From Romenesko: National Review writer surprised to nominated to CPB board: Los Angeles Times National Review Online contributor Warren Bell has described himself as “thoroughly conservative in ways that strike horror into the hearts of my Hollywood colleagues.” Recently nominated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting board, Bell says he has no intention of letting [...]
Wikinews has an interview with Paul Gerhardt of the BBC Creative Archive. Two quotes are especially interesting: “We want people to make full use of this content, whether they cut and paste it or whether they share it, and we completely accept that we’ve got a bit of a contradiction at the moment by saying [...]
There is still time to call or write your representative about this: Dear MoveOn member, Everyone expected House Republicans to give up efforts to kill NPR and PBS after a massive public outcry stopped them last year. But they’ve just voted to eliminate funding for NPR and PBS—unbelievably, starting with programs like “Sesame Street.”1 Public [...]
From MoveOn: Hi, Everyone expected House Republicans to give up efforts to kill NPR and PBS after a massive public outcry stopped them last year. But they’ve just voted to eliminate funding for NPR and PBS—unbelievably, starting with programs like “Sesame Street.” Public broadcasting would lose nearly a quarter of its federal funding this year. [...]