Steven Korn condemns media critics of his soon-to-end tenure as RFE/RL president
BBG Watch Commentary The outgoing Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president and CEO Steven Korn, whose resignation becomes…
Gregory Feifer: Rebuilding Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary “Still greatly respected in many former Soviet republics, Radio Liberty is also admired in Russia. Rebuilding it…
Radio Liberty crisis that didn't go away in two weeks – media review update, Jan. 12, 2013
BBG Watch Commentary After the outgoing president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Steven Korn fired last September…
John O’Sullivan: Mass Firings at Radio Liberty Help Putin; Hurt Press Freedom
BBG Watch Commentary The former editorial chief of Radio Free Europe says the mass firings of top radio…
One of Ukraine's most famous journalists welcomes resignation of RFE/RL president
BBG Watch Commentary One of Ukraine’s most famous independent journalists Vitali Portnikov welcomed the resignation of Radio Free…
Masha Gessen sends a message she's untouchable at Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary “The Untouchable” – Masha Gessen In an attempt to hold on to her job as…
National Endowment for Democracy blog reports on Radio Liberty crisis
Democracy Digest, a blog published by the National Endowment for Democracy, is reporting on the current crisis and…
'At Voice of America, Complaints About Its Iranian Coverage,' Wall Street Journal op-ed
BBG Watch Commentary An op-ed in The Wall Street Journal by Sohrab Ahmari, “At Voice of America, Complaints…
BBG Watch broke the ill covered Radio Liberty story, says John O'Sullivan in National Review
BBG Watch Commentary In an National Review article, “How to Listen to the Radio: The ill-covered crisis at…
Steven Korn's Wasteful Personal Spending at RFE/RL by Judy Bachrach in World Affairs
BBG Watch Commentary In one of the best investigative journalism reports on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a…
European public interest journalism expert calls for Ragona and Gessen to leave, return of fired Radio Liberty staff
BBG Watch Commentary European public interest journalism expert Zygmunt Dzieciolowski has called on the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Steven Korn continues to defame Radio Liberty journalists in Washington Post interview
BBG Watch Commentary In an interview with The Washington Post, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President and CEO…
"Turmoil Over America's Radio Voice in Russia," former RFE/RL executive editor writes in Wall Street Journal
BBG Watch Commentary John O’Sullivan, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty executive editor (2008-11) and vice president (2011), the…
Gessen and Ragona say Russian media reports of Korn's departure from RFE/RL are nothing but rumors, insiders disagree
BBG Watch Commentary President of Radio Liberty Dismissed for Destroying Editorial Office – Russia Today, Dec. 25, 2012 Radio…
Korn Fired: Meltdown at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty by Judy Bachrach in World Affairs
BBG Watch Commentary In one of the best investigative journalism reports on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a…
Russian and international media on Radio Liberty crisis, Dec. 20, 2012
RFE/RL President Steven Korn assured BBG members last September that the controversy over his mass firing of Radio…
Gessen's attacks on Radio Liberty's American supporters bring more negative Russian media coverage
BBG Watch Commentary Recent attacks in Russian by Masha Gessen, the new head of Radio Liberty’s Russian Service,…
BBG member counters Masha Gessen's spin on Radio Liberty in Russian media
BBG Watch Commentary It used to be the job of the director of Radio Liberty’s Russian Service to…
Russian and international media on Radio Liberty crisis, Dec. 13, 2012
Shortly after his executives fired dozens of Radio Liberty journalists in Moscow last September, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Russian and international media on Radio Liberty crisis, Dec. 12, 2012
Shortly after his executives fired dozens of Radio Liberty journalists in Moscow last September, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
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,…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
U.S. News & World Report article on VOA notes firings at Radio Liberty, idleness of BBG members
BBG Watch Commentary The destruction of Radio Liberty story is not going away. In an article devoted largely…
New Moscow Times article quotes Mario Corti's BBG Watch comments on Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President Steven Korn assured members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
NPR on U.S. Broadcasting Crisis in Moscow – Radio Liberty Going Off The Air In Russia
BBG WATCH COMMENTARY National Public Radio (NPR) online article (audio report is also available) quotes statements from Radio…
U.S. media – Obama caves to Putin on Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Reports and editorials in U.S. media have begun noticing the mass firing of Radio Liberty…
RFE/RL President Korn in Moscow Times – a desperate plea of American manager disconnected from reality
BBG Watch Commentary In a desperate effort to salvage his reputation and that of his choice for the…
The Washington Free Beacon on end of pro-democracy broadcasts in Russia
The Washington Free Beacon reporter Adam Kredo has reported in an article published Monday on many negative reaction…
Washington Times publishes op-ed by former journalism student intern at Radio Liberty
The Washington Times newspaper has published an op-ed by a young Russian university student Kirill Filimonov, in which…
Former Broadcasting Board of Governors member Blanquita Cullum blames current board and senior staff for stifling free speech in Russia
In an op-ed in The Washington Times, a former Republican BBG member, talk radio personality Blanquita Cullum, strongly…
U.S. Is Digging an Early Grave for Radio Liberty in Russia says Scholar Tatiana Yankelevich, Daughter of Yelena Bonner, Stepdaughter of Andrei Sakharov
Tatiana Yankelevich, a Russian American scholar, daughter of Yelena Bonner and stepdaughter of famous Soviet dissident Andrei Sakaharov,…
Broadcasting Board of Governors emails document VOA executive's move against independent reporter
BBG Watch Commentary Internal Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) emails posted online by Inner City Press reporter Matthew…
Who is the Gadfly Reporter VOA's Steve Redisch Wants to Kick out of the U.N.?
BBG Watch Commentary His name is Matthew Russell Lee and he operates as Inner City Press. The Voice…
Chen Guangcheng – Foreign broadcasters are wrong to stop broadcasting in shortwave to China
In an interview with Ian Johnson for The New York Review of Books, blind Chinese human rights activist…
Helle Dale – The BBG’s Culture of Secrecy
In a post on the Heritage Foundation blog The Foundry, the foundation’s senior public diplomacy analyst Helle Dale…
Washington Examiner Op-Ed – Bureaucrats grasp for power at Broadcasting Board of Governors
When the U.S. officials in charge of persuading foreign audiences must themselves be persuaded by the Dalai Lama…
Christian Science Monitor Op-Ed chastises BBG on broadcasting cuts to China and Tibet
In a Christian Science Monitor op-ed, Joseph A. Bosco, who served in the office of the secretary of…
Extensive U.S. media placement of press release on plea from Annette Lantos to save Voice of America
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) press release on Mrs. Annette Lantos’ plea to the Broadcasting Board…
Op-Ed: America’s radios dancing to Putin’s tune in Moscow
In a Digital Journal news commentary, Op-Ed: America’s radios dancing to Putin’s tune in Moscow, former Voice of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Behold! The Master Plan
by The Federalist As we already know, as part of the administration’s FY2013 budget, the Broadcasting Board…
Beijing and Obama Administration restrict Cantonese broadcasts
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which runs the Voice of America broadcasts and other…
Trouble at PNN – Voice of America to Iran – BBG blamed
BBG Watch Commentary Several recent media reports point to serious problems at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
U.S. taxpayers funding pro-Putin VOA programs – Ted Lipien in Washington Examiner
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and co-founder of BBG…
Russian Accuses Voice Of America Of Fake Interview – NPR
BBG WATCH COMMENTARY NPR’s Michele Kelemen, a former employee of Voice of America, reported on the recent VOA…