BBG and RFE/RL rank-and-file employees feel insulted and outraged by OIG inspection reports
BBG Watch Commentary Rank-and-file employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty continue…
Unprofessional OIG reports on BBG and RFE/RL part of a larger pattern
BBG Watch Commentary The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the State Department, which produced two incomplete…
Who will inspect the inspectors? – Flawed OIG inspections at RFE/RL and BBG miss serious problems
BBG Watch Commentary The January 2013 Office of Inspector General’s report “Inspection of the Broadcasting Board of Governors”…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: “One Particular Governor”
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: “One Particular Governor” by The Federalist One Particular Governor…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth: Part Four: Taking the OPR Staffers to the Woodshed
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth: Part Four: Taking the OPR Staffers to…
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…
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist responds to RFE/RL president Steven Korn's resignation letter
Below are my comments, in bold, to President Steve Korn’s resignation letter sent to the Board Of Governors,…
STEVEN KORN RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT OF RADIO FREE EUROPE AND RADIO LIBERTY
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty president and CEO Steven Korn has submitted a letter of resignation…
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…
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…
Letter from Prague – Questions for Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty President Steven Korn
BBG Watch Commentary – a Letter from Prague by an anonymous Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist My…
Radio Liberty listeners appeal to President Obama to bring back fired Radio Liberty journalists, restore radio programs
We demand that a compromise with Russian authorities be found so that Radio Svoboda continues medium-wave broadcasting. We…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: Former US Diplomat Criticizes Weak Language on Libya Killings
The following Digital Journal op-ed was published by former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Gallup Iran Survey
In a typical opaque fashion, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has released some Gallup telephone survey data…
Russian Roulette at Voice of America – Helle Dale, Heritage Foundation
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch had reported earlier on the self-censorship by the Voice of America Russian Service…
Entertainment as a strategy of neutrality for Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary We came across this promotional blurb on the Inside VOA website about the Voice of…
Silencing of Voice of America radio to Tibet to be explained by chief BBG strategist
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan and BBG’s Director of Strategy and…
Quieting the Voice of America – Helle Dale, The Heritage Foundation
“More than 30 years have passed since Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote about the “Soft Voice of America” in an…
BBG Gone Pravda
BBG Watch Commentary An old Soviet-era joke went something like this: “This is Armenian Radio; our listeners asked…
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…
'VOA Public Relations' does a number on Lipien
BBG Watch Commentary Someone calling themselves “VOA Public Relations” responded to Ted Lipien’s op-ed in The Washington Times.…
Voice of America Director Ensor’s ‘Getting It Right in Russia’ explanation misses the main point
BBG Watch Commentary Commenting on the Voice of America director David Ensor’s response to the posting of a…
Voice of America Director Ensor's 'Getting It Right in Russia' explanation misses the main point
BBG Watch Commentary Commenting on the Voice of America director David Ensor’s response to the posting of a…
Voice of America undermines anti-Putin opposition at US taxpayers' expense
BBG Watch Commentary Early last year, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which manages the…
'Fake' interview on Voice of America part of a bigger problem at BBG and VOA Russian Service
BBG Watch Commentary The posting on the Voice of America Russian website of a fake interview with a…
The Long, Slow Crawl Up The Mountain, Part II — BBG Watch
By The Federalist
The Long, Slow Crawl Up The Mountain, Part II
By The Federalist People who monitor what goes on inside the Cohen Building were amazed to…
What BBG may do to VOA Chinese content
Update: this is how VOA Chinese website may look like if BBG executives succeed in ending VOA broadcasts…
BBG critic Congressman Chris Smith named chair of commission on China
Congressman Chris Smith, a champion of human rights and a strong opponent of BBG plans to end Voice…