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Media freedom activist Ted Lipien warns against diminished public stake in U.S. international broadcasting
Republished from the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) website: In an article published in American Diplomacy, a quarterly electronic journal of commentary, analysis, and research on American foreign policy and its practice, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) director Ted Lipien warns against diminished public stake in U.S.
Voice of America during the martial law in Poland
Radio of the Martial Law republished from TedLipien.com Thirty years ago, on December 13, 1981, General Wojciech Jaruzelski had declared martial law in Poland, imprisoning Lech Walesa and
Beatification of John Paul II was a low priority public diplomacy event for President Obama
TedLipien.com, Truckee, California, USA, May 01, 2011 — In a public diplomacy blunder likely to offend American Catholics, Polish-American voters and people in Poland, the Obama
Kosovo – US ambassador launches unacceptable attack on Kosovo journalists
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders deplores US ambassador Christopher Dell's open letter (see below) to Kosovo's Independent Media Commission on 23 February criticising
Georgians in Gali
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - After almost 19 years since the first exchange of fire in August 1992, the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict remains as far from political
Attacks on the Press 2010: Serbia
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
Top Developments• Authorities win convictions in anti-press attacks, improve access to information.
• Constitutional Court strikes down restrictive
Attacks on the Press 2010: Armenia
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
Top Developments• New broadcast law gives regulators broad powers to revoke TV licenses.
• Gala TV, a rare critical
Reagan is Out, Obama is In – U.S. Embassies in Central and Eastern Europe Ignore 100 Anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s Birthday
TedLipien.com, Truckee, CA, February 08, 2011 -- One would think that the centennial of Ronald Reagan's birthday could be a perfect public diplomacy theme for
BBC to End Radio Broadcasts in Russian Русская служба Би-би-си существенно сократит количество радиопрограмм
FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, January 26, 2011 -- The Russian Service of the BBC, which provides news and information to Russian-speaking audiences
Leaked State Department Cables on Obama’s Sept. 17 Missile Defense Announcement Reveal His and Secretary Gates’ Views on Russia
Opinia.US Truckee, CA, November 29, 2010 -- Leaked secret State Department cables may help to resolve the mystery as to why President Obama chose September 17, 2009
French and U.S. Diplomats Warned Obama Administration About Concessions to Russia on Missile Defense
FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, November 28, 2010 -- Classified and secret U.S. State Department cables released by Wikileaks show French government
Broadcasting Board of Governors Chairman makes news by calling Russia’s and China’s official media America’s ‘enemies’; former BBG member gets praise on Capital Hill
FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, October 08, 2010 -- The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Walter Isaacson, recently placed by President
Józef Światło, Radio Free Europe and Balloons | Richard H Cummings | Historytimes.com
FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, October 01, 2010 -- For those interested in the history of U.S. international broadcasting, Richard H Cummings, author












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Anonymous: We can write to our senators and to members of Congress. If they rece...
anonymous: If anything is clear, the BBG is now AT WAR WITH ITS OWN EMPLOYEES. ...
Anonymous2: What an appalling public diplomacy message from a U.S. federal agency ...
Anonymous: The laughter of Broadcasting Board of Governors members and other BBG ...