by Wayne Friedman on May 2, 7:15 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) intent is to insure "objectivity and balance" for the PBS programming it funds -- and that's just the problem. A New York Times story reveals that Kenneth Tomlinson, the chairman of the CPB, the private non-profit company financed by Congress, alleges that PBS, to which it gives tons of money, has a liberal bias. Tomlinson has gone so far as to hire an outside consultant to monitor and count the number and the political leanings of PBS news show, "Now With Bill Moyers."