From Center For American Progress:
MEDIA -- BUSH NOMINATES NATIONAL REVIEW CONTRIBUTOR TO PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD:
Yesterday, President Bush announced his intent to nominate television producer and National Review Online (NRO) contributor Warren Bell to the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
The CPB is intended to provide a buffer between independent public broadcast networks and vested or partisan interests in government. But instead of being a nonpartisan advocate of public broadcasting, Bell will likely be another advocate of Bush's agenda. Under Bush, the CPB has steadily pushed right-wing priorities, such as trying to put a conservative slant on programming.
In his writings for National Review, Bell has been clear about his right-wing views: "I am thoroughly conservative in ways that strike horror into the hearts of my Hollywood colleagues. I support a woman’s right to choose what movie we should see, but not that other one."
He has also made it clear that he is unlikely to work in a bipartisan manner, stating in a 2005 column, "I could reach across the aisle and hug [House Minority Leader] Nancy Pelosi, and I would, except this is a new shirt, and that sort of thing leaves a stain.”
Congress and the White House need to protect independent and public broadcasting. Write your representatives and demand they save PBS from partisan operatives.
Wrap...
No comments:
Post a Comment