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…
Voice of America Should Start Reporting on U.S. Marine Imprisoned in Mexico, Voice of Russia Does
BBG Watch Commentary Yet another U.S. news story not covered by the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
Voice of America often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes promotes it
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes even…
Acting Ukrainian FM meets Voice of America director, Voice of Russia reports
BBG Watch Commentary Acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Deshchytsya meet with Voice of America Director David Ensor on…
Voice of America did not send staff reporter from Washington with Biden to Ukraine, paid for Europe trip for VOA Director instead
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: Later in the day, VOA added the name of Gabe Joselow as a byline…
Other than misspelled name of Poland’s President, finally a decent VOA report on Obama heading to Europe
BBG Watch Commentary While many U.S. and international media outlets were posting full length reports and news analyses…
Voice of America fails to report Putin’s Ukraine presidential election comment
BBG Watch Commentary Yesterday, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) loaded headlines and reports (more like commentaries) were…
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…
VOA much behind BBC on Obama-Putin phone call, Voice of Russia has much more on the call than VOA
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch had reported earlier that the Voice of America (VOA) English news website was…
Voice of America ignores protest letter to Putin in NYT from Ukrainian Jews, as do Voice of Russia and RT
BBG Watch Commentary Considering insessant propaganda from the Kremlin-controlled media describing anti-Yanukovych protesters and the new Ukrainian government…
Losing Egypt and the Rest of the Arab and Muslim World
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) failed to send a correspondent with Vice President Biden to Central…
China’s CCTV gave Obama-Merkel call headlines and separate reports, Voice of America gave it one sentence
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America devoted only one sentence to Tuesday’s phone call between U.S.…
Did Voice of America executive editor assign anyone to cover White House after 3PM on Crimea referendum day?
BBG Watch Just Asking Did Voice of America executive editor assign anyone to cover White House after 3PM…
Voice of Russia has four reports on today’s Obama-Putin phone call, Voice of America has none
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another embarrassing news reporting failure, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has not…
Voice of America not reporting on U.S. reaction to death of Chinese activist Cao Shunli
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another of many news reporting failures, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America…
Vatican Radio and Voice of Russia posted reports on VP Biden’s Ukraine related trip to Poland and Lithuania — why not Voice of America?
BBG Watch Commentary Both Vatican Radio and Voice of Russia had posted on their websites full-length reports on…
China’s CCTV offers two separate reports on Obama – Xi phone call, Voice of Russia one full report — Voice of America English news has two-sentence summary
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) continues to give late and perfunctory coverage of significant…
The Russian Front: The Crimean Offensive 2014 – Part Two
International Broadcasting Bureau – Vigorously Branding Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: The Russian Front: The Crimean Offensive 2014 –…
VOA Hit and Miss: Voice of America fails to report on U.S. Ambassador accusing Russia of ‘Big Lies’
BBG Watch Commentary With Russia’s media propaganda offensive over Ukraine in full swing, U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe…
Daily Beast and FT expose ‘Putin’s Crimea Propaganda Machine’
BBG Watch Commentary From: World Media Watch The new World Media Watch website has been reporting for several…
Voice of America not updating its English radio news and homepage despite Russia’s military moves in Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Imagine that a 100% taxpayer-funded radio station charged with representing the United States with U.S.…
Voice of America gives Kerry 69 words, Voice of Russia 144 and separate report, Al Jazeera 254 words
BBG Watch Commentary When U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke Sunday morning on American TV interview programs…
Voice of Russia reports on Obama’s calls to French President and Canadian PM about Ukraine, Voice of America does not
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of Russia has reported on President Obama’s calls Saturday about Ukraine with President Hollande…
Obama gets one sentence in Voice of America newscast after phone call with Putin on Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary President Obama got only one sentence in the 7:00 PM EST Saturday online Voice of…
Voice of America English website not reporting McCain’s, other U.S. reactions to Russia’s move into Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary As of 2:00 PM EST, Voice of America English news website has no information about…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew spoke to Ukrainian opposition leader, Voice of Russia reported while Voice of America did not
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has encouraged Ukraine to begin discussions with the International Monetary…
Kerry calls Lavrov Sunday on Ukraine, Voice of Russia reports — no reporting from Voice of America
UPDATE, 7PM EST Sun. Feb. 23, 2014: Many hours after Deutsche Welle (DW), Voice of Russia and RT…
Voice of Russia reports on Ukraine statements from the White House, nothing yet on Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE, 7PM EST Sun. Feb. 23, 2014: Many hours after Deutsche Welle (DW), Voice of…
3PM VOA radio newscast refers to AM Obama-Dalai Lama meeting as if it is still taking place, no mention of hours old White House Ukraine reaction
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) not only does not frequently update its online news reports…
Even Voice of Russia offers more substance on Hollande-Obama news conference today than Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Even Voice of Russia provided more substantial news reporting today on Obama-Hollande news conference than…
US Points to Russian Role in Leak of Ukraine Phone Call, VOA reports but gives no link or videos
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) executives like to brag about multimedia, but when VOA posts reports…
Obama’s major foreign media interview on NSA ignored by Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded international media outlet Voice of America (VOA) failed to report on President Obama’s…
American journalist David Satter rejects Kremlin’s claims on reasons for visa denial
BBG Watch Exclusive David Satter, an American journalist and advisor at U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio…
Half of US Congressional politicians are millionaires — BBC, Iran Radio, RT, and others report — not Voice of America
Global Media Analyst International media have been reporting for the last two days on the latest wealth analysis…
Voice of America ignored bipartisan statements on Ukraine from Biden and McCain
BBG Watch Commentary These days, the work of the Voice of America (VOA) in reporting to the world…
Voice of America English News fails to report on Senator McCain’s and Senator Murphy’s meeting with Ukraine’s President Yanukovych
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America English News fails to provide fast, accurate, comprehensive and balanced news reporting…
Voice of America English news website still shows wrong news about Sen. McCain in Ukraine, news not being updated
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: Shortly after we posted this account, VOA English News has finally corrected its mistake…
Russia Today and Voice of Russia report on Senator McCain’s trip to Ukraine, Voice of America does not
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s state media outlet RT – Russia Today and media in Europe are reporting on…
U.S. visit to Ukraine reported by Russia Today, but not by Voice of America English service
BBG Watch Commentary Russia’s state media outlet Russia Today is reporting on a vist of a high ranking…
Russia Today now reports on Biden’s call to Yanukovych – still nothing on VOA English website
BBG Watch Commentary Several hours ago, the state broadcaster Voice of Russia (VOA) reported that that U.S. Vice President Joe…
Voice of Russia reports Biden called Ukrainian President – still no report on Voice of America English site
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: As of 7:30PM ET Monday, December 9, 2013, the Voice of America English news…
Voice of Russia name gone? – Putin goes for highly successful Russia Today brand-name in reorganization of state-run media
BBG Watch Commentary President Vladimir Putin has ordered the merger of the RIA Novosti news agency and the…
Voice of Russia quotes Ambassador Crocker, VOA English news misses key NYT Iran op-ed
BBG Watch Board Note We thought that former U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker’s New York Times op-ed on…
Russia Today indulges in Anonymous protests coverage, BBC covers, VOA ignores and reports on zombies
BBG Watch Commentary Russia Today and the Voice of Russia offered extensive coverage of worldwide Million Mask March…
Voice of America repeats Russian politician’s attack on Greenpeace without retort, misleads world on U.S. law
BBG Watch Commentary “Greenpeace’s actions were just to create a political scandal and draw more attention to Greenpeace.…
Voice of America news failures offer audience gaining opportunities for Al Jazeera, state-funded media in Russia and China
BBG Watch Commentary In an op-ed for Digital Journal, former Voice of America (VOA) executive Ted Lipien pointed…
More than 400 Russian and international media reports on Radio Liberty crisis
After the outgoing president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Steven Korn fired last September dozens of some…