The Cold War is over.
Taxpayer-Funded Pacifica Radio Planning to Air Al-Jazeera Audio
The Case for De-Funding Public Broadcasting
Countering the well-documented liberal bias on such PBS programs as NOW, formerly hosted by Bill Moyers, CPB chairman Kenneth Tomlinson arranged for taxpayer funding, to the tune of about $5 million, for a new weekly broadcast featuring Paul Gigot and members of the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal. This has led to charges that Tomlinson is manipulating the political content of public broadcasting and threatening its independence. Tomlinson argues that he is trying to expand the potential audience of PBS and build support for the network.
Tomlinson is correct to insist that public broadcasting programs obey the law requiring objectivity and balance, as long as they receive federal money. But AIM does not believe the answer to liberal bias on public TV or radio is to fund conservative bias. The problem with this approach is that people like Moyers are going to be clamoring for more funding of liberal bias. Indeed, Moyers has asked, “Why not $5 million to put the editors of The Nation [magazine] on PBS?” He advocated balancing “right-wing talk with left-wing talk.”
AIM believes that this means the taxpayers lose. The proper response is to terminate the funding and save the taxpayers $400 million a year. Isn’t this a reasonable compromise?
http://www.aim.org/special-report/the-case-for-de-funding-public-broadcasting/
Time to stop using any taxpayer money for any radio broadcasts.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)RINO needs you go from the leadership look at the leadership in the senate
Alexander, Lamar - (R - TN)
Collins, Susan M. - (R - ME)
Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA)
Hatch, Orrin G. - (R - UT)
Lugar, Richard G. - (R - IN)
Murkowski, Lisa - (R - AK)
McConnell, Mitch - (R - KY) that your leadership in the senate
OK...END OF DISCUSSION. You are nuts. We started with your commentary on Radio Free Europe, and now we are back to Corp. Public Broadcasting.
YOU make no sense, so I’m outta here.
“Time to stop using any taxpayer money for any radio broadcasts.”
Amen!