Libby Liu’s chief defender or jindak in the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Victor Ashe, has been strongly condemned by the US Government’s Office of Inspector General in a report released last week. The report depicts an agency with a dedicated staff but with a governing board that is incompetent, useless and perhaps fatally broken. …
Why RFA Matters, So Much, Right Now
Commenting on my last few posts, some readers took me to task for raising the issue of Jigme Ngabo’s dismissal from RFA, thereby (according to them) diverting public attention away from the self-immolations in Tibet, especially when “… our nation is on fire” as one put it so graphically. If my critics had read the …
Can Some Good Come from the RFA Controversy?
The Tibetan Political Review has come out with an editorial that provides a masterly analysis of the whole RFA controversy and offers a way in which exile Tibetans can use this contentious debate to empower their fledgling democratic system. The solution offered is similar to the one I proposed in my two pieces, namely the …
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Protect Kundun, Free RFA
When I was researching my “Free Radio Free Asia!” piece I came across more information than I could fit into the article. I also came across material which was troubling, and which I could not bring myself to include in the piece, though it would have bolstered the case I was trying to make. A …
Another Senior CTA Official Joins “Free RFA” Debate
I am gratified that my blog posts have generated so much discussion on the issue of Jigme Ngabo’s dismissal from RFA. Even the few inaccuracies in my writing have inexplicably (but providentially) become catalysts for democratic debate, engendering historically unprecedented participation from the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). First we had the clarification from CTA Press …
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CTA Joins “Free RFA” Debate
I would like to thank the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) for joining the discussion (thru facebook) on my blog regarding the dismissal of Jigme Ngabo from RFA. This is a tremendous improvement on the policy of “overt disdainful silence” and “covert aggressive marginalization”, adopted by previous administrations towards my modest efforts to bring about informed …
