BBG employee union takes note of Andrei Babitsky's protest at Radio LibertyJanuary 10, 2013 The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local 1812, has posted on its website a number…
Korn’s Crash Landing, BBG Left to Pick Up the Pieces, BBG employee union commentsJanuary 10, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local 1812, has posted on its…
Masha Gessen sends a message she's untouchable at Radio LibertyJanuary 9, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary “The Untouchable” – Masha Gessen In an attempt to hold on to her job as…
Radio Liberty in Exile journalists add new features to their "New Liberty" website, get attention from BBGJanuary 9, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty in Exile (Facebook Page) journalists have added several new features to their New…
Advice to IBB Director Richard Lobo on How to Improve Employee MoraleJanuary 8, 2013 The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) Director Richard M. Lobo operates as an extension of the Broadcasting Board of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – More on Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyJanuary 7, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – More on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty by The Federalist…
Read More 10 minute read Radio Liberty remains in a coma – Russian journalist tells Broadcasting Board of GovernorsJanuary 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty remains in a coma – Russian journalist Sophia Kornienko tells Broadcasting Board of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – BlusterJanuary 5, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Bluster by The Federalist The Congress has thrown a bone…
Read More 4 minute read Business class plane travel and housing allowances for Korn's favorites at RFE/RL raise questionsJanuary 3, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that two of the resigning Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President…
A Farcial Spin at the Broadcasting Board of GovernorsDecember 31, 2012 This article was published by the BBG employee union AFGE Local 1812 A FARCICAL SPIN For members of…
U.S. Must Take Immediate Action to Save Radio Liberty in RussiaDecember 31, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Must Take Immediate Action to Save Radio Liberty in Russia by Mario Corti and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: Surprise!December 31, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: Surprise! by The Federalist (Note: We thought The Federalist was…
Read More 7 minute read Freedom House President refutes statements from RFE/RL officialsDecember 24, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary “Not only have I not changed my views on how bad the situation is at…
BBG member counters Masha Gessen's spin on Radio Liberty in Russian mediaDecember 19, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary It used to be the job of the director of Radio Liberty’s Russian Service to…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe challenges claims by Masha Gessen about Radio LibertyDecember 17, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Ambassador Victor Ashe, the U.S. federal agency…
Masha Gessen denies Radio Liberty Russian Service will be inspected, calls it review of the situation in RussiaDecember 17, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary “The strategy of the development of the Russian Service was perceived very positively.” “There was…
Steven Korn to leave RFE/RL within 45 days, sources sayDecember 16, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary According to sources inside the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) headquarters, at a meeting in…
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan Speaks at BBG Meeting, Demands Reinstatement of Fired Radio Liberty JournalistsDecember 14, 2012 In addressing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting in Washington on Friday, the Committee for…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – worst place to work in U.S. federal governmentDecember 14, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary As reported by Federal News Radio, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is the worst…
IBB executives travel abroad, pay no attention as RFE/RL crisis deepens and audiences declineDecember 12, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva and former President Mikhail Gorbachev apparently care more about…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth, Part TwoDecember 10, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth Part Two: The Managers Speak, Sort Of by The Federalist…
Longtime U.S. international broadcasting executive John Lennon to retireDecember 1, 2012 Longtime U.S. international broadcasting executive John Lennon will be retiring from the Voice of America (VOA) the Broadcasting…
New court filings against BBG's 50-million-dollar contractorNovember 29, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary While the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBB) 50-million-dollar contract with the Gallup Organization is not…
Former editor Lyudmila Telen pained by catastrophic audience drop for Radio Liberty's Russian websiteNovember 24, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Ludmila Telen (Телень, Людмила Олеговна – Russian Wikipedia), an award-winning Russian journalist who was fired…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and RebellionNovember 20, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and Rebellion by The Federalist “There is something…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Slip Sliding AwayNovember 18, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Slip Sliding Away by The Federalist We now see…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a PictureNovember 13, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a Picture by The Federalist (We are…
Read More 4 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors – agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting in a state of general failureNovember 9, 2012 BOTTOM OF THE BARREL Commentary by Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Employee…
BBG has work to do, union saysNovember 9, 2012 Reposted from the AFGE Local 1812 website. Work To Do We thought we would sift through the initial…
Business as usual at BBG, union saysNovember 9, 2012 Reposted from the AFGE Local 1812 website. Business As Usual For those AFGE Local 1812 Local members who…
BBG Governors refuse to work, may cancel November meeting, leave incompetent executives in chargeNovember 8, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that two Broadcasting Board of Governors members, interim presiding governor Michael…
Democratic and Republican Congressmen are concerned with BBG's practice of replacing federal employees with contractorsNovember 8, 2012 Two U.S. Congressmen from North Carolina, Democrat G.K. Butterfield and Republican Walter B. Jones, have written a letter…
Will Brutally Fired Radio Liberty Journalists See Generous, Compassionate, Tolerant America?November 7, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Will the board members and top executives of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) learn…
One of the worst-managed federal agencies, BBG, has become even worseNovember 3, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has received even lower scores in the 2012 Federal…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – The Gifting Continues – BBG Press Releases October 2012November 1, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – The Gifting Continues – BBG Press Releases October 2012…
Was damage to Radio Liberty intentional?October 28, 2012 This BBG Watch Commentary was written by an anonymous employee. How long until the Governors at the Broadcasting…
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…
Another young journalist resigns in protest from 'new' Radio Liberty, calls it a sinking TitanicOctober 22, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Anastasia Kirilenko, 28-year-old web editor, investigative reporter and radio broadcaster, has resigned in protest from…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part TwoOctober 21, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part…
Read More 2 minute read U.S. media – Obama caves to Putin on Radio LibertyOctober 17, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Reports and editorials in U.S. media have begun noticing the mass firing of Radio Liberty…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part OneOctober 16, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part…
Read More 3 minute read CUSIB Applauds Former BBG Member Blanquita Cullum's Statement on Radio Liberty CrisisOctober 12, 2012 Reposted from CUSIB website FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2012 CUSIB Applauds Former BBG Member Blanquita Cullum’s Statement on Radio…
Read More 2 minute read Former Broadcasting Board of Governors member Blanquita Cullum blames current board and senior staff for stifling free speech in RussiaOctober 11, 2012 In an op-ed in The Washington Times, a former Republican BBG member, talk radio personality Blanquita Cullum, strongly…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: IranOctober 6, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: Iran by The Federalist They’re at it again. The gift that…
Broadcasting Board of Governors officials rebuked on illegal firings of employees, likely to waste millions on further appealsOctober 1, 2012 The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) rejected all of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) exceptions to Arbitrator…
Pelosi concerned about proposed merger of BBG's independent broadcastersSeptember 25, 2012 BBG Watch has learned that the Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D…
Read More 4 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors not quite sure whether Putin restricts media freedom in RussiaSeptember 19, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the U.S. federal agency in charge of international news…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Press Releases and Other PronouncementsSeptember 17, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Press Releases and Other Pronouncements by The Federalist …
Broadcasting Board of Governors can't do its job in an hour and 15 minutesSeptember 16, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary During last Thursday’s open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Washington, DC,…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: The Arab and Muslim WorldSeptember 14, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: The Arab and Muslim World A commentary by The Federalist …