When you consider that ACORN will be first in line, and other liberal fellow-travelers will be right after then, to be chosen to serve on these boards. I would oppose them, even if a small number of them favored conservative programing. That's NOT the proper function of governments in the US.
The whole push will be for "diversity." But the operative definition of someone who adds "diversity" is, quite simply, "anyone who can be relied on to promote the Democratic Party."Promotion of "diversity" is discrimination against white (pink, as Thomas Sowell would say) men (is it even legal to use the word "man" any more?) for the purpose of discriminating against Republicans. This is possible because, and only because, journalism promotes itself (and politicians who align with journalism) by criticizing and second guessing anyone who takes responsibility for getting things done. IOW, Republicans - everyone else is a victim.
The two sentences of the third paragraph should read:
For the details of these proposals, see www.freedomto listen.org and the connected websites. As a full revelation, along with colleagues, I wrote many of the articles found on these websites.
The next-to-last sentence in the seventh paragraph demonstrates that my mind got ahead of my fingers when writing. It should read:
Race and sex have nothing to do with this.
Those who publish my columns, please make these two corrections before printing this or placing this on the Internet.
John / Billybob