Public Broadcasting No More

I don't have a problem with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting wanting to make PBS' content reflect more of a "conservative" point of view because we all know that the liberal/conservative bias the media wear depends on who's dressing them and allows us to avoid dicussions about media ownership, but I do have a problem with the fact that Patricia de Stacy Harrison, a high-ranking official at the State Department, is a the front-runner for the top job at CPB, which funds PBS. Here's why, from The Washington Post:

In her State Department role, Harrison has praised the work of the department's Office of Broadcasting Services, which in early 2002 began producing feature reports, some coordinated by the White House, that promoted the administration's arguments for the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The reports were distributed free to domestic and international TV stations. In testimony before Congress last year, Harrison said the Bush administration regarded these "good news" segments as "powerful strategic tools" for swaying public opinion.

I could care less if she was a rabid libertarian who wanted dismantle PBS as we know it but someone who openly supports government propaganda to run a publicly funded broadcast station which exists to provide truthful and diverse points of view is just scary.