Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Russia Reviewed
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Russia Reviewed by The Federalist (Special to BBG Watch to mark…
Gessen's attacks on Radio Liberty's American supporters bring more negative Russian media coverage
BBG Watch Commentary Recent attacks in Russian by Masha Gessen, the new head of Radio Liberty’s Russian Service,…
RFE/RL executives claim strong BBG support, ignore reports of Steven Korn's imminent departure
BBG Watch Commentary A recording believed to have been made at a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) senior…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe challenges claims by Masha Gessen about Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Ambassador Victor Ashe, the U.S. federal agency…
Video of CUSIB's Ann Noonan asking BBG to protect Radio Liberty journalists
In addressing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting in Washington on Friday, the Committee for…
Masha Gessen denies Radio Liberty Russian Service will be inspected, calls it review of the situation in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary “The strategy of the development of the Russian Service was perceived very positively.” “There was…
Risky business – BBG employees in solidarity with fired Radio Liberty colleagues
The following commentary was posted on the AFGE Local 1812 website of the union representing BBG employees: Risky…
Steven Korn to leave RFE/RL within 45 days, sources say
BBG Watch Commentary According to sources inside the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) headquarters, at a meeting in…
What future holds for RFE/RL President Korn and his team and for Radio Liberty?
BBG Watch Commentary It’s hard to imagine that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President and CEO Steven Korn…
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan Speaks at BBG Meeting, Demands Reinstatement of Fired Radio Liberty Journalists
In addressing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting in Washington on Friday, the Committee for…
How to Save Radio Liberty by Ariel Cohen and Helle C. Dale, The Heritage Foundation
How to Save Radio Liberty By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. and Helle C. Dale, The Heritage Foundation December 13,…
Russian and international media on Radio Liberty crisis, Dec. 13, 2012
Shortly after his executives fired dozens of Radio Liberty journalists in Moscow last September, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Radio Liberty in Exile journalists sent their comments and analysis to BBG members
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a group of fired Radio Liberty journalists and those who…
Freedom House President David Kramer highly critical of Steven Korn's leadership at RFE/RL
Sources told BBG Watch that at a panel discussion on Russia held Thursday in Washington by the Broadcasting…
Former Radio Liberty reporter Elena Vlasenko to receive Sakharov journalism prize
Elena Vlasenko, a young journalist who resigned in protest from the Moscow bureau of Radio Liberty (Radio Svoboda)…
RFE/RL management's strained relations with Czech employees
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a number of Czech employees of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Radio Liberty disappears from most cited radios list in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Just two months after Masha Gessen took over as the new director of Radio Liberty’s…
IBB executives travel abroad, pay no attention as RFE/RL crisis deepens and audiences decline
BBG Watch Commentary Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva and former President Mikhail Gorbachev apparently care more about…
CUSIB Congratulates Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Recipient Kristina Gorelik
Reposted from the CUSIB – www.cusib.org – website. December 10, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Congratulates Moscow Helsinki…
Sex and drugs trump human rights on new Russian home page of Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary On the International Human Rights Day, December 10, Masha Gessen’s Radio Liberty, also known in…
Fired Radio Liberty reporter Kristina Gorelik receives Moscow Helsinki Group Journalism Prize
BBG Watch Commentary Kristina Gorelik (Кристина Горелик), fired last September by American taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)…
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is starting to look more like Playboy and National Enquirer
BBG Watch Commentary Sexually suggestive videos and racy photos — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is changing its…
Never use a gadget that's smarter than you – RFE/RL President Korn embarrassed by his email
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) staffers are having a big laugh over their president and…
Open Letter to RFE/RL President Korn Urging Fair Treatment of Employees with Disabilities
Fired Radio Liberty journalists, some who are currently working at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, as well as those…
Radio Liberty offers young Kazakh Muslims American-style videos with sexual content, causes outrage
BBG Watch Commentary “I don’t understand why RFE/RL produced these obscene videos using American taxpayers’ money.” — Kazakh…
Former RFE/RL News Director Terry Willey comments on dismissal of Radio Liberty journalists
Terry Willey was Director of the News and Current Affairs Division at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). In…
Dr. Igor Sutyagin, former political prisoner in Putin's Russia, explains why serious news seekers stopped using Radio Liberty Russian website
BBG Watch Commentary After the American management of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) headed by President and CEO…
Is Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty an Equal Opportunity Employer?
BBG Watch Commentary We went through the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) website but could not find any…
OIG investigation of RFE/RL President and CEO urged
BBG Watch Commentary A former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) broadcaster and senior commentator Lev Roitman has requested…
Radio Free Asia Tibetan Service covers extensively protests in Tibet and China despite recent dismissal of its director
BBG Watch Commentary The Radio Free Asia (RFA) Tibetan Service leads all international broadcasters in quick, extensive and…
Media on Radio Liberty Update, Nov. 26, 2012
Russian and international media reports on the Radio Liberty crisis, Radio Liberty in Exile and its new website,…
From Radio Liberty to "Radio Gessen" – Milestones of the Road Map
BBG Watch Commentary From Radio Liberty to “Radio Gessen” – Milestones of the Road Map An insider’s report…
Former editor Lyudmila Telen pained by catastrophic audience drop for Radio Liberty's Russian website
BBG Watch Commentary Ludmila Telen (Телень, Людмила Олеговна – Russian Wikipedia), an award-winning Russian journalist who was fired…
Remembering Radio Liberty in Exile Journalists on Thanksgiving
As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, BBG Watch remembers Radio Liberty journalists who were brutally fired without a warning or…
Russian and international media continue to report on Radio Liberty crisis
BBG Watch Commentary After Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) fired more than 30 Radio Liberty journalists in Moscow,…
Russian human rights leaders issue a second letter denouncing RFE/RL president Korn, ask Secretary Clinton and Congress to intervene
BBG Watch Commentary In a second letter sent in the last two months to the U.S. Senate Committee…
Russian media report on launching of Radio Liberty in Exile news website SvobodaNew.com
Interfax, the biggest non-governmental Russian news agency, reported the launching of SvobodaNew.com, the news and information website set…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and Rebellion
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and Rebellion by The Federalist “There is something…
RFE/RL management blocks employee access to Radio Liberty in Exile website SvobodaNew.com
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the management of BBG-supervised Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Russia expert David Satter offers scathing criticism of RFE/RL president Steven Korn
BBG Watch Commentary In a wide-ranging interview recored at the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Russia scholar, journalist and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Slip Sliding Away
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Slip Sliding Away by The Federalist We now see…
RFE/RL president Korn refuses to provide information to BBG committee on Masha Gessen and his trip to Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that in an unprecedented act of defiance, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
New Radio Liberty ignores Gorbachev's new book, misses Obama-Putin call and other news stories
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Post had a AP story about the release of former president Mikhail Gorbachev’s…
Obama-Putin phone call ignored by new Radio Liberty website
As of Wednesday morning Moscow time, the new Radio Liberty website has posted no news on its home…
UK-based Russia expert Masha Karp analyzes Radio Liberty's demise
Masha Karp is a trustee of Rights in Russia and a London-based freelance journalist with a special interest in relations between Russia…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a Picture
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a Picture by The Federalist (We are…
Victor Ashe criticizes Broadcasting Board of Governors for inaction in addressing management crises
Ambassador Victor Ashe, a member of the bipartisan board of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal…
Mikhail Sokolov – fired Radio Liberty journalist disliked by Putin and RFE/RL president Korn
In his remarks to his senior staffers, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president Steven Korn made dismissive comments…
Radio Liberty in Exile Russian journalists appeal in a video to U.S. Congress for help
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty in Exile responds to RFE/RL President Steven Korn’s dismissive comments about Russian opposition…
Radio Liberty in Exile posts RFE/RL president Steven Korn's dismissive comments about Russian opposition leaders
BBG Watch Commentary Enterprising Radio Liberty in Exile journalists have obtained an audio file of Radio Free Europe/Radio…