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Senator Lugar is right about past U.S. public diplomacy mistakes

By BBGWatcher on 04 March 2009 Analysis, Congress, Featured News with 1 Comment

Advertisement FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog Commentary by Ted Lipien, March 4, 2009, San Francisco Senator Richard Lugar is right about past mistakes that had crippled U.S. public diplomacy, but new actions by the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors also continue...

U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors Silenced Voice of America Radio in Ukraine One Day Before Russia Halted Gas Supplies to Europe

By BBGWatcher on 07 January 2009 Featured News with 1 Comment

U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors Silenced Voice of America Radio in Ukraine One Day Before Russia Halted Gas Supplies to Europe FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, January 7, 2009, San Francisco – In yet...

The Obama Administration Has No Need for Private U.S. Propaganda Radio and TV

By BBGWatcher on 16 December 2008 Analysis with 3 Comments

FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog Commentary by Ted Lipien, December 16, 2008, San Francisco – In The Huffington Post article, “Alhurra TV: Uncle Sam’s Boondoggle“ Dr. Nancy Snow has pointed out a number of serious problems with...

BBG Insists Congress Approved Its Decision to Terminate Voice of America Radio to Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, and Other Countries

By BBGWatcher on 23 November 2008 Uncategorized with 2 Comments

FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, November 23, 2008, San Francisco – In a letter that takes exception to the scathing criticism from the Public Diplomacy Council, a Washington, D.C-based nonprofit NGO, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),...

Broadcasting Board of Governors Refuses to Vote on Restoring Voice of America Radio to Russia

By FreeMediaOnline on 11 September 2008 Briefs, Featured News with 1 Comment

FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, September 11, 2006, San Francisco — FreeMediaOnline.org has learned that several members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors refused to take a vote Thursday to restore Voice of America...

Reduce U.S. Radio To Tibet But Show A Picture of Buddhist Monks — A Tale of One Incredible Government Agency and Its New Website

By FreeMediaOnline on 10 September 2008 Analysis with 1 Comment

A New Website Hides a Tale of Fewer Radio Programs to Tibet, China, Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog Commentary by Ted Lipien, September 10, 2008, San Francisco — Websites tell their tales, and...

Surrogate Broadcasting 101 — Why BBG and RFE/RL Are Failing in Russia

By FreeMediaOnline on 07 September 2008 Analysis with No Comments

FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, Commentary by Ted Lipien, September 8, 2008, San Francisco — A country like Russia either needs surrogate broadcasting or it doesn’t. Many countries, however, need balanced and objective news...

U.S. Jamming Its Own Radio Broadcasts In A Crisis With Russia

By FreeMediaOnline on 07 September 2008 Featured News with 3 Comments

Bureaucratic Jamming Of U.S. Broadcasts To Russia, Georgia And Ukraine FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, September 7, 2008, San Francisco — Political jamming originating in Washington rather than Soviet-style electronic jamming of radio...

More Than A Small Tempest In A Small A Teapot

By FreeMediaOnline on 03 September 2008 Analysis with No Comments

FreeMediaOnline.org, September 3, 2008, San Francisco — The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ decision to stop Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcasts to Russia may seem like “a bit of a small tempest in a small...

U.S. Taxpayers Pay for Spreading Racist Views on Radio Liberty in Russia

By FreeMediaOnline on 29 August 2008 Featured News with 9 Comments

What Would Barack Obama Say If He Knew… Commentary by Ted Lipien FreeMediaOnline.org, San Francisco, August 29, 2008 — Why would U.S. taxpayers want to help a nationalist Russian politician spread his racist and...