Read More 4 minute read ANN NOONAN on BBG, VOA, RFE/RL Problems VIDEOApril 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America “(VOA) used to take pride in interviewing Vaclav Havel…
Read More 16 minute read Complaint to U.N. Human Rights Council Against BBG EXCLUSIVE TextJanuary 12, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE This article covers legal issues. Please read our Disclaimers and Terms of Use.…
Read More 22 minute read BBG Contract Employees $400M Class Action Complaint EXCLUSIVEJanuary 8, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary This article covers legal issues. Please read our Disclaimers and Terms of Use. …
Read More 12 minute read $400M class action suit may signal more trouble ahead for new BBG CEODecember 28, 2015 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Report and Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the reported $400 million class action lawsuit…
Read More 5 minute read Misclassified: BBG faces $400mn lawsuit over contracting practices, report claims — RT USA reportsDecember 24, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary RT USA, the English language website of Russia’s overseas propaganda media outlet RT, is reporting…
Read More 15 minute read Called ‘traitors’ and ‘Jews’ by Putin supporters, Radio Liberty journalists complain of mistreatment by U.S.-hired managementNovember 6, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary WARNING: This post contains a letter by an anonymous Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
Read More 7 minute read Mario Corti Letter to BBG Watch: keep an eye on RFE/RLJuly 22, 2015 BBG Watch Mario Corti, an Italian journalist, author, Russia expert and former director of Radio Liberty Russian Service,…
Read More 5 minute read NOONAN, PRESUTTI, HEIL — mismanagement, independence, future of Voice of AmericaDecember 19, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Link to Video At the open board meeting in Washington Thursday, Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 8 minute read Human rights organizations write to BBG urging end to discrimination of RFE/RL foreign journalistsJuly 21, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The latest human rights organization to send a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
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 17 minute read International Labor Rights Forum Charges Discrimination at Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyJune 16, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In a letter sent to the Board of Broadcasting Governors (BBG), the International Labor Rights Forum calls…
Read More 12 minute read Anna’s Story – ‘Anna Karapetian: a woman against the System’ by Veronica SullaSeptember 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary A documentary essay, Anna Karapetian: a woman against the System, was posted recently in Russian…
Czech newspaper publishes commentary on employee discrimination at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty in PragueAugust 3, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Lidove Noviny, the oldest Czech newspaper, published an op-ed article by a former Radio Free…
Read More 5 minute read Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is still not an Equal Opportunity EmployerJuly 16, 2013 Commentary RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY IS STILL NOT AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER by Mario Corti It…
Before BBG meeting in Prague, Czech parliamentarian asks PM to protect rights of RFE/RL employeesJune 18, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Shortly before the scheduled meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Prague, a…
Czech newspaper wonders if BBG Watch is right about imminent reforms at RFE/RLApril 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Lidove Noviny, a daily Czech newspaper, published a commentary wondering whether the new acting Radio…
Czech Radio criticizes RFE/RL for mistreatment of foreign employees, new executive expected to actMarch 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In an nationwide broadcast by the state-owned Czech radio station, Cesky Rozhlas Plus (Cro+), Anna…
RFE/RL's interim president expected to address Czech Helsinki Committee concerns with new personnel and policy decisionsMarch 9, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) acting president Kevin Klose…
60 Years of Radio Liberty (Svoboda): Coverage as Exercise in PropagandaMarch 4, 2013 Commentary by Leon 60 Years of Radio Liberty (Svoboda): Coverage as Exercise in Propaganda By Leon…
Read More 5 minute read Lev Roitman calls on Kevin Klose to act on restoring rights of RFE/RL employeesMarch 2, 2013 Commentary by Lev Roitman Former senior commentator at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Lev Roitman, who retired from…
Video of CUSIB's Ann Noonan at BBG meeting defending fired Radio Liberty journalistsFebruary 26, 2013 The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has released a video of CUSIB Executive Director Ann…
CUSIB Statement on Recent BBG DevelopmentsFebruary 7, 2013 The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released a statement expressing its opposition to the growth of bureaucracy…
Former Radio Liberty broadcaster calls on Secretary Clinton to confront damage to U.S. public diplomacy caused by BBG and RFE/RL officialsNovember 9, 2012 The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 U.S.A. …
Working under BBG management is no Labor Day picnic for employees – The Czech Helsinki Committee condemns human rights violations at Radio Free Europe Radio LibertySeptember 3, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary How can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) proclaim with a straight face that…
Solidarity – BBG Problems with Employees Not Limited to VOAJune 29, 2012 Solidarity among the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees, who are managed by the worst-rated team of executives…
Letter to BBG about labor practices at RFE/RLJune 21, 2012 Article, “Helsinki Committee: Labor Practices of Radio Free Europe Are Immoral”, mentions BBG. Dear BBG members,…
Bad press for RFE/RL in Czech RepublicJune 21, 2012 A former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Russian Service editor and commentator Lev Roitman has published an op-ed in…
Provide effective protection to the women who suffered injustice – Czech Helsinki Committee on labor practices at RFE/RLJune 17, 2012 ČESKÝ HELSINSKÝ VÝBOR CZECH HELSINKI COMMITTEE organizace pro lidská práva Human Rights Organization _________________________________________________________________________ Employment of Foreigners at…
BBG's Ashe meets women fighting discrimination at Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyJune 8, 2012 The Czech Helsinki Committee described their treatment by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) as “immoral.” The Croatian Times…
Read More 12 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors told they use communist law to discriminate against foreign employeesJune 6, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary In emails to members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), who are meeting…
Czech Helsinki Committee decries immoral treatment of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty employeesJune 5, 2012 On the eve of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting in Prague, the Czech Helsinki Committee (CHC)…
At Broadcasting Board of Governors, public diplomacy starts at how its executives treat their most vulnerable foreign employeesApril 26, 2012 How an employer treats his employees determines how loyal they are, how well they perform and how an…