{"id":2998,"date":"2010-10-19T12:49:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T19:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2010-10-19T12:49:17","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T19:49:17","slug":"pbs-a-bastion-of-conservative-white-corporatist-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=2998","title":{"rendered":"PBS: A Bastion Of Conservative, White, Corporatist, Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting has just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fair.org\/index.php?page=4178\" target=\"_blank\">released a study<\/a> detailing the diversity, or lack thereof, on PBS programs. The narrow scope of opinion and representation is pretty disturbing. Here are some of their findings.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pbs-be-more.jpg\" alt=\"PBS Be More\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The NewsHour&#8217;s guestlist was 80 percent male and 82 percent white, with a pronounced tilt toward elites who rarely &#8220;go unheard,&#8221; like current and former government and military officials, corporate representatives and journalists.<\/li>\n<li>Viewers were five times as likely to see guests representing corporations (10 percent v. 2 percent) than representatives of public interest groups who might counterweigh such moneyed interests&#8211;labor, consumer and environmental organizations.<\/li>\n<li>While Democratic guests outnumbered Republican guests nearly 2-to-1 in overall sources, Republicans dominated by more than 3-to-2 in the program&#8217;s longer format, live segments.<\/li>\n<li>On segments focusing on the Afghan War, though polls show consistent majorities of Americans have opposed the war for more than a year, not a single NewsHour guest represented an antiwar group or expressed antiwar views.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PBS is a frequent target of right-wing critics who attempt to spread the myth that the media is liberal. The proof of the contrary is evident in statistics like these. And further evidence is found in the leadership of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the source for the majority of oversight and funding of PBS. The CPB&#8217;s President is Patricia Harrison. She is a former chair of the Republican National Committee and was personally selected for the job by the former chairman of CPB, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=321\" target=\"_blank\">irrepressibly corrupt Kenneth Tomlinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These Bush appointees formed the cornerstone of the most politicized public broadcasting infrastructure in its history. They presided over the accumulation of conservative programming and made the work of legendary journalists like Bill Moyers infinitely more difficult. Moyers is no longer with PBS. So perhaps it shouldn&#8217;t come as surprise to see the stark imbalance that is now ingrained in the network&#8217;s core programming.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison&#8217;s tenure will be ending next year. Let&#8217;s hope that President Obama appoints a more credible and fair steward for our public broadcasting system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting has just released a study detailing the diversity, or lack thereof, on PBS programs. The narrow scope of opinion and representation is pretty disturbing. Here are some of their findings. The NewsHour&#8217;s guestlist was 80 percent male and 82 percent white, with a pronounced tilt toward elites who rarely &#8220;go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,684],"tags":[347,756,405],"class_list":["post-2998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-media-bias","tag-kenneth-tomlinson","tag-patricia-harrison","tag-pbs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-Mm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7155,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7155","url_meta":{"origin":2998,"position":0},"title":"Mitt Romney Still Trying To Kill Big Bird And PBS","author":"Mark NC","date":"5\/24\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In Mitt Romney's recent interview with Time's Mark Halperin, he reprised his attack on one of his favorite targets: PBS. Romney listed public television as one of the first cuts that would come during a Romney administration. In his remarks he even managed to insinuate a commie angle to continued\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3879,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=3879","url_meta":{"origin":2998,"position":1},"title":"Censorship In America: Al-Jazeera And PBS","author":"Mark NC","date":"2\/15\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"At a time when some of the most consequential news stories are emanating from the Middle East, America's cable companies are almost uniformly refusing to carry Al-Jazeera English, the news channel best equipped to cover events on the ground in their native territories. Al-Jazeera has received high marks from a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35033,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35033","url_meta":{"origin":2998,"position":2},"title":"Warren Buffett Blasts GOP Healthcare Bill as the &#8216;Relief for the Rich Act&#8217;","author":"Mark NC","date":"6\/28\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"On Tuesday the Republican Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, was forced to make an embarrassing announcement. After insisting that the Senate would vote on the GOP's ObamaCare repeal bill before the July fourth recess, he has now removed it from the schedule. He had a good reason. There was no\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=219"},"img":{"alt_text":"Warren Buffet","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/buffett-pbs.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/buffett-pbs.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/buffett-pbs.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":650,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=650","url_meta":{"origin":2998,"position":3},"title":"Rejected PBS Documentary To Air On Fox News","author":"Mark NC","date":"10\/19\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The \"Islam vs. Islamists,\" episode of the PBS series \"America at a Crossroads\" is now scheduled to air on The Fox News Network. PBS had declined to broadcast the segment because they deemed it \"alarmist\" and \"overreaching.\" That description must have made Fox's mouth water. Seeing as how alarmist and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35088,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35088","url_meta":{"origin":2998,"position":4},"title":"The Trump Effect: Making America Independent of Freedom and Liberty","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/4\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It's the Fourth of July and millions of Americans will be celebrating by barbecuing burgers and knocking back brews. It's the American way. Too few of them will actually be paying tribute to the principles represented by this national anniversary. That's OK. The country needs time to kick back and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-fireworks.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-fireworks.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-fireworks.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6076,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6076","url_meta":{"origin":2998,"position":5},"title":"Mitt Romney Takes Pot Shots At Big Bird And PBS","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/28\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the right's perennial targets has been public television and programs that benefit the arts. They have relentlessly criticized these institutions and sought to deny them federal funding. They have even accused them of being socialist vehicles intent on indoctrinating America's young. Now Mitt Romney joins the battle with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art\/Culture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art\/Culture","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2998"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3005,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998\/revisions\/3005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}