First they came for PBS

First they came for PBS

Republican Chairman Exerts Pressure on PBS, Alleging Biases:

WASHINGTON, May 1 - The Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is aggressively pressing public television to correct what he and other conservatives consider liberal bias, prompting some public broadcasting leaders - including the chief executive of PBS - to object that his actions pose a threat to editorial independence.

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Mr. Tomlinson told them they should make sure their programming better reflected the Republican mandate.

I really don't know what I can add. It's not enough to control the government and private news outlets, now they want to control ALL the news outlets. I keep thinking they can't go any further, that decency and common sense will stop them, and I'm always wrong.

(Thanks to the E-Man for the link)