One man's drive to remold PBS: Commentary (excellent write-up!)

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read this in the morning's newspaper, and just _had to spread it around as far and wide as i could. for this to be in the mason city globe-gazette, who last election endorsed the liar, cheat & thief, i say kudos to the new editor are in order.

Most found PBS more trustworthy than all the major TV networks, CNN and Fox News included. Nor did liberal ``bias'' seem to be keeping radio listeners up nights. Fewer than 15 percent found NPR's coverage tilted against the Bush administration.

Luckily, Tomlinson, the Bush-appointed chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, knows how to deal with such inconveniences. He used to be an editor at Reader's Digest. There, you just ax the info that bores you.

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But Tomlinson, a crony of Karl Rove's, has made it his mission to bring more ``balance'' to the operation. His main gripe seems to be Bill Moyers, whose program Now looks critically at issues of the day.

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Difficult though it may be to accept, balance is not really what Tomlinson is after. It's control of information, a Bush obsession.

The president and his crew see no difference between negative opinion and facts that may reflect negatively on them. They have proved masters at spreading a sunny view of their deeds, and will happily alter data.

{that's 4 paragraphs, there's more @)
the globe-gazette of Mason City, IA

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1. I meant to read this earlier but then I couldn't find the thread

The president and his crew see no difference between negative opinion and facts that may reflect negatively on them...

Well said!!

Thanks for posting this-- excellent article!!
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