All posts tagged International Broadcasting

Hillary Clinton's unfinished business and new direction at BBG

BBG Watch Commentary Writing about the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Robert Schadler, a senior fellow for Public Diplomacy at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC, noted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s criticism of the BBG despite …

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US stands to lose ability to connect with citizens in closed societies if bureaucrats have their way

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_20188" align="alignnone" width="642" caption="Broadcasting Board of Governors FY 2013 Budget Request"][/caption] The Washington bureaucrats in charge of U.S. international broadcasting (USIB) have not increased their

The State of America’s Voice: Good, According to VOA Director, But Audience Drops

BBG Watch Commentary   The Voice of America (VOA) director David Ensor posted an upbeat message about VOA on his blog, but recent audience surveys show that  during his tenure

Former RFE/RL president Tom Dine blasts supporters of merging and de-branding of surrogate broadcasters

During a roundtable discussion on the future of U.S. global media, held Tuesday at the Wilson Center in Washington, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president

Unique Role of U.S.-Funded Surrogate Broadcasters

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Unique Role of U.S.-Funded Surrogate Broadcasters

by Ted Lipien U.S. Government-funded surrogate broadcasting, which started with the formation of Radio Free Europe in the early 1950s, was

Congressional Record, April 6, 2011: Rep. Rohrabacher confronts BBG on China and Iran

[caption id="attachment_10405" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Rep. Dana Rohrabacher"][/caption] From time to time, BBG Watch publishes significant historical documents on U.S. international broadcasting. Today, we want to bring you for

CUSIB Welcomes Michael Benjamin to Advisory Board

The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org), a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization working to strengthen free flow of uncensored news from the United States to

U.S. media on failing revenge of Washington bureaucracy at Broadcasting Board of Governors

BBG Watch Commentary When one hears of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's comment that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is "defunct" or the State Department's Office

Static at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Jackson Diehl writes in The Washington Post

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_19926" align="alignleft" width="114" caption="Jackson Diehl"][/caption] Jackson Diehl, deputy editorial page editor of The Washington Post, whose extensive experience in reporting on foreign affairs includes work

Case against informational appeasement of Putin’s Russia

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_19751" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Edward Lucas"][/caption] An important article by Edward Lucas published by the Washington, DC-based Center for European Policy

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: The Secretary Weighs In – Again

  (For more discussion on Secretary Clinton's comments and the future of BBG see: "Fox,

CUSIB Encouraged by BBG’s Selection of Kevin Klose to Lead RFE/RL

The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting, an independent and nonpartisan media freedom NGO, has issued a press release welcoming the selection by the Broadcasting Board of Governors

U.S. Still Needs Radio for Public Diplomacy in the Internet Age – WPR

Tom Woods, World Politics Review analyst, wrote that during the last presidential debate, which was focused on foreign policy, Republican nominee Mitt Romney "missed an opportunity to

Former Radio Liberty chief editor calls on RFE/RL president Korn to resign, offers a taste of British humor

BBG Watch Commentary Leonid Finkelstein is a writer and a former international broadcaster. While still a student in Stalin's Russia, he served five and a half years in

Broadcasting Board of Governors Being Unnoticed

Broadcasting Board of Governors Being Unnoticed A commentary by The Federalist You know where we're coming from: we are not part of the fan club for the Broadcasting

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