL reported – no report or updating of Ukraine news by Voice of America Thursday evening and Friday morning
BBG Watch Commentary 4:00 AM EST UPDATE: VOA English audio newscast accessed online at 4:00 AM EST Friday…
Voice of America journalists propose replacing gimmicks with real reforms – RECOMMENDATIONS I
BBG Watch Commentary A group of Voice of America (VOA) journalists expressed their disappointment upon learning from a…
Moving On
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War: Lost, Dead Hardcore Dysfunctional and Defunct – Moving On By The Federalist…
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War: Lost and Dead – Freedom and Democracy Corrupted
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War: Lost and Dead – Freedom and Democracy Corrupted By The Federalist All governments,…
Voice of America fails to report on yet another phone call between U.S. Vice President Biden and Ukraine’s President Yanukovych
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another of a long string of news reporting failures, the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…
Intimidated Voice of America reporters protest anonymously against ‘fluff journalism’ pushed by management
BBG Watch Commentary Intimidated by the upper management into public silence, Voice of America (VOA) journalists protest anonymously…
Pope Francis’s appeal for dialogue in Ukraine missed by VOA and BBC, reported by Russia’s RT
BBG Watch Commentary Vatican Radio, Russia’s RT and Voice of Russia, Canada’s CBC, Australia’s ABC, Christian Science Monitor,…
VOA Newsroom Follow-Up
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional And Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: VOA Newsroom…
Voice of America English News joins Russia’s RT in editorializing headline about Ukrainian opposition
BBG Watch Commentary Both U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) Worldwide English News and Russia’s RT English news…
Back To The Newsroom and a Side Trip
Noted and reported by BBG Watch: “Due to the severe weather forecast for tomorrow, we [IBB and Gallup]…
Lessons in leadership, journalism and VOA Charter from employees for Director Ensor
BBG Watch Commentary Employees of the Voice of America (VOA) and other federal units of the Broadcasting Board…
Voice of America Persian Service hours behind BBC in online reporting on Obama Iran nuclear deal statement
BBG Watch Commentary The embattled Voice of America (VOA) Persian Service was today (Sunday. Jan. 12) hours behind…
Voice of America fails to report on President Obama’s Statement on Coptic Christmas
BBG Watch Commentary Late yesterday, Tuesday, January 7, BBG Watch reported that the English website of the Voice…
Plagiarized article on Romans eating giraffe gets a top news posting three days late on Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Number seven news item in the Voice of America (VOA) English website’s top world news…
Voice of America English News has no report on California law license granted to undocumented immigrant, Russia’s RT does
BBG Watch Commentary As incredible as it may sound, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) charged by Congress…
The Russian Front – The Federalist
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: The…
VOA Reporting About North Korea Needs to Change – RFA’s Korean Service Provides Insight On Execution Of Kim Jong Un’s Uncle
BBG Watch Commentary Well-managed on a small budget, Radio Free Asia (RFA) has been doing an excellent job…
RT beats VOA on breaking U.S. news – U.S. judge rules NSA phone spying is legal
BBG Watch Commentary LATEST UPDATE: Sometime between 4PM and 5:15PM, the Reuters story on the NSA court ruling…
Voice of America not updating news on brutal beating of Ukrainian journalist
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch UPDATE: As of 12:45AM ET, December 26, the VOA English website still has…
How and why Voice of America news reporting failed on Khodorkovsky and the White House
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that the failure of the Central English Newsroom at the Voice…