RFE/RL to get new president Jamie Fly with approval from Mike Pompeo EXCLUSIVE
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary BBG – USAGM has confirmed that Jamie Fly, a senior fellow and director…
Journalist Assem Tokayeva says RFE/RL management tolerates nationalist broadcasts
BBG Watch Commentary A former RFE/RL editor says that the U.S.-funded and U.S. government-run news site promotes Hitler…
When you silence dissent, you lose, Iranian scholar tells RFE/RL VP
BBG Watch Commentary Dr. Majid Mohammadi, author of more than three dozen books on Iran, joins a growing…
Former RFE/RL Kazakh editor criticizes management
BBG Watch Commentary Young journalists, most of them women, from countries without free media are criticizing senior management…
Another former RFE/RL woman journalist blasts senior management
BBG Watch Commentary Asem Tokayeva, another woman journalist who had worked for U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe /…
Message for Speaker Ryan from Dissident RFE/RL Journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Dissident Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists want to tell House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)…
Why Putin Will Win, RFE/RL President Tom Kent Explains
BBG Watch Commentary On March 14, 2018, Tom Kent, President of U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), explained…
Senior managers at RFE/RL failed to earn respect, alienated staff, journalists say
BBG Watch Commentary Respect must be earned by managers and that’s something that senior executives in charge of…
Vaclav Havel Fellows condemn management practices at RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary In response to the recent developments around რადიო თავისუფლება, the Georgian Service of Radio Free…
Big names in Georgia sign petition in defense of RFE/RL Georgian Service
BBG Watch Commentary Some of the most prominent academics, writers, artists, and human rights activists in Georgia have…
Another former RFE/RL newswoman Shahida Tulaganova slams management
BBG Watch Commentary UK-based award-winning investigative reporter Shahida Tulaganova joined another award-winning journalist Khadija Ismayilova, a former political…
Renowned newswoman Khadija Ismayilova blasts RFE/RL bosses after quitting
BBG Watch Commentary After quitting in frustration her freelancer position with U.S. tax-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio…
Management’s push threatens credibility of RFE/RL Georgian programs
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary BBG Watch has learned from multiple sources in Washington, DC and Tbilisi, Georgia that…
WSJ op-ed: In Iran, Radio Liberty Doesn’t Live Up to Its Name
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Farda, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “Persian-language service too often parrots state…
BBG meets with Secretary Kerry, gets praise despite anti-Israel, pro-Putin messaging
BBG Watch Commentary According to Secretary Kerry, “Today’s Broadcasting Board of Governors is not the BBG of a…
‘Wholesale racism’ in Israel: RFE/RL Facebook message paid by U.S. taxes
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has included a message in the…
Puzzling press release from RFE/RL about its Moscow bureau
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a U.S. taxpayer-funded international media outlet based in…
Will RFE/RL Defeat Putin Propaganda With Plan Based On Catching ‘Anger Energy’?
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting on February 26, 2016, Radio…
Official RFE/RL announcement of Russian Service leadership change
BBG Watch Commentary As BBG Watch reported in “Change in Radio Liberty Russian Service director post EXCLUSIVE,” Radio…
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…
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 human rights leader defends dismissed Radio Liberty human rights reporter
BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that longtime Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Russian Service human…
BBG sleepwalks through RFE/RL crisis
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This commentary was written by a former senior Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) official…
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,…
BBG Governor Weinstein: RFE/RL level of energy-no comparison to five years ago
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “multimedia expansion and rapid growth” was the focus of Broadcasting…
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…
Promoting Free Media: Informing the 1989 Velvet Revolution and the Challenge Today – Wilson Center – October 16
Public Announcement RFE/RL, the Embassy of the Czech Republic and the Woodrow Wilson Center invite you to…