Thursday, May 12, 2005

Democracy on PBS is illegal

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Two congressional Democrats called Wednesday for an investigation into recent activities by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, suggesting that efforts by the Republican chairman of the private nonprofit to add more conservative programs onto PBS may violate federal law.

In a letter released Wednesday evening, Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., and Rep. John D. Dingell, D-Mich., asked CPB Inspector General Kenneth A. Konz to investigate the contracting, hiring and policies of the corporation, which distributes federal funds to public television stations. Both congressmen are ranking Democrats on committees that have oversight of public television.

They called recent actions taken by CPB Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson ``disturbing'' and ``extremely troubling.''

A CPB spokesman could not be reached for comment. But in a recent interview with the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Tomlinson defended his efforts to expand conservative perspectives on PBS, saying he merely wants to increase the network's audience.
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Once again the liberals show their true colors, you can have any opinion as long as it is compliant with the official party line.

1 comment:

Hakob Gevorgian said...

Oh please Tim. Democracy? Did you believe in Democracy of America or around the world?

The only good thing is, that people start to understand that there is no real democracy in America. So the people do as [they] say, watch whatever [their] eyes see, and walk to a direction that goes back to slavery. Of course, this time there will not be Spartacus.