For Immediate Release August 8, 2013 CUSIB Advisory Board Meeting with BBG Chair Jeffrey Shell On Thursday, August 8, 2013, Members of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Advisory Board met in New York City with newly sworn-in Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell to discuss support for […]
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Radio Free Asia reports on CUSIB's Jing Zhang's action against child trafficking in China
For Immediate Release August 4, 2013 Radio Free Asia reports on CUSIB’s Jing Zhang’s action against child trafficking in China As reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA), Americans are being made aware that some of the children brought to the United States for adoption from China have been forcefully taken away from […]
CUSIB's Ted Lipien on domestic controversy over Smith-Mundt Modernization Act
Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Director Ted Lipien has published an op-ed in Digital Journal in which he argues that U.S. international broadcasts “should continue to serve America’s security interests and enrich media media freedom abroad, as the U.S. Congress intended and U.S. taxpayers wanted them to be.” Lipien expressed concern that the current controversy […]
CUSIB reposts S. Enders Wimbush's response to our Letter to the Editor of WSJ
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has received a response from former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member S. Enders Wimbush to our Letter to the Editor of The Wall Street Journal in response to his article “S. Enders Wimbush: The Fading Voice of Liberty,” WSJ, July 18, 2013. CUSIB is an organization […]
CUSIB's Jing Zhang focusing attention on missing children in China, need for RFA and VOA broadcasts
CUSIB’s Jing Zhang focusing attention on missing children in China, need for RFA and VOA broadcasts July 23, 2013 The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) members are involved in many pro-human rights activities in addition to supporting and promoting media freedom abroad and media outreach from the United States to nations […]
Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Rejects Recommendations in S. Enders Wimbush’s WSJ Op-Ed
Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Rejects Recommendations in S. Enders Wimbush’s WSJ Op-Ed As directors of a non-partisan, non-profit and independent citizen watchdog group (CUSIB – cusib.org) for U.S. international broadcasting, we agree with S. Enders Wimbush that radical reforms are needed (“S. Enders Wimbush: The Fading Voice of Liberty, WSJ, July 18, 2013), but […]
CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: "Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency 'Defunct'," Disappointed in Witness Testimony
CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: “Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency ‘Defunct’,” Disappointed in Witness Testimony The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released the following statement: Rather than galvanizing the House of Representatives, there was no consensus among the three witnesses who testified on June 26, 2013 before the U.S. Congress about how to achieve […]
CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: "Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency 'Defunct'," Disappointed in Witness Testimony
CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: “Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency ‘Defunct’,” Disappointed in Witness Testimony The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released the following statement: Rather than galvanizing the House of Representatives, there was no consensus among the three witnesses who testified on June 26, 2013 before the U.S. Congress about how to achieve […]
Former Chinese political prisoners, human rights activists and CUSIB members sign letter protesting N.Y.U.'s treatment of Chen Guangcheng
In response to The New York Times article and New York Post report that Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is being forced from New York University, CUSIB members joined former Chinese political prisoners and other human rights activists in signing a letter N.Y.U. President John Sexton with questions about alleged restrictions on Mr. Chen’s public appearances […]
CUSIB Advisory Board Member Jing Zhang at screening of "It's A Girl"
March 16, 2013 For Immediate Release CUSIB Advisory Board Member Jing Zhang at screening of “It’s A Girl” Jing Zhang, President of Women’s Rights in China was the Guest speaker at the New Jersey screening of “It’s A Girl” on March 16, 2013 at an event hosted by the Lions Club. Based in New York, […]