Anthony Blinken Meets Kelu Chao – USAGM Watch Holds Voice of America and USAGM Government Officials Accountable
USAGM Watch Commentary In recent years, USAGM Watch has uncovered and commented on multiple management scandals and journalistic…
My Question for Voice of America
OPINION By Ted Lipien I don’t engage in U.S. partisan politics and do not support one U.S. presidential…
Will Voice of America Campaign Video Help Biden Win Michigan?
USAGM Commentary This BBGWatch.com (USAGM – BBG Watch) video is about the Voice of America (VOA) Urdu Service one-sided social media presentation…
Obama-Biden White House Used Voice of America for Political Publicity with No Protests from VOA, Liberal Media or Congress
USAGM Watch Commentary There were no protests from the Voice of America (VOA) English central newsroom reporters, liberal…
Voice of America Election News 1996 – 2020 Went From Balance to Bias
USAGM Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the $800 million U.S. Agency for Global…
How do you call Trump a pig in Ukrainian? Voice of America will tell you
BBG Watch Commentary How do you call Donald Trump a pig in Ukrainian? U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224 million in…
RFE/RL video commentary on death of Robert Conquest, pedestrian VOA Russian coverage
BBG Watch Commentary As Voice of America (VOA) English News website completely ignored the recent death of British-American…
Robert Conquest and Voice of America’s intellectual decline
BBG Watch Commentary Robert Conquest (left), who died on August 3, 2015, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom…
Voice of America journalist to moderate election debates in Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Not everything at the Voice of America (VOA) is doom and gloom despite serious management…
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…
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…
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…
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…
RT and Voice of Russia have much more on U.S. troops going to Poland, Baltics, and Black Sea than Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s Kremlin-run media outlets, RT and Voice of Russia, have done considerably more reporting on…
Is VOA hobbling?
BBG Watch Commentary The latest example of VOA’s hobbled state was observed on Sunday, April 20, 2014. VOA’s…
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…
Voice of America – Yesterday’s News Tomorrow – 24 Hours Late on Moscow Anti-Censorship Protest
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America English news website was more than 24 hours late in posting a…
BBG Media Highlights – March 4, 2014 – Voice of America Ukrainian Service lacks resources to update Twitter and Facebook
BBG Watch Commentary – “BBG Media Highlights” are distributed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) – a…
As Russian occupation of Ukraine expands — Voice of America Ukrainian Service lacks resources to update Twitter and Facebook
BBG Watch Commentary A check done by BBG Watch at 11:00 PM EST Monday, March 3, shows that…
China’s CCTV reported Secretary Hagel spoke with Ukrainian Defense Minister — no reporting from Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary We have learned from China’s CCTV that on Friday afternoon U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck…
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 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…
Obama’s most extensive comments to date on Ukraine don’t get a separate report from VOA in more than 40 languages
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has failed to post a separate report online in…
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Tweeted about Kerry’s phone call with Ukrainian opposition leaders – no reporting from Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: After BBG Watch posted this report, VOA finally produced a report on Kerry and…
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,…
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…
For U.S. reactions to news from Ukraine go to Wash. Post, not Voice of America English website
BBG Watch Commentary A news article in today’s Washington Post by Bill Englund, a Pulitzer Prize winner Washington…
U.S. considers VOA and RFE/RL programs to Ukraine ‘ very valuable’ and ‘very important’
BBG Watch Commentary The independent Committee For U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has issued a press release…
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…
Day later, Voice of America English website still has no updates on beating of Ukrainian journalist
BBG Watch Commentary Despite many new details emerging, as well as videos, photos and protests from U.S. officials,…
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…
CUSIB welcomes management reforms by Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that members of the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB…