Congress Focused on Reforming U.S. International Broadcasting
After years of complaints about the lack of direction and mismanagement of U.S. International Broadcasting (USIB), the House Foreign Affairs Committee took a step toward… Read More
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Targeted in Internet Attack
The vulnerability of the Internet as a journalistic tool has been illustrated again this month with an ongoing distributed denial-of-service attack on Radio Free Europe/Radio… Read More
U.S. International Broadcasting Finally Accessible for Americans
This month, Americans finally got the opportunity to watch and listen to news programming that the U.S. government has been broadcasting to the rest of… Read More
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U.S. International Broadcasting “Defunct”—Congress Finally Steps In
Last Wednesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) tackled an issue long overdue for congressional oversight—the state of affairs at the Broadcasting Board of Governors… Read More
Iran Clamps Down on Dissidents Before Election
In anticipation of Friday’s presidential election, Iran’s leadership has harshly cracked down on journalists, dissidents, and cyber activists, as well as members of their families…. Read More
U.S. Broadcasting Affected by Obama Administration Culture of Intimidation
The Obama Administration’s “culture of intimidation,” as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R–KY) has called it, has affected the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). In… Read More
Radio Liberty Journalists in Moscow to See Justice Done
The fired journalists of Radio Liberty’s (RL) Moscow office are finally seeing a deep injustice reversed. Following a visit to Moscow, Broadcasting Board of Governors… Read More
U.S. Fires Its Own Broadcasters in Russia
The treatment inflicted on 41 Russian journalists in Moscow’s Radio Liberty office is nothing less than scandalous, and it threatens to silence American broadcasting into… Read More
Feasibility Study Rubber-Stamps U.S. Broadcasting Merger
Don’t say the wheels of government always spin slowly. When there is an agenda at work, they can move with considerable speed, and in the… Read More
The Noble Mission of Radio Free Europe/Radio
In the age of media saturation and extravagant federal budget deficits, the question does comes up: Why does the United States need to spend some… Read More
