Kenneth Tomlinson, who waged war on what he characterized as liberal bias in public broadcasting, has resigned from the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. His resignation comes after the completion of a CPB inspector general's report that is critical of Tomlinson's leadership.
From the Washington Post:
The CPB's inspector general has been investigating Tomlinson's practice of using agency money to hire consultants and lobbyists without notifying the agency's board. Tomlinson last year hired a little-known Indiana consultant to study the political leanings of guests on such programs as "Now With Bill Moyers" and "The Diane Rehm Show" on National Public Radio. He also hired lobbyists to defeat legislation that would have changed how CPB's board is structured.
The inspector, Kenneth Konz, also had been looking into whether Tomlinson violated agency procedures in his recruiting of former Republican National Committee co-chairman Patricia de Stacy Harrison to be CPB's chief executive, and into possible White House influence in the hiring of two in-house ombudsmen to critique news programs on NPR and PBS.
Konz delivered his preliminary findings to CPB's board Tuesday night, but the report will not be made public until midmonth.
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