PBS, NPR need balance

Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, is on target — though may be overreaching at times — in wanting more ideological balance in the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. Doing so could expand viewership and might increase federal funding.
Posted by Phillip Brownlee

3 Comments

  1. C. Fox
    Posted June 14, 2005 at 3:33 pm | Permalink

    Philip,

    ‘Ideological balance,’ huh? Question: like Fox News ‘balance,’ where a scholar and a holocaust denier go head to head and the audience is ‘left to decide?’

    Balance is a phony virtue. I prefer truth, thanks.

  2. Lyn McDonell
    Posted June 16, 2005 at 8:58 am | Permalink

    Recently, I’ve done something I never believed I would. I changed the radio dial button off NPR.
    What happened?
    If I wanted to hear a cheering section for the Bush Administration I would listen to Fox News.
    NPR has always had interesting stories. Good facts about news items that weren’t all politics. I’ve never felt it was leaning to the left, but now I believe it’s leaning to the right.
    Even my favorite show, Science Friday, seems to have moments they lean to the right.
    I didn’t renew my pledge this year. Doubtful I will next year the way things are going.

  3. Joe Williams
    Posted June 17, 2005 at 8:54 am | Permalink

    Left leaning, right leaning, it doesn’t matter to me as long as the news reporting is thoughtful, interging, and well done.

    I love NPR! I believe they are one of the best news sources around.