Reply #75: I was struck by the same thing. [View All]

[CBHagman]

It sounds like another Bolton-type appointment -- put someone in charge of something he has open contempt for.

By the way, the "PBS has a liberal bias" was always a crock. The usual array of mostly white, mostly male, mostly conservative guests turn up on "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer," and of course there are myriad other examples of the conservative presence on PBS. Mark Russell mocked the claims of bias 10 years ago or so, and recited a list of conservatives who regularly got airtime on public stations.

I worry about an increasingly commercial tone and a decline in programming quality. This character can keep his People magazine if he won't take away "Reading Rainbow" and "Great Performances" and the like.