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BBG Watch Commentary Dozens of former Radio Liberty journalists fired by American managers who used guards and other coercive measures are getting ready to confront Radio Free Europe/Radio

Posted from BBG Watch: read original here. BBG Watch Commentary There is little doubt that United Nations officials find independent reporter Matthew Russell Lee highly annoying. His reports have

The International Campaign for Tibet NGO has posted online an easy to use form for sending a letter to members of Congress to

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which manages U.S. overseas news and information programs, wants to abolish the Voice of America Tibetan Radio Service

[caption id="attachment_13074" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Alexei Navalny, photo by Alexey Yushenkov "][/caption]BBG Watch Commentary and Appeal for Action In their private conversations, some staffers in the Voice of America

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_12982" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="Russian oppositionist Navalny says Voice of America interview with him is 100 percent fake, Voice of America went nuts, and all those

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Russian Service did not report on the "fake" interview with a Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, which was posted and then withdrawn with an

The posting on the Voice of America Russian website of an allegedly fake interview with a Russian anti-corruption lawyer, human rights activist, opposition leader and blogger Alexei Navalny

The Voice of America English website has not reported yet on the controversy involving the posting of an interview with a Russian opposition leader

[caption id="attachment_10408" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Snapshot of a VOA Russian Service blog under porn attack."][/caption] One can make a very good argument that going all web and eliminating Voice

This is a BBG Watch commentary. Lobo means wolf (Canis lupus) in Spanish. Wolf (Lobo) is a noble name. It implies strength, intelligence, and action. Richard Lobo is the

We could not find any reference to VOA's 70th anniversary on the official home page of the BBG website or any official statement from the Broadcasting

Matt Armstrong's post on his public diplomacy blog MountainRunner.us, "Discussing the BBG’s (dys)function," generated a comment from a VOA/BBG insider. There

This comment from a BBG insider was originally published in response to Matt Armstrong's post,