Integrity of PBS

Bush Criticized for New Appointment to Oversee Public Media Funding

In media news, President Bush is coming under intense criticism over his latest appointment to the board overseeing federal funding of public television and radio -- the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Last week, the president quietly appointed sitcom producer and Republican supporter Warren Bell.
Bell’s appointment came over the objections of several members of the Senate Commerce Committee who had blocked his nomination.
Bell has no public broadcast experience and has written for the conservative magazine National Review.
New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg said: "This appointment by the Bush administration makes it clear that they simply don't care about the integrity or quality of our public broadcasting system."