Looks like Democrats are understanding now the vision the neo-cons want for Public Broadcast. There have been many articles out, but First off this should have you all angry.
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The authority of the White House was invoked in decisions being made at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by its chairman, according to e-mails obtained by NPR. The chairman, Kenneth Tomlinson, has repeatedly denied accusations that he has attempted to politicize the agency during his tenure, which began in September 2003.
If that isn't enough to make you angry.
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Reading from what he said was raw data from a consultant hired by Corporation for Public Broadcasting Chairman Ken Tomlinson to evaluate bias in the Now show when it was still hosted by Bill Moyers, Dorgan ticked off stories that had been labeled "anti-Bush," "anti-DeLay" (embattled House Speaker Tom DeLay) and "anti-corporation."
"That is not the prism through which we evaluate whether a program makes sense," Dorgan told his colleagues.
Now the Democrats are speaking out
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WASHINGTON, June 21 - Sixteen Democratic senators called on President Bush to remove Kenneth Y. Tomlinson as head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting because of their concerns that he is injecting partisan politics into public radio and television.
"We urge you to immediately replace Mr. Tomlinson with an executive who takes his or her responsibility to the public television system seriously, not one who so seriously undermines the credibility and mission of public television," wrote the senators.
They included Charles E. Schumer of New York, Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, Jon Corzine and Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey, Bill Nelson of Florida, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer of California.
