U.S. and International Media
BBG Watch At today’s Town Hall meeting at the Voice of America (VOA) in Washington, DC, Director David Ensor announced that he has submitted his resignation to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) yesterday and wants to leave by end…
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BBG Watch Media Independent NGO, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), has an article in Radio World, in which CUSIB executive director Ann Noonan urges the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to promptly search for a replacement…
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Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public diplomacy, disinformation, and propaganda. The following commentary is by The Federalist, one of our longtime observers of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
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Commentary All views expressed are those of the author. ANDY LACK’S FRIDAY THE 13TH NOTE: WHY AREN’T JOURNALISTS ASKING THE QUESTIONS? By Dan Robinson Andy Lack spent about one month as CEO of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
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BBG Watch Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Once again the entrenched bureaucracy of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which largely refers to the senior International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and Voice of America (VOA) executives, is proposing…
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BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of America (VOA) language service journalist who prefers to remain anonymous. Views expressed here are only those of the author and not of…
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BBG Watch Commentary As of 12:15 PM ET, Monday, March 9, 2015, the news on the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America English mobile news website on Boris Nemtsov murder investigation was more than 24 hours old, and it was not…
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BBG Watch Last Updated Mar. 09, 2015, 12:25 AM ET During a meeting with Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees in Washington on March 4, 2015, BBG Chairman Jeff Shell and BBG Governor Kenneth Weinstein answered questions focusing on the…
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BBG Watch Media U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is showing a remarkable lack of journalistic curiosity in its own affairs, and the affairs of its own parent agency — the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) — even if it…
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BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of America (VOA) journalist who prefers to remain anonymous. Views expressed here are only those of the author and not of BBG Watch,…
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House Committee On Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce Chairman Royce Statement on Resignation of U.S. International Broadcasting Executive Andy Lack Media Contact (202)225-5021 MAR 5, 2015 Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA),…
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BBG Watch At least one anonymous critic has called for Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell to step down in the aftermath of the sudden departure of BBG CEO Andy Lack who spent only a few weeks on…
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BBG Watch Media “Employees and former employees of the board, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said staff members had been caught off guard by the departure of Mr. Lack,” Ron Nixon reported for The New York Times. “Many believed…
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Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public diplomacy, disinformation, and propaganda. The following commentary is by The Federalist, one of our longtime observers of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
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