CPB Board to Be Briefed On IG Report

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors has been asked to come to Washington DC early this week to be briefed on a report by CPB Inspector General Kenneth Konz. He is investigating whether CPB Chairman Ken Tomlinson violated the Public Broadcasting Act by commissioning an outside content analysis of the politics in Now With Bill Moyers -- and other PBS shows -- and by enlisting a White House staffer to help write rules for two new ombudsmen, one a former Reader's Digest colleague of Tomlinson's. Center for Digital Democracy's Jeff Cheseter was not happy with the prospects of a closed meeting. "It seems to me that what they are doing on Tuesday is a new violation for the IG to investigate. They clearly have never heard of "sunshine." Closed meetings are inappropriate." Chester, a vocal critic of Chairman Tomlinson, said that Monday he would officially call for the meeting to be opened.
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