Tuesday November 15, 2005

Ken Tomlinson is a Punk

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has released the results of its internal investigation into the meddling of former chairman Ken Tomlinson. The verdict? Conservative hack. The L.A. Times has the story. CPB has the full text of the report (pdf). From the executive summary:

We found evidence that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) former Chairman violated statutory provisions and the Director’s Code of Ethics by dealing directly with one of the creators of a new public affairs program during negotiations with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the CPB over creating the show. Our review also found evidence that suggests “political tests” were a major criteria used by the former Chairman in recruiting a President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for CPB, which violated statutory prohibitions against such practices.