STEVEN KORN RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT OF RADIO FREE EUROPE AND RADIO LIBERTYDecember 31, 2012 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 declinesNovember 15, 2012 At the Broadcasting Board of Governors Strategy & Budget Committee open meeting held today (November 15, 2012) at…
Read More 10 minute read Radio Liberty-in-Exile appeals to Obama and Romney for help, former Reagan campaign official adds his supportOctober 30, 2012 The Radio Liberty-in-Exile group of fired journalists and those who resigned in protest against actions of the American…
Read More 5 minute read Letter from Prague – Questions for Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty President Steven KornOctober 23, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary – a Letter from Prague by an anonymous Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist My…
Read More 3 minute read Radio Liberty listeners appeal to President Obama to bring back fired Radio Liberty journalists, restore radio programsOctober 11, 2012 We demand that a compromise with Russian authorities be found so that Radio Svoboda continues medium-wave broadcasting. We…
Read More 3 minute read Digital Journal Op-Ed: Former US Diplomat Criticizes Weak Language on Libya KillingsSeptember 15, 2012 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 SurveyJune 30, 2012 In a typical opaque fashion, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has released some Gallup telephone survey data…
Read More 3 minute read Russian Roulette at Voice of America – Helle Dale, Heritage FoundationMay 12, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch had reported earlier on the self-censorship by the Voice of America Russian Service…
Read More 6 minute read Entertainment as a strategy of neutrality for Voice of AmericaMarch 28, 2012 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 strategistMarch 21, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan and BBG’s Director of Strategy and…
Read More 1 minute read Quieting the Voice of America – Helle Dale, The Heritage FoundationFebruary 24, 2012 “More than 30 years have passed since Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote about the “Soft Voice of America” in an…
BBG Gone PravdaFebruary 23, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary An old Soviet-era joke went something like this: “This is Armenian Radio; our listeners asked…
Read More 4 minute read U.S. taxpayers funding pro-Putin VOA programs – Ted Lipien in Washington ExaminerFebruary 20, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and co-founder of BBG…
Read More 2 minute read Russian Accuses Voice Of America Of Fake Interview – NPRFebruary 20, 2012 BBG WATCH COMMENTARY NPR’s Michele Kelemen, a former employee of Voice of America, reported on the recent VOA…
Read More 7 minute read 'VOA Public Relations' does a number on LipienFebruary 10, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Someone calling themselves “VOA Public Relations” responded to Ted Lipien’s op-ed in The Washington Times.…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America Director Ensor’s ‘Getting It Right in Russia’ explanation misses the main pointFebruary 10, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Commenting on the Voice of America director David Ensor’s response to the posting of a…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America Director Ensor's 'Getting It Right in Russia' explanation misses the main pointFebruary 10, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Commenting on the Voice of America director David Ensor’s response to the posting of a…
Read More 26 minute read Voice of America undermines anti-Putin opposition at US taxpayers' expenseFebruary 7, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Early last year, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which manages the…
Read More 8 minute read 'Fake' interview on Voice of America part of a bigger problem at BBG and VOA Russian ServiceFebruary 6, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary The posting on the Voice of America Russian website of a fake interview with a…
Read More 3 minute read The Long, Slow Crawl Up The Mountain, Part II — BBG WatchOctober 15, 2011 By The Federalist
The Long, Slow Crawl Up The Mountain, Part IIOctober 14, 2011 By The Federalist People who monitor what goes on inside the Cohen Building were amazed to…
What BBG may do to VOA Chinese contentSeptember 10, 2011 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 ChinaAugust 31, 2011 Congressman Chris Smith, a champion of human rights and a strong opponent of BBG plans to end Voice…