BBG considers new strategy and reversal of planned broadcasting cuts to China and Tibet
In response to overwhelming criticism from human rights groups, journalists and one of its members, the Broadcasting Board…
Broadcasting Board of Governors members concerned about Latin America strategy
Members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors Strategy and Budget Committee may be concerned about the mess their…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – FY 2014 Budget Process: Schedule & Milestones
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB)executives have been using the budget process for…
BBG plans to confuse the world with yet another brand name – GNN
BBG Watch Commentary As the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) prepares to eliminate the Voice of America brand…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – BBG Strategy: We’re Abandoning Our Mission and We Don’t Care!
Broadcasting Board of Governors – BBG Strategy: We’re Abandoning Our Mission and We Don’t Care! by The Federalist Let’s get…
Women's Rights Without Frontiers joins Annette Lantos in defending Voice of America
Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is one of many NGOs and human rights groups which understand the practical and…
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…
The role of the U.S. Congress must take precedence over any self-serving machinations by the executives of the BBG
A Guest Commentary by Edite Lynch The role of the U.S. Congress must take precedence over any self-serving…
Shortwave is not a hot topic, BBG strategists are
BBG Watch Commentary reflecting contributions from several individuals. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) strategists have engaged in a…
Broadcasting Board of Governors executives plan an attack piece on Helle Dale's criticism
BBG Watch has learned from a reliable source that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives in the International…
IBB executive staff concerned about FOIA requests on their travels
Members of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive staff are reported to be deeply concerned about FOIA requests…
Confusion whether BBG committee approved saving VOA Tibetan radio and VOA Cantonese Service
There appears to be some confusion whether at the meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Strategy…
PRNewswire – CUSIB Applauds Plea From Human Rights Campaigner Annette Lantos to Save Voice of America Broadcasts to China, Tibet and Russia
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) joins Annette Lantos in her powerful plea to preserve Voice of…
Annette Lantos pleads with Broadcasting Board of Governors to save Voice of America broadcasts
Annette Lantos, the wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, has joined efforts to oppose the Broadcasting Board…
Over 300,000 hits for BBG Watch website
The BBG Watch website, www.usgbroadcasts.com or simply bbgwatch.com, has received over 300,000 hits since September 2011. The BBG…
Director Bruce Sherman on Broadcasting Board of Governors' killing of Voice of America brand-name
BBG Watch Commentary Why is the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) trying to silence Voice of America (VOA)…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Negative Impact Through Disintegration
Broadcasting Board of Governors Negative Impact Through Disintegration by The Federalist In late March, the Broadcasting Board of…
Congress tries to thwart BBG attempts to shut down Voice of America
THAT PESKY CONGRESS: THWARTING ATTEMPTS BY THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND ITS EXECUTIVE STAFF TO SHUT DOWN…
Congressman Jones, BBG's Victor Ashe and IBB Director Lobo to rededicate Edward R. Murrow NC transmitting station
Congressman Walter B. Jones and Broadcasting Board of Governors member Ambassador Victor Ashe, whose joint efforts saved the…
U.S. public diplomacy chief Tara Sonenshine to visit the disappearing Voice of America
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executives who have embarrassed the Obama Administration…
Broadcasting Board of Governors ignores Congress
A guest commentary by Edite Lynch “Purging” as it is being applied to what is happening to the…
Tibetan woman challenges Gallup and Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Speaking up at a panel discussion on media freedom, an unidentified Tibetan woman challenged the…
Tibetans protest at BBG's Michael Lynton's LA Sony office against silencing of Voice of America radio in Tibet
A group of Tibetans and human rights community supporters protested Friday in Los Angeles at the Sony Pictures…
Tibetans and human rights supporters protesting at Sony in LA against silencing of Voice of America radio to Tibet
News Release What: Protest at Sony Pictures Entertainment Global Communication When: Friday, March 30, 2012 Time: 11:00 –12:00AM…
Michael Lynton, Don't Silence the Voice of America Tibetan Radio
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a US federal agency in charge of taxpayer-funded US international broadcasts, wants…
Gallup gets a lesson in free speech from a Tibetan and a BBG official – video
A Gallup employee repeatedly tried to silence a Tibetan woman who spoke up at a panel discussion at…
Gallup tried to silence Tibetan woman protesting silencing of Voice of America Tibetan radio
An unidentified Tibetan woman made an emotional protest Wednesday at a joint Gallup and Broadcasting Board of Governors…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors misleads Congress on shortwave radio reception in China
BBG Watch has learned that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives were on Capitol Hill last week trying…
Something rotten in the state of the BBG
A guest commentary by Edite Lynch The continued flow of information from people in the know concerning the…
International Broadcasting Bureau – driving the mission into the ground
From a Broadcaster Nobody should miss the key point in the letter to Congress: The IBB — International…
You can’t make this up: International Broadcasting Bureau runs cosmetic classes
YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP: TO PUT ITS BEST FACE FORWARD, THE IBB RUNS COSMETICS CLASSES by Quo Vadis…
Morale at Broadcasting Board of Governors grantees at all-time low due to bureaucratic power-grab
This BBG Watch Commentary is based on several inside sources. Bureaucratic power-grab After making a good start on…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Ides of March in the Voice of America Newsroom
by The Federalist The Voice of America (VOA) Newsroom is not a happy place: It is one of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors exploits Dalai Lama's support for Voice of America while hiding its plan to end VOA radio to Tibet
The Broadcasting Board of Governors public relations officials should be ashamed to promote Dalai Lama’s support for the…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Forget Voice of America radio WHAM ( Winning Hearts and Minds )
CACOPHONY AT COHEN CONTINUUM: Dance of the Comedians by Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) In November 2011, at a…
Please sign International Campaign for Tibet' s Letter to Congress to save Voice of America Tibetan radio
The International Campaign for Tibet NGO has posted online an easy to use form for sending a letter…
BBG's Governor Ashe visits Asia where BBG plans major cuts in Voice of America broadcasts
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) senior Republican member Ambassador Victor Ashe is visiting Asia where the BBG…
BBG's shoddy FOIA record in line with its overall management record
Ed O’Keefe’s Washington Post column, Agencies poorly track FOIA requests, report says, points out that agencies, such as…
Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio appeals to Congress for protection from Obama Administration cut
A recently launched Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio website (www.savevoatibetanradio.com) and a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/savevoatibetan) urge supporters…
BBG Super Executives out of touch with reality
This post by Judy was in response to Broadcasting Board of Governors – We Know Who The Enemy…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – We Know Who The Enemy Is – Part I
by The Federalist It certainly isn’t BBG Watch. And it isn’t the Committee on US International Broadcasting (CUSIB).…
Elimination, not reduction, of Voice of America Tibetan radio is proposed by BBG
The Dalai Lama said that Voice of America Tibetan radio is “vital medicine” for Tibetans, and the Tibetan…
THE VOA ANNIVERSARY WALTZ: LA DANSE MACABRE?
THE VOA ANNIVERSARY WALTZ: LA DANSE MACABRE? by Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) For the past 10-15 years, as…
CUSIB Joins Efforts to Free Gao Zhisheng, Defends VOA Broadcasts
A press release issued by the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) defends Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – take your own medicine
A guest commentary by Edite Lynch It is beyond comprehension that these Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) conduits…
Conversation about the hypocrisy of it all
BBG/IBB officials hold a self-congratulatory ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary, while the halls are awash with conversation…
BBG bureaucracy versus strategy and national interests
BBG bureaucracy versus strategy and national interests defines proposed program cuts at Voice of America The bureaucratic executive…
Confused IBB and BBG bureaucracy grows at the expense of strategy, national interests, and public diplomacy
Who’s on first… By Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) Of late, a lot of confusion at the BBG, IBB,…