Jeff Shell – Page 8 – BBG and USAGM Watch

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Voice of America English News largely nonfunctioning during holiday weekend – outstanding coverage of Ukraine protests by VOA Ukrainian Service and RFE/RL

December 2, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary While Voice of America (VOA) English News was in a full holiday mode in the…

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Memo To The Board #2

November 23, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary The new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell deserves credit for seeing to…

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BBG Staff Meeting – Nov. 18, 2013 – Audio

November 18, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is providing a link to an audio recording of the November 18, 2013…

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CUSIB Director and BBG Chairman discuss U.S. international media outreach

November 14, 2013

BBG Watch is reposting a press release published on the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting website. CUSIB is…

During a visit to Miami on Nov. 8, President Barack Obama met with Ladies in White leader Berta Soler and Sakharov Prize winner Guillermo Fariñas, two Cuban dissidents currently visiting the U.S. These photos were taken by Radio and TV Marti (Office of Cuba Broadcasting). They were not used by Voice of America English News which also failed to report on Obama's meeting with Cuban dissidents.

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Voice of America English News fails to report on Obama meeting with Cuban dissidents

November 10, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary While VOA English News report “Obama Calls for Updated US Policy on Cuba” lacked both…

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VOA not reporting on Kerry’s tribute to Mazowiecki, as it failed earlier to report on Polish leader’s death

November 5, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch already reported that the Voice of America (VOA) had ignored on its English…

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Voice of America repeats Russian politician’s attack on Greenpeace without retort, misleads world on U.S. law

November 4, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary “Greenpeace’s actions were just to create a political scandal and draw more attention to Greenpeace.…

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Voice of America ignores plight of American Greenpeace activists jailed in Russia

November 3, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is ignoring two American Greenpeace activists jailed in…

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VOA and IBB heads preach about social media while Voice of America news and social media outreach collapses

October 31, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary As Voice of America (VOA) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) directors preach at an event…

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A Memo to the Board – The Federalist

October 31, 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: A Memo to the Board by The Federalist On Wednesday, October 23,…

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CUSIB’s Ann Noonan in Radio World: U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management

October 30, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary CUSIB’s Executive Director Ann Noonan has called for a new vision and better management for…

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CUSIB Director expressed alarm about decline of Voice of America’s ability to cover U.S. and world news

October 29, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary CUSIB normally does not comment on news content issues, but its Advisory Board members apparently…

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BBG Governor Ambassador Ryan Crocker Forces Behind Marine Barracks Bombing Still Active in Syria

October 29, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Ambassador Ryan Crocker said that the forces behind the…

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CUSIB’s Ann Noonan Bemoans Decline in Voice of America U.S. News Coverage

October 29, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB — cusib.org)…

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IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott is wrong on USIA’s record at Voice of America

October 16, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary This commentary was provided by Ted Lipien, director of the independent Committee for U.S. International…

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CUSIB’s Ann Noonan in Radio World: U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management

October 9, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary In an article published in the October International Edition of Radio World magazine, Ann Noonan,…

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The Daily Beast gets it wrong – U.S. taxpayers’ money can now be used to provide news to Americans but controversy lingers

October 5, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary The Daily Beast article, “The Story Behind That Incredibly Riveting Video of the D.C. Car…

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BBG Resolution on Travel Policy was designed to limit wasteful spending by IBB and VOA executives

October 5, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Considering that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) new Chairman Jeff Shell reportedly had to tell…

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New BBG Chairman Reportedly Told Top IBB and VOA Officials to Cancel Planned Trip to Paris

October 4, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Well-placed sources told BBG Watch that the new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff…

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Voice of America English News Ignores Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng’s New U.S. University and Think-Tank Affiliation

October 2, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary In a continuing saga of top-level mismanagement and provincialism in news reporting to audiences overseas,…

Departures of good BBG Governors allow failed IBB and VOA managers to stay

September 30, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Not all Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members have been great. Some were disengaged or…

No Class

September 24, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary No Class An event of sorts took place today, Monday, September 23, at the Cohen…

Anniversary of the mass firings of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia

September 20, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Some of the fired journalists were asked by the new management to return to Radio…

BBG Chairman Shell Visits RFE/RL In Prague – BBG Press Release

September 19, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch reported two weeks ago that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell…

BBG Chairman Jeff Shell will head Universal, reports say

September 10, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary The Los Angeles Times and other media reported that Jeff Shell, a longtime Comcast Corp.…

Pope Francis on Syria – Voice of America website ignores papal statement

September 6, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary The Huffington Post reported that “Pope Francis urged the Group of 20 leaders on Thursday…

BBG Chairman Jeff Shell visits RFE/RL in Prague, issues statement on Klose with RFE/RL Chair Susan McCue

September 5, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Government (BBG) new Chairman Jeff Shell was visiting the Radio Free Europe…

Acting Head Kevin Klose Appointed RFE/RL President And CEO

September 3, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary As suggested by recent BBG Watch reporting, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) acting through…

Gulf News columnist says Voice of America lost much of its relevance

September 3, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary In a column for Gulf News, a leading English language newspaper of the Gulf region,…

BBG employee union welcomes new BBG Chairman and other new Board members

August 22, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Paul Westpheling, Vice President of AFGE Local 1812, a union representing federal employees of the…

BBG Chairman Jeff Shell: ‘We have a lot of very good people who work for this organization’

August 22, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary At his first open Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting, newly-confirmed BBG Chairman Jeff Shell…

Suzie Carroll appointed BBG Executive Director

August 22, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Newly-confirmed Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell announced at an open BBG Board…

BBG Governor Ryan Crocker: ‘Insuring that our weave with the State Department and other relevant federal entities is solid and appropriate’

August 21, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary At his first open Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting in Washington, DC, newly-confirmed BBG…

BBG Governor Matt Armstrong: ‘Agency is a tremendously important part of our foreign policy and for the United States in general’

August 21, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary While introducing himself at his first open Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting in Washington,…

BBG Chairman Jeff Shell: ‘Best way to showcase freedom and democracy is by free media’

August 21, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary At his first open Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting, the new BBG Chairman Jeff…

New BBG Board to consider extending Kevin Klose’s tenure at RFE/RL

August 21, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned from multiple sources that newly-confirmed Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members,…

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CUSIB Advisory Board met with new BBG Chair Jeffrey Shell

August 9, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Some of the members of the Advisory Board for the independent Committee for U.S. International…

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Congressional criticism of Voice of America programs to Iran should serve as a reality check for VOA Director David Ensor

August 8, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor said on August 6, 2013 during an all-staff…

New BBG Governors Sworn In

August 7, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch congratules Jeff Shell, Matt Armstrong and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on becoming new members…

CUSIB Welcomes US Senate Confirmation of Three New BBG Members

August 2, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary The independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has welcomed the confirmation by…

Senate Foreign Relations Committee cleared nominations of Shell, Crocker, and Armstrong for BBG board

August 1, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which holds jurisdiction over all…

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Bureaucratic assassination of Victor Ashe described

July 29, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe, may soon…

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Czech Senator, former journalist, appeals to Secretary Kerry to ensure equal rights for all RFE/RL employees

July 23, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary In an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, a member of the…

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Penny’s Folly

May 26, 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Penny’s Folly by The…

Can the BBG's IBB bureaucrats get any lower?

May 14, 2013

Can the BBG’s IBB bureaucrats get any lower? by Jane Doe So, I haven’t written for a while…

Crocker and Ashe: both needed at Broadcasting Board of Governors

May 12, 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Chess Moves by The…

BBG board nominee Ryan Crocker called the premier U.S. diplomat of his generation

May 12, 2013

BBG Commentary No diplomat matches Ambassador Ryan Crocker in direct experience in today’s Middle East, Leslie H. Gelb…

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Obama nominates Ryan Crocker to serve on Broadcasting Board of Governors

May 11, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Will Ambassador Crocker’s nomination to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) displace corruption watcher and…

Michael Lynton misses another Broadcasting Board of Governors meeting, makes agency ungovernable

April 25, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Sources at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report that BBG’s Interim Presiding Governor Michael…

Sonenshine to leave public diplomacy post at State, sources told BBG Watch

April 23, 2013

BBG Watch Exclusive News Report and Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Under Secretary of State for…