Tibetan woman challenges Gallup and Broadcasting Board of Governors

Apr 01, 2012 1 Comment by

BBG Watch Commentary Speaking up at a panel discussion on media freedom, an unidentified Tibetan woman challenged the Broadcasting Board of Governors over the BBG plan to end Voice of America Tibetan radio broadcasts. The March 28 panel discussion in Washington was organized jointly by the BBG and Gallup. A moderator from Gallup repeatedly tried [...]

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Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio appeals to Congress for protection from Obama Administration cut

Mar 14, 2012 2 Comments by

A recently launched Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio website (www.savevoatibetanradio.com) and a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/savevoatibetan) urge supporters to contact their congressmen with a message to oppose elimination of Voice of America Tibetan radio by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a U.S. federal government agency which oversees VOA broadcasts and wants to silence VOA [...]

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Reaching hearts and minds used to be VOA’s mission

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TV is the dinosaur: Back to the future with shortwave and Internet!” by Another Voice I have not seen the case for keeping shortwave alive made so succinctly and powerfully before as in “We Know Who the Enemy Is.” It suggests a way ahead, one that would preserve shortwave for the tens of millions of [...]

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Broadcasting Board of Governors – We Know Who The Enemy Is – Part I

Mar 14, 2012 2 Comments

by The Federalist It certainly isn’t BBG Watch. And it isn’t the Committee on US International Broadcasting (CUSIB). One would get a different impression from snarky comments offered by some who blog from inside the Cohen Building. In our view, the “enemy” is the Board – or more pointedly, the bonus-mongers and self-interested members of [...]

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Broadcasting Board of Governors – take your own medicine

Mar 12, 2012 1 Comment

A guest commentary by Edite Lynch It is beyond comprehension that these Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) conduits of bad news can perform like consummate actors when required. It is shocking, abhorrent and despicable that these kinds of individuals can even sleep at night. Where is honor! Where is duty! Where is patriotism? Where is [...]

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