Here's more evidence that my perception of a rightward drift (or rush)
at NPR is just paranoia. No bias at NPR, no sirree!
from www.democracynow.org
Former RNC Chair May Head Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Now to the fight for freedom of the media. A former co-chair of the
Republican National Committee is the leading candidate to take over
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That is the US-tax payer
funded agency that funds public media in this country. Patricia de
Stacy Harrison is reportedly the favored candidate of the CPB's
chairm, Kenneth Tomlinson. Harrison is currently a high-ranking
official at the State Department. She was co-chair of the RNC from
1997 until January 2001, helping to raise money for Republican
candidates, including George W. Bush. 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.
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