Read More 2 minute read BBG’s – now USAGM – systemic failure on Iran coverageAugust 21, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary on USAGM “Additionally, in the aggregate, reportage on bilateral relations between the U.S.…
Read More 8 minute read Tom Kent leaving RFE/RLAugust 7, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Having published a letter to the New York Times editor in defense of his stewardship…
Read More 4 minute read Former RFE/RL Kazakh editor criticizes managementApril 18, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Young journalists, most of them women, from countries without free media are criticizing senior management…
Read More 5 minute read Another former RFE/RL woman journalist blasts senior managementMarch 26, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Asem Tokayeva, another woman journalist who had worked for U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe /…
Read More 13 minute read Message for Speaker Ryan from Dissident RFE/RL JournalistsMarch 24, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Dissident Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists want to tell House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)…
Read More 5 minute read Putin Won By Bringing ‘Strength’ to Russia, RFE/RL Head Tom Kent tells BBGMarch 18, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary It would have been inconceivable for the head of U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe and…
Read More 4 minute read Why Putin Will Win, RFE/RL President Tom Kent ExplainsMarch 17, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary On March 14, 2018, Tom Kent, President of U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), explained…
Read More 8 minute read Ann Noonan Addresses BBG on ChinaMarch 14, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB –…
Read More 6 minute read #ReformBBG — BBG, VOA, RFE/RL Employees Ask for Immediate ReformsMarch 12, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary According to the announcement posted on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) website, the Broadcasting…
Read More 8 minute read Senior managers at RFE/RL failed to earn respect, alienated staff, journalists sayFebruary 12, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Respect must be earned by managers and that’s something that senior executives in charge of…
Read More 7 minute read Vaclav Havel Fellows condemn management practices at RFE/RLFebruary 5, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary In response to the recent developments around რადიო თავისუფლება, the Georgian Service of Radio Free…
Read More 10 minute read Big names in Georgia sign petition in defense of RFE/RL Georgian ServiceJanuary 30, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Some of the most prominent academics, writers, artists, and human rights activists in Georgia have…
Read More 9 minute read Another former RFE/RL newswoman Shahida Tulaganova slams managementJanuary 27, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary UK-based award-winning investigative reporter Shahida Tulaganova joined another award-winning journalist Khadija Ismayilova, a former political…
Read More 5 minute read Renowned newswoman Khadija Ismayilova blasts RFE/RL bosses after quittingJanuary 25, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary After quitting in frustration her freelancer position with U.S. tax-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio…
Read More 5 minute read Management’s push threatens credibility of RFE/RL Georgian programsJanuary 22, 2018 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary BBG Watch has learned from multiple sources in Washington, DC and Tbilisi, Georgia that…
Read More 3 minute read Devastating criticism of Radio Farda, VOA, and BBG from former officialJune 23, 2017 BBG Watch Media Former director of Radio Liberty during the fall of communism in the Soviet block and…
Read More 7 minute read Maximum Buffoonery at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMarch 27, 2017 OPINION Maximum Buffoonery US International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist If there is…
Read More 4 minute read More of Iran’s unchallenged anti-Israel propaganda from RFE/RL – ‘Fake Entity Israel’March 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has found more evidence of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) repeating…
Read More 6 minute read U.S. tax-funded RFE/RL helps spread Iran’s hate propaganda against Israel, needs reformsMarch 6, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Working without proper guidance and leadership from the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) or…
Read More 6 minute read Defunct BBG Board to bite the dustDecember 1, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary In the end even the Obama White House had enough of the “practically defunct“ (Hillary…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America, RFE/RL ignore White House statement on genocide in UkraineNovember 14, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Hillary Clinton when she was U.S. Secretary of State called the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Read More 7 minute read Inexperienced leaders breed chaos at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsSeptember 28, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Voice of America (VOA) Video: India Python Swallows Antelope Broadcasting Board…
Read More 13 minute read Not by accident, Richard Stengel had a better trip to Russia than BBG Chair Jeff ShellSeptember 18, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell’s trip to Russia turned out to be…
Read More 10 minute read Enjoy ‘Pravda-style’ reports from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) at US taxpayers’ expenseSeptember 14, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary If you think that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), run by current and former…
Read More 9 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not SalesmanshipAugust 31, 2016 OPINION This is a guest commentary. Other opinions are welcome. Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not…
Read More 10 minute read Are you in good hands, BBG?August 12, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary “It’s playing everywhere here – even during the Olympics!,” a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 6 minute read Voice of America virtual reality journalism story may be a result of virtual leadershipJune 10, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Today, the Voice of America’s parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announced the…
Read More 3 minute read Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Announces Thomas Kent As New PresidentJune 10, 2016 BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty announced the appointment of…