BBG management style
When did the BBG executives announce their decision to fire 45 VOA Chinese journalists? Chinese New Year Mao’s…
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…
Washington Times Poll: 90% for keeping VOA in China
VOA is one of the few ‘leaks’ in the totalitarian shield the Communist Party of China tries to…
Richard Gere: Tibet's monks get news from VOA radio
Richard Gere — “How did they |monks in Tibet | know the new President would be meeting with…
Victims of China's forced sterilization get news from VOA radio
Anonymous victim of China’s forced sterilization policy — This woman from a rural area insisted that her name…
Women's Rights Without Frontiers: VOA Mandarin Service a leading international broadcaster in China
Women’s Rights Without Frontiers president Reggie Littlejohn wrote in her blog: I believe that the VOA Mandarin Service…
Huchen Zhang, VOA senior editor: BBG and IBB will have 48 more managers
While cutting $8 million from the China branch, there will be an increase of $9 million for BBG…
The Heritage Foundation BBG panel transcript is available
On Valentine’s Day, the BBG announced to all the employees of the VOA’s China branch its proposal to…
New director seems unaware of BBG plans for VOA
BBG WATCH COMMENTARY In a NPR interview, new VOA director David Ensor seemed unaware that in addition to…
U.S. helping Chinese censors to stifle the Jasmine Revolution
The latest crisis at the agency, which manages U.S. government-funded overseas broadcasts, involves appeasing a dictatorial regime in…
Congressmen use "bureaucrat" label for BBG officials who want to end VOA radio and TV to China
Contempt in Congress for BBG executives who claim that almost no one in China listens to Voice of…
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…
Former Chinese political prisoner says Voice of America must not retreat from China
VOA Cannot Retreat from China by Jing Zhang President Women’s Rights in China I remember an afternoon forty…
The Washington Times: VOA overseer creates static with switch to Internet, social media
Cuts in official U.S. radio broadcasting to Russia and the Middle East since 2001 and plans to end…
Washington Post columnist: BBG consistently rated by OPM at the bottom of the barrel in government
BBG stands for the Broadcasting Board of Governors. But it could just as well mean “bottom of the…
Congressional critics of the BBG vote to keep VOA radio and TV to China
In a full bipartisan rebuke to the BBG, which manages the Voice of America and other U.S. international…
Human Rights Watch calls for continuing VOA broadcasts to China
In a testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sophie Richardson, the advocacy director of Human Rights…
Fox News reports on Congressional efforts to save VOA radio and TV to China
Fox News reported — Lawmakers Scramble to Keep Voice of America On Air in China — that Congressional…
Actor Richard Gere and others call for saving VOA radio and TV to China
The June 4th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre has brought new calls from human rights advocates to…
Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary Brings Calls from Actor Richard Gere and Others for Saving Voice of America Radio and TV Programs to China
FreeMediaOnline.orgTruckee, CA, USA, June 4, 2011 — The June 4th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre has brought…
The Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Destruction of US International Broadcasting
FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, March 07, 2011 — The following was written by The Federalist, a regular contributor…
The Humpty Dumpty Strategic Plan for U.S. International Broadcasting
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, July 8, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary is…
Mistakes Repeated
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, February 2, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary is by The Federalist, one of…
When A Federal Agency Goes Bad
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, January 8, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary is by The…
The Worst of Times
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, January 8, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary is by The…
Thinking About The Unthinkable
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, January 6, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary by The…
Size 10 – US Public Diplomacy Disaster
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, December 18, 2008, San Francisco — One of our regular…
Transition
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, December 9, 2008, San Francisco — One of our regular…
A Thanksgiving Message to President Elect Barack Obama About the Voice of America
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog QuoVadis (Marie Ciliberti) Commentary, November 19, 2008, San Francisco Free Media Online Blog…
Reverse Propagation
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, November 5, 2008, San Francisco — This commentary by one…
The Great Pumpkin — A Halloween Look At U.S. Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) Commentary, October 31, 2008, San Francisco — Free Media Online Blog…
A Fool's Paradise
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, October 16, 2008, San Francisco — U.S. public diplomacy and…
A Fool’s Paradise
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, October 16, 2008, San Francisco — U.S. public diplomacy and…
Interesting Times
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, October 16, 2008, San Francisco — “May you live in…
Restoring Effectiveness of U.S. Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, September 25, 2008, San Francisco — Free Media Online Blog…