Questions for Frank Sesno to ask BBG CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has drafted some questions which we hope former CNN correspondent Frank Sesno will…
Chance for China press freedom supporters to ask BBG CEO about censorship at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary On Monday, May 1, supporters of press freedom in China and in the United States…
Protest against censorship of China program at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Chinese Americans, former Chinese dissidents, Chinese students and media freedom activists in the Washington, DC…
Harry Wu – supporter of human rights and U.S. broadcasts to China
BBG Watch Ann Noonan, executive director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org), has written…
CUSIB voices support for Radio and TV Marti broadcasts to Cuba
BBG Watch Media A recent article in Radio World, “Post-Fidel, the Broadcast Hostility Remains,” focuses on the growing…
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan calls for more funding for U.S. broadcasting to China and Tibet, BBG reform
BBG Watch Speaking at an event last week in Flushing, NY, sponsored by the Qi’s Cultural Foundation, Ann…
Voice of America endangers lives with sanitized reporting on terror, but one report bucks the trend
BBG Watch Commentary While some recent U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) news reports endangered Americans and non-Americans,…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan addresses Tiananmen rally in NYC, appeals to BBG to keep radio to China and Tibet
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan addressed the 2016…
Harry Wu, Champion of Human Rights, CUSIB Board Member Dies
BBG Watch The Laogai Research Foundation and the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) announced the…
Op-Ed: Cuba jazz musician snubbed by White House and Voice of America
BBG Watch Media A controversy over the Obama White House treatment of Cuban jazz musician Paquito D’Rivera has…
Broadcasting Board of Governors fails to mention Radio and TV Marti journalists not getting Cuban visas
BBG Watch Commentary Radio and TV Marti, overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), but not as…
Travel journalism from VOA reporters in Cuba
BBG Watch Commentary With often shaky, poor quality video and mostly pedestrian observations, much of original reporting by…
Did Voice of America go too far in calling Raul Castro Obama’s ‘Ally of New Era of US-Cuba Ties’
BBG Watch Just Asking Commentary Did U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) not only engaged in some unfortunate…
Voice of America coverage from Cuba improves
BBG Watch After a shaky start, some poor quality video and criticism on Facebook, Voice of America’s (VOA)…
CUSIB urges BBG not to abandon most vulnerable citizens in China and Tibet, not to reduce RFA budgets
BBG Watch Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – CUSIB.org), appealed to…
Ismayilova Confirms Amal Clooney as Defense Counsel
BBG Watch Commentary “Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist and RFE/RL contributor Khadija Ismayilova has confirmed that prominent human rights lawyer…
Russian investigative reporter mocks RFE/RL’s Radio Liberty management for censoring out her name
BBG Watch Commentary Anastasia Kirilenko, one of the most enterprising and fearless young Russian investigative reporters, has mocked…
Complaint to U.N. Human Rights Council Against BBG EXCLUSIVE Text
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE This article covers legal issues. Please read our Disclaimers and Terms of Use.…
No substantive duplication between RFA and VOA: Radio Free Asia Releases English e-Book on North Korea’s Prison Camps
BBG Watch Commentary Illustration from Radio Free Asia North Korean Prison Camps E-Book Voice of America…
$400M class action suit may signal more trouble ahead for new BBG CEO
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Report and Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the reported $400 million class action lawsuit…
Misclassified: BBG faces $400mn lawsuit over contracting practices, report claims — RT USA reports
BBG Watch Commentary RT USA, the English language website of Russia’s overseas propaganda media outlet RT, is reporting…
Maria González To Head Office Of Cuba Broadcasting, Carlos A. Garcia-Pérez not pushed out for suspicion of Castro regime
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from a well-informed Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) source that the…
Former RFE/RL President Kevin Klose Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of Kevin Klose, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President,…
Radio Liberty bans Paris terror report from its former Russian correspondent
BBG Watch Commentary A former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) staffer and investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko…
Barbarians in the Headquarters of Voice of America? – Cal State Professor condemns ‘secret visit’ to VOA of Ethiopian regime officials
BBG Watch Media An unprecedented late evening and apparently secret meeting of high-level officials representing the highly repressive…
Called ‘traitors’ and ‘Jews’ by Putin supporters, Radio Liberty journalists complain of mistreatment by U.S.-hired management
BBG Watch Commentary WARNING: This post contains a letter by an anonymous Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
Russian court rules against award-winning human rights reporter in employment dispute with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Sources in Moscow told BBG Watch that a Russian judge took only about five minutes…
John F. Lansing is leading contender for U.S. broadcasting BBG CEO post EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from reliable high-level sources within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
RFE/RL video commentary on death of Robert Conquest, pedestrian VOA Russian coverage
BBG Watch Commentary As Voice of America (VOA) English News website completely ignored the recent death of British-American…
Mario Corti Letter to BBG Watch: keep an eye on RFE/RL
BBG Watch Mario Corti, an Italian journalist, author, Russia expert and former director of Radio Liberty Russian Service,…
Radio Liberty removes post on alleged Putin graft to protect interviewee
BBG Watch Commentary www.Kremlin.ru 2006 Photo of President Putin Radio Svoboda Screen Shot 2015-05-27 at 5:38 PM ET…
CUSIB urges use of radio and TV to counter new ‘Great Cannon’ in China
BBG Watch Media The Laogai Research Foundation (LRF) established by Laogai survivor Harry Wu has reported on the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors union opposes de-federalization as bad for America’s image abroad
BBG Watch BBG Watch is reposting a recent article by, American Federation of Government Employees – AFGE Local…
Obama and Castro Meet Face-to-Face – Voice of America downplays U.S. congressional criticism
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) posted a report on the face-to-face meeting between President…
Chen Guangcheng on importance of Radio Free Asia and Voice of America for China
BBG Watch Book Review U.S. Media Outreach Can Make A Big Difference Abroad By Ted Lipien Chen Guangcheng…
Op-Ed: Chinese dissident criticizes Obama, praises Hillary Clinton
BBG Watch Media In an exclusive March 12, 2015 interview with the Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service,…
Where is Voice of America News? | AFRICA UPDATE
BBG Watch Commentary Why would U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) wait more than a day to report…
RFE/RL star Andrei Babitsky claims he was fired in 2014 for his views
BBG Watch Media In an interview with a major Czech newspaper Lidove Noviny, former Radio Free Europe /…
North Korea and Eritrea – Voice of America and BBC news reporting from closed societies
BBG Watch Media North Korea and Eritrea – Comparison of Voice of America and BBC news reporting from…
Boris Nemtsov defended fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary We can report with some satisfaction that Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
On International Women’s Day women do not fare well at some Broadcasting Board of Governors media entities
BBG Watch Commentary March 8 was celebrated in some parts of the world as International Women’s Day. According…
NYT reports on arrest of RFE/RL journalist in Azerbaijan, VOA English News starts coverage
BBG Watch Commentary In a latest clampdown on free media, a court in Azerbaijan has ordered a Radio…
Voice of America ignores Obama’s statement on Berlin Wall anniversary, U.S. contributions
BBG Watch Commentary November 9 marks the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Mismanaged, U.S.…
Human rights activist Wei Jingsheng at October 2014 BBG Meeting – VIDEO
BBG Watch Commentary Chinese writer and democracy activist Wei Jingsheng, who had spent a total of 18 years…
NOONAN: gross mismanagement of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan spoke at…
Voice of America: social media or ‘old state broadcaster model’?
BBG Watch Commentary Will VOA embrace change with social media or ‘old state broadcaster model’ of censored program…
CUSIB calls radio the best countermeasure to Internet censorship and spying on netizens in China – CUSIB PRESS RELEASE
BBG Watch Commentary The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has posted a press…
Voice of America ignores U.S. observances of Hitler – Stalin Pact anniversary
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America management ignores U.S. statements on Hitler – Stalin Pact 75th anniversary and…
Different perspectives on U.S. help for Yazidi refugees in Iraq, Voice of America role
BBG Watch Commentary NBC News and Fox News provided remarkably different perspectives of the American Yazidi community views…
Voice of America slighted Obama, ignored Menendez, Coons and Royce, violated Charter in U.S. – Africa Summit coverage
BBG Watch Commentary President Obama’s speech at the summit of African leaders in Washington was interrupted and cut…