Remembering Radio Liberty in Exile Journalists on Thanksgiving
As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, BBG Watch remembers Radio Liberty journalists who were brutally fired without a warning or…
Russian and international media continue to report on Radio Liberty crisis
BBG Watch Commentary After Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) fired more than 30 Radio Liberty journalists in Moscow,…
Russian human rights leaders issue a second letter denouncing RFE/RL president Korn, ask Secretary Clinton and Congress to intervene
BBG Watch Commentary In a second letter sent in the last two months to the U.S. Senate Committee…
Russian media report on launching of Radio Liberty in Exile news website SvobodaNew.com
Interfax, the biggest non-governmental Russian news agency, reported the launching of SvobodaNew.com, the news and information website set…
RFE/RL management blocks employee access to Radio Liberty in Exile website SvobodaNew.com
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the management of BBG-supervised Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Russia expert David Satter offers scathing criticism of RFE/RL president Steven Korn
BBG Watch Commentary In a wide-ranging interview recored at the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Russia scholar, journalist and…
Mysterious absence of BBG member Dennis Mulhaupt
BBG Watch Commentary Where is Dennis Mulhaupt? It is the question being asked today at the Broadcasting Board…
RFE/RL president Korn refuses to provide information to BBG committee on Masha Gessen and his trip to Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that in an unprecedented act of defiance, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Victor Ashe increases pressure on RFE/RL president Korn to resign, BBG worldwide audience declines
At the Broadcasting Board of Governors Strategy & Budget Committee open meeting held today (November 15, 2012) at…
New Radio Liberty ignores Gorbachev's new book, misses Obama-Putin call and other news stories
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Post had a AP story about the release of former president Mikhail Gorbachev’s…
Obama-Putin phone call ignored by new Radio Liberty website
As of Wednesday morning Moscow time, the new Radio Liberty website has posted no news on its home…
UK-based Russia expert Masha Karp analyzes Radio Liberty's demise
Masha Karp is a trustee of Rights in Russia and a London-based freelance journalist with a special interest in relations between Russia…
Victor Ashe criticizes Broadcasting Board of Governors for inaction in addressing management crises
Ambassador Victor Ashe, a member of the bipartisan board of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal…
Mikhail Sokolov – fired Radio Liberty journalist disliked by Putin and RFE/RL president Korn
In his remarks to his senior staffers, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president Steven Korn made dismissive comments…
Radio Liberty in Exile Russian journalists appeal in a video to U.S. Congress for help
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty in Exile responds to RFE/RL President Steven Korn’s dismissive comments about Russian opposition…
EuroNews – Radio Liberty ends Russia broadcasts
EuroNews reported on the ending of Radio Liberty Russian broadcasts on a medium wave frequency in Moscow on…
Research from Putin's pollster in Chechnya used to silence Radio Liberty, former RL journalist reports
A former Radio Liberty investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko wrote in her blog that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)…
Radio Liberty in Exile posts RFE/RL president Steven Korn's dismissive comments about Russian opposition leaders
BBG Watch Commentary Enterprising Radio Liberty in Exile journalists have obtained an audio file of Radio Free Europe/Radio…
Former Radio Liberty broadcaster calls on Secretary Clinton to confront damage to U.S. public diplomacy caused by BBG and RFE/RL officials
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 U.S.A. …
BBG has work to do, union says
Reposted from the AFGE Local 1812 website. Work To Do We thought we would sift through the initial…
Business as usual at BBG, union says
Reposted from the AFGE Local 1812 website. Business As Usual For those AFGE Local 1812 Local members who…
Stratfor analyzes silencing of Radio Liberty
Stratfor, a subscription-based provider of geopolitical analysis, published a article on the Kremlin’s crackdown on independent media and…
Radio Liberty making waves: have no lessons from the past been learnt?
This article by fired Radio Liberty human rights reporter Kristina Gorelik is reposted with permission from the openDemocracy…
BBG Governors refuse to work, may cancel November meeting, leave incompetent executives in charge
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that two Broadcasting Board of Governors members, interim presiding governor Michael…
Democratic and Republican Congressmen are concerned with BBG's practice of replacing federal employees with contractors
Two U.S. Congressmen from North Carolina, Democrat G.K. Butterfield and Republican Walter B. Jones, have written a letter…
Will Brutally Fired Radio Liberty Journalists See Generous, Compassionate, Tolerant America?
BBG Watch Commentary Will the board members and top executives of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) learn…
London Times – Voice of liberty falls silent after 60 years
A today’s report by Michael Binyon in The Times of London states that the abrupt firing of dozens…
OpenDemocracy republishes BBG Watch commentary by former Radio Liberty journalist
Online UK-based openDemocracy journal republished a BBG Watch article by Anastasia Kirilenko “The Death of Radio Liberty.” “US-funded…
Lyudmila Alexeeva responds to RFE/RL President Korn – Video with English subtitles
Leading Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva responds to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president Steven Korn’s decision…
U.S. Still Needs Radio for Public Diplomacy in the Internet Age – WPR
Tom Woods, World Politics Review analyst, wrote that during the last presidential debate, which was focused on foreign…
Mr. Korn's "Field of Dreams" at Radio Liberty
A commentary from a BBG Watch contributor in Prague. After viewing the link to the meeting between Radio…
Radio Liberty-in-Exile posts YouTube video of Lyudmila Alexeeva confronting RFE/RL president Steven Korn
Almost the complete transcript of Lyudmila Alexeeva’s statement can be found in this earlier BBG Watch report: Human…
RFE/RL censors comments critical of its top management
This report was prepared for BBG Watch by a retired RFE/RL senior Russian Service editor. UPDATE: After the…
One of the worst-managed federal agencies, BBG, has become even worse
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has received even lower scores in the 2012 Federal…
A New Plan for New Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary A New Plan for New Radio Liberty by Lev Roitman, RFE/RL Senior Commentator (1974-2004) We…
Former Radio Liberty chief editor calls on RFE/RL president Korn to resign, offers a taste of British humor
BBG Watch Commentary Leonid Finkelstein is a writer and a former international broadcaster. While still a student in…
Why I Left Radio Liberty
Why I Left Radio Liberty by Anastasia Kirilenko I am a 28-year-old Russian web editor and investigative radio…
Digital investment wasted by incompetence and strategic blunders
Digital investment in Radio Liberty wasted by incompetence and strategic blunders A commentary by Ivan Trefilov, former Radio…
Human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva stopped cooperating with Radio Liberty, accused RFE/RL president Korn of mistreating journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Famous Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva (also spelled Alexeyeva), whose programs on Radio Liberty…
Radio Liberty-in-Exile appeals to Obama and Romney for help, former Reagan campaign official adds his support
The Radio Liberty-in-Exile group of fired journalists and those who resigned in protest against actions of the American…
BBG Strategy and Budget Committee to discuss Radio Liberty in Russia
According to an officials announcement on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) website, the BBG Strategy and Budget…
Human rights activist Pavel Litvinov calls for bringing back fired Radio Liberty journalists
During a panel discussion in Moscow on Monday, Russian writer, human rights activist and former Soviet-era political prisoner…
Radio Liberty-in-Exile protest in Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty president Steve Korn took a condescending approach toward Mikhail Sokholov, one…
Radio Liberty-in-Exile protest in Moscow planned for Monday
BBG Watch – www.bbgwatch.com Commentary Radio Liberty-in-Exile group of fired Radio Liberty journalists is planning a protest in…
Was damage to Radio Liberty intentional?
This BBG Watch Commentary was written by an anonymous employee. How long until the Governors at the Broadcasting…
Fired Radio Liberty journalists invite RFE/RL president Korn to meet with them in Moscow, plan protest events
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty-in-Exile group (Radio Svoboda-in-Exile) is planning a number of events and protests to coincide…
Radio Liberty in Exile getting ready for a big fight with RFE/RL executives Korn and Ragona
BBG Watch Commentary Dozens of former Radio Liberty journalists fired by American managers who used guards and other…
American scholars speak out against firing of Radio Liberty journalists
David Satter, a former Moscow correspondent, has criticized the mass firings and changes at Radio Liberty in a…
Union Calls For Congressional Hearings On The BBG's Erratic Leadership,
The AFGE Local 1812 union representing employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has called for congressional…
Corti and Lipien in National Review – Radio Liberty silenced by Washington
BBG Watch Commentary In an article published in National Review Online, Mario Corti and Ted Lipien argue that…