U.S. and International Media
OPINION Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org) spoke in Washington, DC at the U.S. Agency for Global Media’s (USAGM) Board of Governors open meeting on June 5, 2019. She discussed a continuing…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called recently for a leadership change at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) “to perform its function in a way that is important and noble,” but the USAGM…
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BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary On April 27, 2019 Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan (2018 photo) spoke in tribute to Harry Wu, the late CUSIB Advisory Board member and founder of the Laogai Museum, and…
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BBG Watch Commentary At the open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) on November 14, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan once again asked presidentially-appointed Board members who advise CEO John Lansing and other…
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BBG Watch Commentary Amid upheaval and controversy caused by the Voice of America (VOA) senior management’s treatment of Mandarin Service programs and journalists, the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) continues to focus on human rights…
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OPINION BBG Watch Guest Commentary History’s Mysteries: Those Who Listen in the Dark (解密时刻：偷听“敌台” 美国之音 英文字幕版) 32,323 views as of April 19, 2018 魏京生：“那个时候开始，悄悄地在家里头，收音机打开慢慢找找找，找着了。”Starting at that time, at home in secret, I would turn on the radio and slowly turn…
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BBG Watch Commentary Remarks to the Chinese American staff made this week by Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett, who — according to numerous reports — had ordered the shortening of the April 19, 2017 VOA interview with Chinese…
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BBG Watch Commentary The independent, non-partisan NGO, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has reacted to the news that the person appointed by Voice of America’s (VOA) senior management as VOA China Branch Chief does not speak nor read Mandarin….
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BBG Watch Commentary Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) spoke at the open board meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) held in Washington, DC on March 14, 2018….
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BBG Watch Commentary UK-based award-winning investigative reporter Shahida Tulaganova joined another award-winning journalist Khadija Ismayilova, a former political prisoner in Azerbaijan, in criticizing the management of their former employer, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) for killing journalism, creativity…
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BBG Watch Commentary “Voice of America China Guo Wengui Part I” was the most viewed post on the BBG Watch site in 2017, getting 17,050 website views in addition to any views and engagements on social media. The second most…
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OPINION An important article in Foreign Affairs on Russia’s propaganda and disinformation against the West, “How to Stand Up to the Kremlin: Defending Democracy Against Its Enemies,” co-written by former Vice President Joe Biden and Michael Carpenter, Senior Director of…
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BBG Watch Commentary Irwin Steven (Steve) Goldstein was sworn in today, December 4, 2017, as Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at the State Department. Nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he is likely…
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BBG Watch Commentary The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission‘s findings on Guo Wengui and Voice of America (VOA) may prompt more questions about corporate investments of Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and VOA officials in China. The Commission, created…
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BBG Watch Ann Noonan, Executive Director for the independent and nonpartisan NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) spoke at the open BBG board meeting in Washington, DC on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, about the VOA Guo Wengui…
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BBG Watch Commentary Former New York Times Beijing Bureau employee, Chinese journalist and political commentator Zhao Yan, told members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) today in Washington how his freelance contract with the Voice of America (VOA) as…
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