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Article: KEEP PBS FREE OF POLITICAL MEDDLING THE BIGGER QUESTION IS WHETHER PUBLIC BROADCASTING IS STILL RELEVANT IN THE ERA OF 100-CHANNEL CABLE SYSTEMS.(OPINION)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2005
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ought to protect America's public TV and radio stations from political interference. Instead, CPB Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson is leading a politically motivated attack on public broadcasting's editorial independence.
Tomlinson has pressured public broadcasting to add politically conservative programming. He hired a consultant associated with a conservative think tank to monitor liberal bias, and he is supporting a former chairman of the National Republican Party to become the new president of the CPB.
Moreover, his criticism of public broadcasting for displaying a liberal political agenda provided the background for last week's ...