Read More 3 minute read Former BBG member Ashe comments on expected settlement of OCB employees’ caseJuly 15, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned and reported earlier that thanks to the intervention of Broadcasting Board…
Read More 3 minute read The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG WatchJuly 9, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
Read More 3 minute read RFE/RL versus Helsinki Committee on labor rights – bad press continuesJune 26, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary While the new leadership (Kevin Klose and interim team which replaced him) of U.S. taxpayer-funded…
Read More 12 minute read CUSIB urges management reforms at BBGJune 23, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), which has been…
Read More 4 minute read BBG not to challenge legal rulings in favor of RIFed OCB – Radio and TV Marti employeesJune 20, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member told Committee for…
Read More 3 minute read BBG Media Highlights — bipartisan BBG reform bill and OCB journalists win in courtMay 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Media Highlights sent out to subscribers by email and posted online by the Broadcasting…
Read More 15 minute read California paper picks up Miami Herald report on OCB journalists’ latest legal victoryMay 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The Sacramento Bee newspaper picked up a Miami Herald report by Juan O Tamayo on…
Read More 10 minute read Congressman Duncan honors Ambassador Ashe for BBG service, BBG Watch reporting cited in Congressional RecordMarch 7, 2014 United States Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. from Tennessee, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and…
Read More 4 minute read A Living Memorial In Honor of Former BBG Governor, Victor AsheFebruary 18, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary “The American Linden tree planted through the efforts of AFGE Local 1812 will be a…
Read More 2 minute read BBG Media Highlights – January 31, 2014January 31, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary – “BBG Media Highlights” are distributed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) – a…
Read More 5 minute read RFA and RFE/RL highlight their journalistic accomplishments in 2013December 27, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Both Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) have posted…
Read More 5 minute read Voice of America ignores U.S. Congress screening of Wałęsa biopic, his return visit to Capitol HillDecember 5, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary When Lech Wałęsa was leading the Solidarity trade union in the 1980s, the Voice of…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America English News fails to report on Obama meeting with Cuban dissidentsNovember 10, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary While VOA English News report “Obama Calls for Updated US Policy on Cuba” lacked both…
Read More 8 minute read A Memo to the Board – The FederalistOctober 31, 2013 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: A Memo to the Board by The Federalist On Wednesday, October 23,…
Read More 5 minute read Roxana’s StoryJuly 23, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary From the firing of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia to the illegal RIF of OCB…
Read More 4 minute read ‘LET THEM EAT ICE CREAM’ on 4th of July – media freedom journalists suffer injustice, humiliation and hardships under IBBJuly 4, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary “While in Miami the lives of many honest, hardworking people are utterly destroyed, here in…
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…
Fire at Radio and TV Marti in Miami, programs to Cuba continueApril 22, 2013 According to reports, a fire broke out outside the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) Radio and TV Marti…
BBG union president says Voice of America and surrogate broadcasters have different missionsMarch 14, 2013 In a letter to The Washington Post, Tim Shamble, president of the AFGE Local 1812 union representing the…
Read More 6 minute read OCB and IBB executives show contempt for employees and law, face criticism from Victor AsheMarch 14, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Cheered on by the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive staff, the current administration of the…
Buenos Dias or Buenos Noches for Voice of America Spanish BroadcastsApril 26, 2012 As Gabriel Garcia Marquez once said: La sabiduría nos llega cuando ya no nos sirve de nada. Wisdom…
Broadcasting Board of Governors members concerned about Latin America strategyApril 19, 2012 Members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors Strategy and Budget Committee may be concerned about the mess their…
Read More 4 minute read Congress tries to thwart BBG attempts to shut down Voice of AmericaApril 7, 2012 THAT PESKY CONGRESS: THWARTING ATTEMPTS BY THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND ITS EXECUTIVE STAFF TO SHUT DOWN…
Read More 5 minute read Purging of the Voice of America by the Broadcasting Board of GovernorsApril 3, 2012 RIF REDUX: PURGING OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA BY THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND ITS EXECUTIVE STAFF by Quo…
BBG bureaucracy versus strategy and national interestsMarch 12, 2012 BBG bureaucracy versus strategy and national interests defines proposed program cuts at Voice of America The bureaucratic executive…