EVIDENCE OF TOMLINSON BIAS (with supporting links) contributed by Adam Lynn Hired two lobbyists without disclosing the information to the CPB Board. The two worked to provide "strategic advice" along with Karl Rove on a bill proposed last year to give public radio and television stations more representation on the Republican dominated CPB Board. Both Tomlinson and the White House opposed this bill. Also, emailed Kathleen Cox CEO and President at the time, writing the "The White House has issued guidance. WH officially opposed to the Burns Amendment". A former RNC co-chair Patricia de Stacy Harrison is Tomlinson’s "favored" candidate to be hired on as President of CPB. Did not renew the contract of Executive Director, Kathleen Cox and installed Kenneth Ferree as the acting President and CEO. The LA times writes Ferree was "a lightening rod for criticism as the FCC’s media bureau chief by championing looser ownership rules". Hired a conservative Fred Mann and paid him more $14,170 to monitor NOW for "pro-Bush" "anti-Bush" "anti-corporation" and "anti-Tom DeLay," biases. This was also done without the knowledge of the CPB Board. One evaluation classified Senator Chuck Hagel, a Republican from Nebraska as "liberal" because he questioned an aspect of the White House’s strategy on Iraq. The data as summed by Sen Dorgan who requested the information, "It appears to me to be not so much an evaluation of is this slanted, is it liberal, does it have an agenda; it is the evaluation of is this program critical of the President?" He believes new host David Brancaccio "continues in the Moyers liberal advocacy tradition". At a meeting with the Association of Public Television Stations, Tomlinson remarked that following the election the stations make sure their programming better reflected the Republican mandate. Appointed two ombudsmen to monitor public broadcasting’s programs, one a conservative and one a moderate, although endorsing the Indiana Republican Gubernatorial candidate Mitch Daniels in his first public endorsement ever. Tomlinson "on the recommendation of administration officials", hired Mary Catherine Andrews, "the director of the White House Office of Global Communications as a senior staff member, corporation officials said. While she was still on the White House staff, she helped draft guidelines governing the work of two ombudsmen. The adminstration pushed for her job title to be "senior advisor to the president". Ms. Andrews official title is Special Assistant to the President and Director of Global Communications and made a $115,000. Both officials have the task of disseminating the Administration’s ideals. Ed McFadden chief speech writer for John Ashcroft "had arrived with White House backing", writes Tomlinson. He was was referring to Senior vice president for communication position. Tomlinson writes the Ashcroft aide had "strong support of White House". However, Ms. Cox did not think Mr. McFadden was a good candidate considering the other nominees for the job. Tomlinson writes in response, "Considering Dina Powell’s recommendation, I am really surprised McFadden did not make the cut, very surprised." Dina Powell is the White House director of personnel McFadden, now works as executive for a telecommunication firm. Was "instrumental" in acquiring $5 million dollars for The Journal Editorial Report to equalize the liberal bias of NOW. One of the hosts Paul Gigot who was on NOW "several times" and Moyers proposed he become a regular contributor. CPB created a forum for feedback from it’s viewers and in 2003 the latest year published, only 2% of comments were negative emails about NOW. Told Bill O’ Reilly, "We love your show." "If a significant number of conservatives are saying public TV is not for them, we need to change that" when two separate polls done at the request of CPB, and performed by an outside firm, displayed no results that could boost claims of bias. Tomlinson also works as chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors which "oversees all non-military U.S. international broadcasting, including the Voice of America (VOA)". VOA director David Jackson has been criticized recently for "meddling in editorial decisions to offer a decidedly pro-administration slant on the news". Tomlinson attempts to defend Jackson, "his lengthy career as a Time magazine foreign correspondent speaks for itself". However, as the article notes following this post with Time he worked to help create the Pentagon’s PR Web Site. Commissioned an investigation on NPR’s Middle East coverage, even after taxpayer provided polls showed only about 10 percent saw a bias either way. The most prominent complaints of bias came from CPB board member Cheryl Halpern who is former chairwoman of the Jewish Republican Party. On his past job as editor-and-chief of The Reader’s Digest, "Most of the magazine's top editors had been Tomlinson hires, and virtually all of them were, like Tomlinson himself, political conservatives." Has donated more than $10,000, all to Republican candidates since 1988 including a $1000 donation to President Bush’s campaign and the same from both his wife and son. 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