[frankjr]

No word from Big Bird.

[madprof98]

Frequent critic Ed Markey (D-Mass.), asid: "This is a welcome opportunity for the Bush Administration to appoint a replacement for Mr. Tomlinson who will be a defender of outstanding public affairs, educational, cultural as well as high quality children's programming."

A new slot for Harriet Miers?

[HAL9000]

Let's recall that during the Clinton Administration, CPB was sending their donor lists to the Democratic Party.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Thats it, I'm never participating in any more fund drives... oh wait, I never did! (Maybe if the bring Dr. Who back)

[Conservative Firster]

He's baaaack!

Anchor: PBS show Wide Angle

[governsleastgovernsbest]

How and why did the Bush administration acquiesce in Tomlinson's firing? I am very disturbed to read of this.

[Republic of Texas]

A Billion $$ don't buy what it used to.

[ozzymandus]

Another gutless pub caves to the RATS.

[Major Matt Mason]

Why is everyone quoted in this article a DemocRat?

[sageb1]

""This Administration believes that since they control all branches of government, they can abuse the public trust and get away with it and Mr. Tomlinson is part of this pattern. Mr. Tomlinson's resignation should be used to bring people together, not divide them as he and the administration have done. Public Broadcasting is too important to be anybody's partisan or ideological play thing.""

I am the public.

[Enchante]

ABOLISH all forms of "public broadcasting" domestically and then we won't have to debate about who's running it, who's political and who's not, etc. With the zillions of cable and satellite channels now there's no possibility that worthy programs capable of attracting even a modest audience won't find a home. A lot of the original "public interest" justification for PBS and the CPB has been ably fulfilled by channels such as History, Discovery, C-SPAN, etc. etc. And the most successful shows which defenders of PBS always cite, such as Sesame Street, will have no trouble being picked up elsewhere.