Read More 2 minute read Not a Lot of News Judgment at VOANews.comNovember 4, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 11 minute read Voice of America Management Flirting With A Killer IllnessOctober 26, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary After an absence of several weeks, BBG Watch is pleased to welcome a new commentary…
Read More 13 minute read Voice of America senior leaders must leave to make VOA effective and improve moraleOctober 20, 2014 BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Read More 1 minute read Voice of America executives still not reading VOA websiteOctober 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary by Another Backbencher As of Friday, Oct 3 at 1:54am, the Voice…
Read More 3 minute read Russia’s RT, BBC report on Secret Service director resignation well before Voice of AmericaOctober 1, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The news of Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigning was posted today (Wednesday)…
Read More 17 minute read Voice of America ignores Syria war crimes news from Congress and White HouseAugust 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary This week, Voice of America (VOA) English News failed to cover online riveting testimony in…
Read More 9 minute read Maximum Hubris Revisited: Some Predictions, and Cutting Through the Propaganda – ROBINSON OP-EDJuly 18, 2014 Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Dan Robinson, former Voice of America…
Read More 6 minute read A historical perspective on H.R. 4490 debate — propaganda — public diplomacy — VOA CharterJuly 13, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary VOA CHARTER To protect the integrity of VOA programming and define the organization’s mission, the…
Read More 3 minute read The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG WatchJuly 9, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
Read More 6 minute read BBG union comes under pressure for supporting H.R. 4490 bipartisan reform billJuly 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812 union known for winning lawsuits to save…
Read More 2 minute read How to spot a Russian Twitter troll, Ukraine@warJune 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary “In the style of war that Putin fights, influencing the public opinion plays a very…
Read More 32 minute read Voice of America gives Obama – Poroshenko meeting announcement two sentencesJune 1, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Rudderless and floundering Voice of America (VOA) English News devoted only two sentences to the…
Read More 6 minute read Snowballs in ArizonaMay 26, 2014 International Broadcasting Bureau – Maintaining Dysfunctional and Defunct is Our Most Important Business – Information War Lost: Snowballs…
Read More 7 minute read Armstrong Going Off The Script: Calling H.R. 4490 ‘less than inarticulate’May 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – Onward With Dysfunctional and Defunct! Information War Lost: Armstrong Going Off…
Read More 6 minute read The Blame GameMay 19, 2014 International Broadcasting Bureau – We Don’t Know Anything But Dysfunctional And Defunct – Information War Lost: The Blame…
Read More 5 minute read ‘America doesn’t need varnished truth’ by Al Pessin in The Hill blog, and BBG Watch commentaryMay 16, 2014 Al Pessin, a senior Voice of America foreign correspondent, currently based in London, posted this commentary in one…
Read More 6 minute read BBG can be proud of its journalists working under defunct bureaucracyMay 11, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Not all is defunct at the Voice of America (VOA) and the Broadcasting Board of…
Read More 4 minute read Even White House can’t get Voice of America English News to report after 5PMMay 8, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary We were waiting for the proof to definitely determine what was the cause behind the…
Read More 3 minute read A New Voice of America, Wall Street Journal EditorialMay 6, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch reported today that “in contrast to other Western broadcasters, such as BBC and…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America English headlines paint an image of unpopular and collapsing Ukraine governmentMay 6, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In contrast to other Western broadcasters and its own Ukrainian and Russian services, Voice of…
Read More 6 minute read Götterdämmerung – Issues Of Reform, Rehabilitation, RebirthMay 5, 2014 International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost: Götterdämmerung – Issues Of Reform, Rehabilitation, Rebirth By The Federalist On…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America failed to report on Obama’s statement on canonization of John XXIII and John Paul IIApril 28, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America failed to report Monday on President Obama’s statement on the Canonization…
Read More 3 minute read Is VOA hobbling?April 22, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The latest example of VOA’s hobbled state was observed on Sunday, April 20, 2014. VOA’s…
Read More 8 minute read Death By DivisionApril 19, 2014 International Broadcasting Bureau – We Just Love Being Dysfunctional and Defunct! – Information War Lost: Death By Division By The Federalist…
Read More 10 minute read Step Up!April 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary With their usual tact and people skills that have made them one of the worst…
Read More 5 minute read After business hours: no Voice of America report on meeting between Biden and Ukrainian PMMarch 13, 2014 BBG Commentary Things have gotten back to normal at the Voice of America (VOA) after some improvement in…
Read More 2 minute read Chief WH Correspondent Slams VOA in Resignation Letter – FISHBOWLDCMarch 6, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Many journalists at the Voice of America and those who knew him outside the organization…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America White House correspondent told BBG Board why VOA reporters are leavingFebruary 28, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary “It is my assessment that VOA’s plummeting reputation and ongoing management issues severely impacted our…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America fails to report State Department’s reaction to setencing of protesters in RussiaFebruary 26, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In yet another one of numerous news reporting failures, the main English language news website…
Read More 8 minute read VOA journalists to management: ‘Stop Damaging Personnel Tactics’ — RECOMMENDATIONS VFebruary 24, 2014 We continue posting morale improving recommendations sent to BBG Watch by a group of Voice of America reporters…
Read More 4 minute read 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 morningFebruary 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary 4:00 AM EST UPDATE: VOA English audio newscast accessed online at 4:00 AM EST Friday…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America journalists propose replacing gimmicks with real reforms – RECOMMENDATIONS IFebruary 19, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary A group of Voice of America (VOA) journalists expressed their disappointment upon learning from a…
Read More 4 minute read Moving OnFebruary 17, 2014 International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War: Lost, Dead Hardcore Dysfunctional and Defunct – Moving On By The Federalist…
Read More 7 minute read International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War: Lost and Dead – Freedom and Democracy CorruptedFebruary 8, 2014 International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War: Lost and Dead – Freedom and Democracy Corrupted By The Federalist All governments,…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America fails to report on yet another phone call between U.S. Vice President Biden and Ukraine’s President YanukovychFebruary 5, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In yet another of a long string of news reporting failures, the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…
Read More 11 minute read Intimidated Voice of America reporters protest anonymously against ‘fluff journalism’ pushed by managementFebruary 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Intimidated by the upper management into public silence, Voice of America (VOA) journalists protest anonymously…
Read More 4 minute read Pope Francis’s appeal for dialogue in Ukraine missed by VOA and BBC, reported by Russia’s RTJanuary 27, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Vatican Radio, Russia’s RT and Voice of Russia, Canada’s CBC, Australia’s ABC, Christian Science Monitor,…
Read More 7 minute read VOA Newsroom Follow-UpJanuary 27, 2014 International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional And Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: VOA Newsroom…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America English News joins Russia’s RT in editorializing headline about Ukrainian oppositionJanuary 26, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Both U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) Worldwide English News and Russia’s RT English news…
Read More 8 minute read Back To The Newsroom and a Side TripJanuary 22, 2014 Noted and reported by BBG Watch: “Due to the severe weather forecast for tomorrow, we [IBB and Gallup]…
Read More 5 minute read Lessons in leadership, journalism and VOA Charter from employees for Director EnsorJanuary 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Employees of the Voice of America (VOA) and other federal units of the Broadcasting Board…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America Persian Service hours behind BBC in online reporting on Obama Iran nuclear deal statementJanuary 13, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The embattled Voice of America (VOA) Persian Service was today (Sunday. Jan. 12) hours behind…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America fails to report on President Obama’s Statement on Coptic ChristmasJanuary 8, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Late yesterday, Tuesday, January 7, BBG Watch reported that the English website of the Voice…
Read More 10 minute read Plagiarized article on Romans eating giraffe gets a top news posting three days late on Voice of AmericaJanuary 7, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Number seven news item in the Voice of America (VOA) English website’s top world news…
Read More 15 minute read Voice of America English News has no report on California law license granted to undocumented immigrant, Russia’s RT doesJanuary 4, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary As incredible as it may sound, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) charged by Congress…
Read More 10 minute read The Russian Front – The FederalistJanuary 1, 2014 International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: The…
Read More 4 minute read VOA Reporting About North Korea Needs to Change – RFA’s Korean Service Provides Insight On Execution Of Kim Jong Un’s UncleDecember 29, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Well-managed on a small budget, Radio Free Asia (RFA) has been doing an excellent job…
Read More 7 minute read RT beats VOA on breaking U.S. news – U.S. judge rules NSA phone spying is legalDecember 27, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary LATEST UPDATE: Sometime between 4PM and 5:15PM, the Reuters story on the NSA court ruling…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America not updating news on brutal beating of Ukrainian journalistDecember 26, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch UPDATE: As of 12:45AM ET, December 26, the VOA English website still has…
Read More 5 minute read How and why Voice of America news reporting failed on Khodorkovsky and the White HouseDecember 21, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that the failure of the Central English Newsroom at the Voice…