meet the new boss; same as the old boss

[welshTerrier2]

we used to be able to count on good old PBS to give us the non-corporate view ... while republicans whined about the liberal media, and especially about ultra-liberal PBS, the truth was that PBS only appeared to be ultra-liberal because they told the truth ... against the backdrop of corporate lies we've come to expect from the major networks, the truth seemed like lefty radicalism ...

with the advent of a neo-con government, all that has changed ... PBS is a joke ... first, we had the ascendancy of Ken Tomlinson ... just what we needed: another Kenny Boy ...

Well, Kenny Boy got the boot ... why? to quote the article below: "Tomlinson was ultimately forced to resign in November after an internal investigation by the corporation's inspector general found that his push for more conservative viewpoints on the air broke federal law and violated the agency's policies." ... Note well that no previous "ultra-liberals" were accused of breaking federal law because they had a political agenda ... imagine that ...

so Tomlinson was gone and the search began anew ... well, here we go again ... the new boss is yet another ding dong appointed by the right-wing cabal ... don't expect your favorite PBS shows to be worth watching anytime soon ...

source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-bell14jul14,1,2782637.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Less than a year after the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was forced to resign amid charges that he injected partisanship into the agency, President Bush has nominated to the nonprofit's board a television sitcom producer who has described himself as "thoroughly conservative in ways that strike horror into the hearts of my Hollywood colleagues."

The nomination of Warren Bell, executive producer of ABC's "According to Jim" and a contributor to the online edition of the conservative National Review magazine, has puzzled and alarmed some public broadcasters, who fear he would revive the sharp political debate that engulfed the system last year. <skip>

In one particularly controversial blog entry last August, he expressed frustration at being asked by Disney executives to cast more minorities on "According to Jim."

"I could reach across the aisle and hug Nancy Pelosi, and I would, except this is a new shirt, and that sort of thing leaves a stain," he (Bell) wrote in May 2005.

"So far as we can tell, Mr. Bell only brings a history of questionable comments about women, minorities and the media, and no discernible relevant achievement, involvement or commitment to public broadcasting," said NPR spokeswoman Andi Sporkin. "It's curious to us that a nomination process that has forwarded such qualified candidates as Sen. Pryor and Ms. Boskin has also put forth Mr. Bell."

[grannylib]

1. PBS and NPR often knuckle under because of corporate sponsorship.

The ONLY real liberal media in this country is Link TV and Free Speech TV.