Archive for February 20th, 2012

U.S. taxpayers funding pro-Putin VOA programs – Ted Lipien in Washington Examiner

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Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director, has been warning for some time that marketing and staffing policies pushed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives have changed the focus of VOA and other BBG broadcasters from serious, accurate and well balanced journalism to ratings-chasing entertainment and sloppy reporting produced [...]

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CUSIB Opposes BBG’s FY2013 Budget Proposal

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Republished from CUSIB.org. February 17, 2012 For Immediate Release Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Opposes Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Budget Proposal for FY2013 The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has issued the following statement after a careful review of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ 161-page Budget Proposal for FY2013: “The Committee for U.S. International [...]

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U.S. taxpayers funding pro-Putin VOA programs

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Republished from BBGWatch.com. Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director, has been warning for some time that marketing and staffing policies pushed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives have changed the focus of VOA and other BBG broadcasters from serious, accurate and well balanced journalism to ratings-chasing entertainment and [...]

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Russian Accuses Voice Of America Of Fake Interview – NPR

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NPR’s Michele Kelemen, a former employee of Voice of America, reported on the recent VOA Russian Service interview with a leading Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny which he later described as “100 percent fake” and complained that VOA “went nuts.” The fake interview may have been created by Kremlin supporters who have been known to [...]

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Cantonese speakers face moves against their language from Chinese and American officials

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Chinese regime officials don’t like Chinese media use of Cantonese language and neither does the Obama Administration for Voice of America news programs to China. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasts, has again proposed to end later this year all Voice of America (VOA) radio and [...]

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