April 11, 2012 CUSIB Applauds Annette Lantos’ Plea to Save Voice of America (VOA) Services The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is honored to learn that Annette Lantos, the wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, has joined efforts to oppose the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) proposals to cut Voice of America (VOA) services. Mrs. Lantos’s April 4, 2012 letter to the […]
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Human rights groups appeal to Congress to save broadcasts to China, Tibet and other nations without free media
Open Letter to Members of House Appropriations Committee Dear Members of Congress: This letter is to request your strong support to restore the funding in the FY2013 Budget for Voice of America (VOA) radio and television broadcasting to China and Tibet. We adamantly object to the proposal by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which […]
CUSIB Opposes BBG's FY2013 Budget Proposal
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 Broadcasting is outraged […]
CUSIB Congratulates Michael Lynton on Appointment as Interim Presiding Governor
February 12, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Congratulates Michael Lynton on Appointment as Interim Presiding Governor The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has released the following statement in response to the recent announcement that Michael Lynton will serve as the Interim Presiding Governor of the Broadcasting Board of Governors: The Committee for U.S. […]
Washington Times Op-Ed warns about pro-Putin bias in Voice of America Russian programs
Republished from BBGWatch. In a Washington Times Op-Ed, a Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) member Ted Lipien warned about a pro-Putin bias in the Voice of America Russian programs. Lipien reported that a highly respected independent journalist in Russia hired by the Broadcasting Board of Governors to evaluate the VOA Russian website concluded last […]
CUSIB Honors 70th Anniversary of the Voice of America
February 1, 2012 70th Anniversary of the Voice of America Today, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) joins hands with Americans, journalists, freedom fighters, scholars, and elected officials to congratulate Voice of America on their 70th Anniversary. For the past 70 years, Voice of America has served to fulfill a Congressional mandate to provide […]
U.S. international broadcasting needs new leadership, new plan and more public scrutiny
In a guest post on the MountainRunner.us public diplomacy blog, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting director Ted Lipien makes an argument in favor of reforming the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), starting with changing the composition of the Board. “We should bring in to serve on the Board more foreign policy experts, human rights […]
CUSIB Statement on the Resignation of BBG Chairman Walter Isaacson
For Immediate Release January 27, 2012 The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has released the following statements in response to today’s announcement of the resignation of the Broadcasting Board of Governors Chairman Walter Isaacson: “The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting expects that the vacancy left by Chairman Walter Isaacson will be filled with someone […]
CUSIB's Ted Lipien warns against diminished public stake in U.S. international broadcasting
In an article published in American Diplomacy, a quarterly electronic journal of commentary, analysis, and research on American foreign policy and its practice, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) director Ted Lipien warns against diminished public stake in U.S. international broadcasting. Lipien, a former acting associate director of the Voice of America, argues that […]
CUSIB's Open ‘Thank You’ Letter to Broadcasting Board of Governors
Open ‘Thank You’ Letter to Broadcasting Board of Governors January 17, 2011 Dear Chairman Isaacson and Board Members: We would like to thank the Broadcasting Board of Governors, especially Chairman Isaacson and Ambassador Ashe, for extending their invitation to allow our Executive Director to attend Friday’s Board Meeting as your guest. As members of a […]