US stands to lose ability to connect with citizens in closed societies if bureaucrats have their way
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington bureaucrats in charge of U.S. international broadcasting (USIB) have not increased their audience…
RL 60: RFE/RL has not announced plans for Radio Liberty's 60th anniversary
BBG Watch Commentary In contrast with the 60th anniversary of Radio Free Europe, for which Radio Free Europe/Radio…
60 RL: The Radio Station Known as Radio Liberty
BBG Watch is posting under its “60 RL” series historical and current news to commemorate the 60…
60 RL: Former RFE/RL News Director Terry Willey comments on dismissal of Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch is posting under its “60 RL” series historical and current news to commemorate the 60 anniversary…
60 RL: Radio Liberty in Exile posts first Radio Liberty interview with Gorbachev to mark station's 60th anniversary
BBG Watch Commentary Even though they are not the official Radio Liberty, Radio Liberty in Exile was the…
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan calls on BBG to reinstate fired Radio Liberty journalists
At the end of today’s Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open meeting in Washington, D.C., Ann Noonan, Executive Director…
Broadcasting Board Of Governors To Meet Today
According to an announcement on the BBG official website, an open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Profile of a Radio Liberty in Exile journalist Anastasia Kirilenko
This profile of Anastasia Kirilenko, who resigned in protest from Radio Liberty in October 2012, is reposted from…
60 RL: Radio Liberty in Exile to mark Radio Liberty's 60th anniversary at a major event in Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Radio Liberty in Exile, a group of fired Radio Liberty…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Tuning Out and Gone
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Tuning Out and Gone by The Federalist The behavior of senior…
CUSIB's Executive Director Ann Noonan to speak at BBG meeting
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the Committee for U.S. International…
Radio Liberty in Exile issues statement on meeting with RFE/RL acting president Kevin Klose
BBG Watch Commentary After much internal debate, journalists of Radio Liberty in Exile issued a statement on their…
Kevin Klose meets with Russian human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary During a highly emotional meeting in Moscow on Tuesday that lasted nearly five hours, newly-appointed…
RFE/RL president to meet Radio Liberty staffers, Russian media report
BBG Watch Commentary Russian media reported that acting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president Kevin Klose will meet…
Boris Nemtsov defended fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Originally Published February 18, 2013 Updated Boris Nemtsov defended fired Radio Liberty journalists Recently…
MAXIMUS HUBRIS / REASONABLE DOUBT, PART IV by AFGE Local 1812
The employee union at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1812, continues…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: (Yet Another) Silver Bullet Placebo
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: (Yet Another) Silver Bullet Placebo by The Federalist As reported by…
Young Russian opposition leaders discuss statement in support of fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch has learned that a group of younger Russian opposition leaders is working on a statement in…
RFE/RL president Kevin Klose to meet in Moscow with human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty staffers
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty acting president Kevin Klose is…
Unique Role of U.S.-Funded Surrogate Broadcasters
BBG Watch Commentary Unique Role of U.S.-Funded Surrogate Broadcasters by Ted Lipien U.S. Government-funded surrogate broadcasting, which started…
BBG meeting shortened, Klose to report on RFE/RL in closed session
BBG Watch has learned that due to expected absences of some Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members, the…
BBG Presiding Governor may be absent at next board meeting
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Interim Presiding Governor Michael…
Single CEO for U.S. International Broadcasting expected in Obama's FY2014 budget proposal
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that President Obama’s FY2014 budget proposal is likely to call for…
Public Diplomacy and Online Platforms: Radio Liberty’s Case, analysis by American Security Project blogger
BBG Watch Commentary Lívia Pontes Fialho, a policy researcher intern at the American Security Project, analyzes in the…
Union accuses IBB bureaucracy of 'a great pretend game'
The employee union at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812,…
Beware of Central Bureaucracy for USIB
BBG Watch Commentary This BBG Watch commentary on the “21st Century Vision for U.S. Global Media” paper by…
CUSIB Statement on Recent BBG Developments
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released a statement expressing its opposition to the growth of bureaucracy…
In defense of Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The Bureaucracy at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, centered largely within the BBG’s International Broadcasting…
Lyudmila Alexeeva, staunch ally of fired Radio Liberty journalists, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
BBG Watch Commentary As reported by Dr. Paul Goble on his scholarly Window on Eurasia blog focusing on…
Huffington Post reports on Radio Liberty, quotes Klose, Gedmin, O'Sullivan, and BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary The Huffington Post, ranked #1 on the 15 Most Popular Political Sites list in the…
U.S. media on failing revenge of Washington bureaucracy at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary When one hears of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s comment that the Broadcasting Board…
Kevin Klose offers vision of journalism that empowers, remains silent on plans to reform RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary “Fact-based, quality, reliable, independent, verifiable journalism — that’s what we’re about,” recently appointed Radio Free…
Russian human rights leader Lyudmila Alexeeva wants two RFE/RL managers to resign, asks for return of fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary In a letter to the newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) acting president Kevin Klose,…
Static at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Jackson Diehl writes in The Washington Post
BBG Watch Commentary Jackson Diehl, deputy editorial page editor of The Washington Post, whose extensive experience in reporting…
Success Stories of Fired Radio Liberty Journalists
SUCCESS STORIES OF FIRED RADIO LIBERTY JOURNALISTS by Mario Corti [aside] November 14, 2012. News agencies and other…
Latest Russian media reports on Radio Liberty crisis focus on Holocaust video story
BBG Watch Commentary Russian media continues to report on the ongoing crisis at Radio Liberty. Latest reports focus…
Gessen website ignores story of Holocaust video
BBG Watch Commentary The Russian Service website of Radio Liberty has ignored the widely reported story of a…
RFE/RL coverage of Holocaust video project raises questions
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) coverage of the Holocaust video project by award-winning filmmaker Mumin…
Ivan Tolstoy leads Radio Liberty in Exile innovative online video discussion on Tamizdat
BBG Watch Commentary LINK to Radio Liberty in Exile Video. Using Google Hangout live video technology, the same…
Case against informational appeasement of Putin's Russia
BBG Watch Commentary An important article by Edward Lucas published by the Washington, DC-based Center for European Policy…
Fox, Marks, Perron, and others on Clinton and 'defunct' U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary With the publication of this FoxNews.com article, “Clinton pushes for more broadcasting of pro-US message,…
On his first day as Acting President, BBG Watch extends best wishes to Kevin Klose at RFE/RL
Welcome Kevin Klose – We Wish You Well BBG Watch usually does not do this, but we feel…
Images and videos that changed Broadcasting Board of Governors' position on RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary “On the day Kevin Klose assumes his duties as Acting President and CEO or Radio…
RFE/RL news services failed to cover Radio Liberty crisis and Steven Korn's controversial reign
BBG Watch Commentary A comment left on the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) website points out that this…
Clinton – 'We have abdicated the international broadcasting arena.' Why?
BBG Watch Commentary SECRETARY CLINTON: “And finally, we need to do a better job conveying a counter-narrative to…
An Argument Against a CEO from BBG employee union
The employee union at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812, has…
Russian Service is not the only victim of management actions at RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary A commentary sent to BBG Watch by a journalist whose articles have been published on…
Fired Radio Liberty journalists appeal to BBG and Kevin Klose for reinstatement
BBG Watch Commentary Fired Radio Liberty journalists appeal to BBG and Kevin Klose for reinstatement, Russian Service employees…
BBG and RFE/RL rank-and-file employees feel insulted and outraged by OIG inspection reports
BBG Watch Commentary Rank-and-file employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty continue…
Unprofessional OIG reports on BBG and RFE/RL part of a larger pattern
BBG Watch Commentary The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the State Department, which produced two incomplete…