Tweets for Voice of America and Al Jazeera 7 Top English News: 143 – 810, July 9, AM ETJuly 9, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary, BBG Watch has compared Tuesday morning Washington, DC time the number of Tweets for top…
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind?July 9, 2013 International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Conflicted – Supporting Freedom and Democracy? What Kind? by The…
Read More 8 minute read American journalist still fuming over Voice of America official’s attempt to ban him from the UN is part of a much bigger problem for BBGJuly 4, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary When U.S Government officials try to ban journalists, deprive them of work or defame them,…
CUSIB calls for more Congressional hearings and reform of BBG, blames most problems on IBB bureaucracyJuly 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In a press release issued today, the independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting…
Tara Sonenshine – Broadcasting Board of Governors is in urgent need of reformJune 28, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In an emailed farewell note, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs…
Read More 5 minute read Governor Victor Ashe welcomes House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Broadcasting Board of GovernorsJune 27, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Victor Ashe welcomed the House Foreign Affairs Committee…
Should U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors members do private business in Russia and China?June 26, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Most people know or suspect that major business deals for U.S. companies, especially media deals,…
Is America Losing Its Voice? by David Hyatt – The Answer is “Yes”June 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary David Hyatt is a former Voice of America (VOA) bureau chief in Bangkok covering…
Read More 15 minute read Is America Losing Its Voice? by David Hyatt – The Answer is "Yes"June 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary David Hyatt is a former Voice of America (VOA) bureau chief in Bangkok covering Southeast…
On Snowden and other news, foreigners get America’s story in English from Al Jazeera and Russia Today, not from Voice of AmericaJune 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary When it comes to almost any major international news story, even those originating in the…
On Snowden and other news, foreigners get America's story in English from Al Jazeera and Russia Today, not from Voice of AmericaJune 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary When it comes to almost any major international news story, even those originating in the…
Read More 10 minute read Russia Today video views on You Tube vastly outnumber Voice of America’s, VOA news coverage crippled by bureaucratsJune 23, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In justifying his decision not to send any staff reporters or video journalists to Turkey…
Russia Today video views on You Tube vastly outnumber Voice of America's, VOA news coverage crippled by bureaucratsJune 23, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In justifying his decision not to send any staff reporters or video journalists to Turkey…
Posting ‘Governor Ashe Visits RFE/RL In Prague’ took some persuadingJune 21, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that it took some persuading on the part of Broadcasting Board…
Posting 'Governor Ashe Visits RFE/RL In Prague' took some persuadingJune 21, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that it took some persuading on the part of Broadcasting Board…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe: situation at RFE/RL ‘has been righted’June 19, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting on June 19, 2013 in Washington, DC…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe: situation at RFE/RL 'has been righted'June 19, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting on June 19, 2013 in Washington, DC…
Radio Liberty and other independent journalists in Russia want BBG Governor Ashe to stayJune 18, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary When former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) executives fired them without any warning,…
Turkish protesters ask for help to counter media censorshipJune 16, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary An appeal posted on Facebook by pro-democracy protesters in Turkey talks about local media censorship…
Coward MediaJune 8, 2013 Commentary by Ted Lipien Istanbul, June 8, 2013. Protest signs on Taksim Square in Istanbul say “Coward Media.”…
Award-winning Czech filmmaker to do a documentary on discrimination of RFE/RL foreign employeesMay 31, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Anna Karapetian, a journalist from Armenia fired by RFE/RL without a right to appeal. This…
BBG Honors RFE/RL’s North Caucasus ServiceMay 22, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary A year ago, the former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) management and the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors' employee union appeals to Senator McConnell to retain Ashe on BBG boardMay 18, 2013 The union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees has written a letter to Senator Mitch McConnell, the…
RFE/RL acting president Kevin Klose discusses reforms at Radio Liberty in RussiaMay 16, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary At the broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open meeting in Washington, DC on May 15,…
BBG's Michael Meehan: human rights leaders in Russia are under unbelievable threatsMay 16, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan said that human rights leaders in Russia…
BBG member may have a conflict in vigorously defending media freedomMay 16, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary At the May 15, 2013 open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Ann…
What may be behind White House attempt to remove Victor Ashe from BBG board?May 15, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) only Republican board member, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland…
Read More 2 minute read Radio Liberty Journalists in Moscow to See Justice Done, Heritage Foundation Expert ReportsMay 15, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundations Senior Fellow in Public Diplomacy studies, reported on the…
Crocker and Ashe: both needed at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMay 12, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Chess Moves by The…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – The Latest Numbers GameMay 9, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – The Latest Numbers Game by The Federalist…
Read More 3 minute read Lyudmila Alexeeva – rights defender's photos with Secretary Kerry and with BBG membersMay 9, 2013 U.S. Secretary Of State Meets Russian Rights Activists RFE/RL U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has met with…
BBG Governors offer support to journalists in nations without free mediaMay 7, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In recent visits to Russia and Cambodia, members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – David Ensor Speaks – The Newsroom and the FY2014 BudgetMay 7, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable David Ensor Speaks – The Newsroom and…
Read More 4 minute read Human rights activists call for reform of Radio Liberty programs to KazakhstanMay 7, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary While the attention of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Radio Free Europe /…
Read More 6 minute read BBG Governors McCue and Meehan met in Moscow with Alexeeva and with fired Radio Liberty staffersMay 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members Susan McCue and Michael Meehan were in Moscow from…
Read More 3 minute read Winds of change at Radio Liberty MoscowMay 3, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Visiting Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) acting president and CEO Kevin Klose met…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Boston, Chechnya, KazakhstanMay 2, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Boston, Chechnya, Kazakhstan by The Federalist …
Read More 5 minute read Three BBG members to receive Champion of Free Speech AwardMay 2, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Three members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of…
Masha Gessen resigns from Radio Liberty in RussiaApril 30, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Controversial director of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Russian Service Masha Gessen has…
Hushing America’s message in terrorism’s redoubt, Washington Times op-edApril 29, 2013 In an op-ed in The Washington Times, former Voice of America manager Ted Lipien warns that bureaucratic infighting…
Read More 2 minute read Radio Liberty in Exile fills gap in human rights coverage in RussiaApril 29, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Fired Radio Liberty journalists are providing multimedia human rights news coverage in Russia that the…
U.S. officials promoting media freedom abroad censor information for American publicApril 29, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. government’s International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB)–the administrative arm of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Michael Lynton misses another Broadcasting Board of Governors meeting, makes agency ungovernableApril 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Sources at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report that BBG’s Interim Presiding Governor Michael…
Waiting for Godot – BBG members hope AWOL Michael Lynton will participate in board meetingApril 24, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The mystery continues whether the U.S. international broadcasting agency’s Interim Presiding Governor Michael Lynton will…
Russia Talking to Itself – journalists discuss media landscape and Radio LibertyApril 23, 2013 Kremlin control of the Russian media may not be absolute, though it comes pretty close, and the few…
Sonenshine to leave public diplomacy post at State, sources told BBG WatchApril 23, 2013 BBG Watch Exclusive News Report and Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Under Secretary of State for…
Best expert analysis of Chechnya, Boston, jihadism connection comes from Radio Liberty in ExileApril 22, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Fired Radio Liberty Russian journalists delivered some of the best in depth analysis of the…
U.S. – Russia panel on Magnitsky may cover Chechnya, includes critics of Radio Liberty firingsApril 21, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Monday’s, April 22, the Hundson Institue panel in Washington, DC on U.S. – Russia relations,…
Top IBB officials are preventing hiring of an interim executive officer for BBG, undermine national securityApril 21, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned from several reliable sources that top officials of the International Broadcasting…
Expert analysis from RFE/RL on Boston bombings and Chechnya enhanced by Radio Liberty in ExileApril 20, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Last year, U.S. government bureaucrats in Washington wanted to eliminate Radio Free Europe / Radio…