RFE/RL Issues Vague Denial of Offering Job to Pro-Crimea Annexation Journalist EXCLUSIVE
USAGM Watch Media COMMENTARY Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) , which is journalistically independent but is overseen by…
RFE/RL Suspends Operations In Russia Following Kremlin Attacks
RFE/RL PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia after local tax authorities…
Shameful Voice of America VOA News Reporting Failure on U.S.-Germany Nord Stream Deal
USAGM Watch Commentary by Ted Lipien I was pleased to see that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), where…
Mark Pomar Sees Opportunity for Radio Liberty to Stand Up to Putin After Being Kicked Out from Russia, Peter Gross Noted
USAGM Watch Commentary Peter Gross, Ph.D., professor emeritus and former Director of the University of Tennessee’s School of…
70 Years of Radio Free Europe
USAGM Watch History U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO Michael Pack said in a message to Radio…
Happy Birthday Radio Free Europe
USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Happy Birthday Radio Free Europe! I had lived in communist-ruled Poland until…
USAGM CEO Michael Pack Selected Temporary Acting Managers at VOA, OCB, RFA, MBN and RFE/RL
USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Chief Executive Officer Michael Pack issued a press release…
“Weaponization?” What Congress wants are effective BBG programs to Iran
OPINION “Weaponization?” US Government International Media Information War: Lost By The Federalist A recent article…
Iranian woman has hopes for management change at BBG, VOA Persian, Radio Farda
BBG Watch Commentary Sheema Kalbasi, who tweets as @IranianWoman, is a U.S.-based Iranian poet, filmmaker, rights activist who…
Ann Noonan Addresses BBG on China
BBG Watch Commentary Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB –…
Russia lists 9 media outlets as foreign agents, including Voice of America, Radio Liberty, RT reported
BBG Watch Russia’s RT has just reported that “Russia lists 9 media outlets as foreign agents, including Voice…
VOA had a brief AP report after Zbigniew Brzezinski’s death; RT posted a full obituary
BBG Watch Commentary One of the major American planners of the Cold War victory over the Soviet Union,…
Are you in good hands, BBG?
BBG Watch Commentary “It’s playing everywhere here – even during the Olympics!,” a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
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…
WP: VOA chief threatens to ‘kill’ other U.S. broadcast stations if . . .
BBG Watch Media In his “In the Loop” Washington Post column, Al Kamen reports on former Voice of…
Voice of America Persian v BBC Persian on Facebook 301 – 6,900
BBG Watch Media Voice of America Persian slide into irrelevance on social media While most…
United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014, CBO Cost Estimate
BBG Watch Commentary A cost estimate of H.R. 4490, the United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014,…
Dropping radio and going all digital: VOA Asia Twitter not updated since May 3
BBG Watch Commentary Executives in charge of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), which operates radio transmissions for the…
Meehan resolution to move Iran broadcasting from VOA to RFE RL to be voted on later
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan tried to introduce this resolution, but since…
A Former VOA Correspondent on the Debate Over U.S. International Broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is providing a forum for discussion on the United States International Communications Reform Act of…
BBG Media Highlights — bipartisan BBG reform bill and OCB journalists win in court
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Media Highlights sent out to subscribers by email and posted online by the Broadcasting…
Voice of America English News fails to report Kerry’s statement on deportation of Crimean Tatars
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has failed to report for its worldwide English audiences…
Voice of America wasted estimated millions on improper contract payments, Radio Free Asia gets clean bill of health
BBG Watch Commentary — Investigative Report — Waste and Mismanagement In a series of investigative reports, BBG Watch…
Eurasia Review: Why An American International Media Presence Is More Important Than Ever – OpEd by Michael D. Webber
BBG Watch Commentary “…services like VOA and RFERL are more important than ever. These networks provide news and…
Reaffirmation of freedom of speech and new leadership needed for RFE/RL — Mario Corti’s letter about Andrei Babitsky
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has received a letter to the editor written by former Radio Liberty Russian…
VOA does a poor job of explaining Hungary vote, more comprehensive reporting and analysis from Al Jazeera, BBC, DW, RT
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America’s (VOA) brief news item (134 words) on the results of parliamentary elections…
Albanian Americans, others concerned about decision to end U.S.-funded media outreach to the Balkans
BBG Watch Commentary A decision by the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to end Voice of America…
Prague Freedom Foundation praises work of RFE/RL journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Shortly after we posted our previous story on a sad state of management, direction, journalistic…
Obama Administration Wants to Ax Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Balkans, Iraq
BBG Watch Commentary The following article by Bridget Johnson was posted on PJ Media website: READ: Obama Administration…
Congressman Duncan honors Ambassador Ashe for BBG service, BBG Watch reporting cited in Congressional Record
United States Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. from Tennessee, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and…
Outstanding RFE/RL news reporting from Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary “Ukrainian In Spirit, If Not In Name: Euromaidan’s First Victims” is the title of an…
American journalist David Satter rejects Kremlin’s claims on reasons for visa denial
BBG Watch Exclusive David Satter, an American journalist and advisor at U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio…
Voice of America fails to report on President Obama’s Statement on Coptic Christmas
BBG Watch Commentary Late yesterday, Tuesday, January 7, BBG Watch reported that the English website of the Voice…
Orthodox Christmas – ignored by Voice of America English News, noted by some VOA language services, BBC, RFE/RL
Global Media Analyst UPDATE: VOA English News also did not report on the 2014 Statement by President Obama…
Aung San Suu Kyi's visit underscores importance of VOA and RFA radio for freedom advocates in oppressed nations
BBG Watch Commentary On the occasion of VOA’s 70th anniversary this year, Aung San Suu Kyi said it…
CUSIB supports drive to honor James L. Buckley
Reposted from the CUSIB website. The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is proud to join the drive…
‘Old white guys’ meet ‘cute young intern’ and First Amendment at the Broadcasting Board of Governors
A commentary by BBG Watch Cute High School Intern Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) officials have gotten so used to running their small federal agency like their own private country club that they still frequently forget that at least some of their meetings can now be viewed online. While the video from the last BBG meeting was streamed live, the on demand link to the video has not worked since then
Death of Voice of America legendary radio host Pat Gates Lynch
Celebrated Voice of America Breakfast Show host Pat Gates Lynch died after a struggle with cancer Sunday at