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WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

39 leaders, groups named as Predators of Freedom of Information in 2013 On World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders is releasing an updated list of 39 Predators of Freedom of Information ­– presidents, politicians, religious leaders, militias and criminal organizations that censor, imprison, kidnap, torture and kill journalists and other news providers. Powerful, dangerous and violent, these predators consider themselves above the law. “ These predators of freedom of information are responsible for the worst abuses against the news media and journalists, ” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire said

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Radio Free Asia responds to freedom of the press findings with a defense of its unique mission

BBG Watch Commentary A Radio Free Asia (RFA) press release shows how surrogate broadcasting, which International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) top executives believe should be merged into one single program

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Three BBG members to receive Champion of Free Speech Award

BBG Watch Commentary Three members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting, will

Two Broadcasting Board of Governors members will visit Russia, check on Radio Liberty

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_13147" align="alignleft" width="140" caption="Susan McCue"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_10438" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Michael Meehan"][/caption] Two board members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Susan McCue and Michael

Masha Gessen resigns from Radio Liberty in Russia

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_19186" align="alignnone" width="662" caption="Radio Liberty in Exile journalists who were fired or resigned from Radio Liberty shortly before Masha Gessen took over as director of

Polish TV to air film about Radio Free Europe and its contribution to freedom

Commentary by Ted Lipien Polish Television will air next weekend a five-part documentary film about the Polish Service of Radio Free Europe as a tribute to its message

Hushing America’s message in terrorism’s redoubt, Washington Times op-ed

In an op-ed in The Washington Times, former Voice of America manager Ted Lipien warns that bureaucratic infighting mustn’t curtail U.S. news

Radio Liberty in Exile fills gap in human rights coverage in Russia

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_19186" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Radio Liberty in Exile Facebook Page and New Liberty SvobodaNew.com Photo"][/caption] Fired Radio Liberty journalists are providing multimedia human rights news coverage

Recording from U.S. broadcasting meeting has unexplained gaps

BBG Watch Commentary Remember President Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, and the 18½ minute gap in President Nixon White House tapes? Some of us do. International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB)

U.S. officials promoting media freedom abroad censor information for American public

BBG Watch Commentary The U.S. government's International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB)--the administrative arm of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) media agency for informing and influencing foreign audiences--censors selection

Rep. Rohrabacher asks for more U.S. broadcasts to Iran and Pakistan

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_12092" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rep. Dana Rohrabacher at the VOA Chinese 70th anniversary reception, Dec. 2011."][/caption] Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA),

Michael Lynton misses another Broadcasting Board of Governors meeting, makes agency ungovernable

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_21917" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="BBG Board, Apr. 2013. Image shows four vacancies."][/caption] Sources at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report that BBG's Interim Presiding Governor

Waiting for Godot – BBG members hope AWOL Michael Lynton will participate in board meeting

BBG Watch Commentary The mystery continues whether the U.S. international broadcasting agency's Interim Presiding Governor Michael Lynton will participate in Wednesday's Broadcasting Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting.

Russia Talking to Itself – journalists discuss media landscape and Radio Liberty

[caption id="attachment_16699" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Z. Dzieciolowski"][/caption] Kremlin control of the Russian media may not be absolute, though it comes pretty close, and the few independent media have to

Best expert analysis of Chechnya, Boston, jihadism connection comes from Radio Liberty in Exile

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_19190" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Andrei Babitsky"][/caption] Fired Radio Liberty Russian journalists delivered some of the best in depth analysis of the links between the Boston bombings,

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