More Feathers To Fly At CPB

As the tenure of Clinton appointee Ken Tomlinson winds down at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, don't expect the righteous indignation of the liberal media to die down in tandem. From WaPo:

A leading Republican donor who once suggested that public broadcasting journalists should be penalized for biased programs is the top candidate to succeed the controversial chairman at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to people at CPB and others in public broadcasting.

Cheryl F. Halpern, who was appointed to the CPB board by President Bush three years ago, is in line to replace Kenneth Y. Tomlinson as the head of the agency that distributes federal funds to noncommercial radio and TV stations and serves as a buffer between public broadcasting and politicians seeking to influence its news reporting and programming.

Here's why she's so darn controversial; from her confirmation hearings:

"There has to be recognition that an objective, balanced code of journalistic ethics has got to prevail across the board, and there needs to be accountability."