Posted on 11/15/2005 2:26:52 PM PST by Ben Mugged
The former chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting appeared to have been motivated by politics in recruiting a new board president, the corporation's inspectors reported on Tuesday.
Their report into the activities of Kenneth Tomlinson said "cryptic" e-mails between Tomlinson and the White House indicated by their timing and subject matter that Tomlinson "was strongly motivated by political considerations in filling the president/CEO position."
A former co-chair of the Republican National Committee, Patricia Harrison, was named to the post.
The report also found that Tomlinson, a conservative who resigned from the board earlier this month, erred when he failed to tell the board that he was hiring a consultant to review program content for objectivity and balance.
It also said Tomlinson did not follow proper procedures when he hired lobbyists to help deal with legislation to change the composition of the board.
The inspectors' report was prompted by media reports that Tomlinson and the board were making personnel decisions based on political ideology, criticism that was heightened after Harrison was named to head the board in June.
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I read stuff like this and don't know whether to laugh or throw something across the room.
Well, allowing that all this is true and reported with dead accuracy, could there be a better argument for getting the government out of the broadcasting business?
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