U.S. and International Media
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) senior Republican member Ambassador Victor Ashe is visiting Asia where the BBG is planning major reductions in Voice of America broadcasts. Ashe is believed to be opposed to some of these cuts and reductions…
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Ed O’Keefe’s Washington Post column, Agencies poorly track FOIA requests, report says, points out that agencies, such as the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) suffer from “shoddy records management” with regard to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests: The Board…
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Our sources tell us that Voice of America director David Ensor is expected to meet with VOA English newsroom staff Thursday. Some people are hoping to communicate with him despite lurking managing editors. One source described their plans as similar…
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A recently launched Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio website (www.savevoatibetanradio.com) and a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/savevoatibetan) urge supporters to contact their congressmen with a message to oppose elimination of Voice of America Tibetan radio by the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
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This post by Judy was in response to Broadcasting Board of Governors – We Know Who The Enemy Is, Part I by the Federalist and a comment by Another Voice. BBG Super Executives out of touch with reality by Judy…
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TV is the dinosaur: Back to the future with shortwave and Internet!” by Another Voice I have not seen the case for keeping shortwave alive made so succinctly and powerfully before as in “We Know Who the Enemy Is.” It…
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by The Federalist It certainly isn’t BBG Watch. And it isn’t the Committee on US International Broadcasting (CUSIB). One would get a different impression from snarky comments offered by some who blog from inside the Cohen Building. In our view,…
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The Dalai Lama said that Voice of America Tibetan radio is “vital medicine” for Tibetans, and the Tibetan people consider it as one of the most valuable and priceless gifts from the people and government of the United States to…
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THE VOA ANNIVERSARY WALTZ: LA DANSE MACABRE? by Quo Vadis For the past 10-15 years, as annual budget time nears, there’s a haunting presence in the halls of the Voice of America, call it, if you will, Mme La…
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A press release issued by the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) defends Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts to China and Tibet to counter the lack of press freedom and massive abuses of human rights by the Chinese communist regime….
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A guest commentary by Edite Lynch It is beyond comprehension that these Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) conduits of bad news can perform like consummate actors when required. It is shocking, abhorrent and despicable that these kinds of individuals can…
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BBG/IBB officials hold a self-congratulatory ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary, while the halls are awash with conversation about the hypocrisy of it all. That all of this is happening with no attention from Washington-based or national media reflects how…
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BBG bureaucracy versus strategy and national interests defines proposed program cuts at Voice of America The bureaucratic executive staff at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and its operating arm the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) are proposing major cuts in…
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Of late, a lot of confusion at the BBG, IBB and all of U.S. international broadcasting. Confusion about the actual VOA mission codified in the VOA Charter and passed into law P.L.94-350, confusion about the actual distinct role of surrogate…
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BBG Watch joins in the protests against repression in Tibet and renews its appeal to pressure the Obama Administration and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to reverse their decision to end Voice of America (VOA) Tibetan radio broadcasts. FOR…
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A senior Republican member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) publicly questioned the BBG decision to end Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcasts to Tibet. At an open BBG meeting Thursday, Ambassador Victor Ashe said that he and other…
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