U.S. and International Media
BBG Watch Media As reported by the Washington Free Beacon, “Congress is preparing to ask the State Department inspector general to conduct an investigation into the Voice of America and whether it was pressured by China to halt a live…
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BBG Watch Commentary Two of “VOA Mandarin Five” journalists suspended with pay by Voice of America director Amanda Bennett showed great courage, dignity and strength in describing their ordeal over the shortened Guo Wengui interview controversy to members of the…
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BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service chief, Dr. Sasha Gong, spoke today at the open board meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). She is one of the “VOA Mandarin Five” journalists placed on administrative leave…
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OPINION Can Things Get Any Worse? US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist When it comes to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the Voice of America (VOA) the answer is: yes, they can….
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BBG WATCH COMMENTARY In a rare comment from America’s top diplomat about increasing programming and management controversies at the Voice of America (VOA), Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in response to a question from Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) at…
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BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Four Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service journalists have expressed concerns that their personal security has been jeopardized as a result of what they allege is a botched-up and retaliatory investigation launched against them by VOA’s…
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BBG Watch Commentary “A dispute over why Voice of America abruptly shut down an interview with a vocal critic of Beijing is raising questions about whether Chinese leadership influenced the U.S. broadcaster,” CNBC reporter Evelyn Cheng wrote in an online…
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BBG Watch Commentary In a speech delivered at a largely Chinese American event in Flushing, New York organized by Beijing Spring to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive…
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BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) director Robert R. Reilly had his letter to the editor published in the Wall Street Journal, in which he defends five VOA Mandarin Service journalists under fire from current VOA director Amanda…
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BBG Watch Commentary As reported by the Voice of America (VOA), “Sunday marks 28 years since Chinese tanks rolled into crowds of demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, opening fire and killing hundreds of pro-democracy activists. Some estimates put the total number…
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BBG Watch Media Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, commented on the latest scandal at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) where a decision by Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett and other senior…
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BBG Watch Media Sasha Gong, Voice of America’s Mandarin Service Chief who has been suspended by VOA director Amanda Bennett, has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled “How China Managed to Muffle the Voice of America.” The full…
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BBG Watch Commentary Wei Jingsheng, an internationally known leader in the 1978 Chinese Democracy Wall Movement, former political prisoner in China for 18 years and winner of the 1994 Olof Palme Prize and the 1996 Sakharov Prize has called for…
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BBG Watch Media Commentary Veteran Washington journalist and political author Bill Gertz reports in the Washington Free Beacon that an exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with former close ties to the Chinese communist government has begun revealing secrets about Beijing’s…
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OPINION A Good Swift Kick US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist Professor Martha Bayles is an erudite chronicler of US Government international broadcasting. Much of the time, we find her observations to be exceptionally…
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BBG Watch Commentary, Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien has posted a comment in response to Ms. Martha Bayles’ article, “Don’t Kick VOA When It’s Down” published on the website of the Public Diplomacy Council. Lipien,…
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