Patterico's Pontifications

6/18/2005

Chuckle of the Day

Filed under: Government,Morons — Patterico @ 10:52 pm



From this L.A. Times story:

Fearing a conservative takeover of the nation’s taxpayer-supported radio and TV stations, congressional Democrats on Friday asked the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to delay the selection of a new chief executive who would oversee the system.

In a two-page letter, Rep. Diane E. Watson (D-Los Angeles) and 19 other House Democrats urged Kenneth Y. Tomlinson to delay next week’s selection of a new president for CPB, saying the reported front-runner for the job, former Republican National Committee Co-Chair Patricia de Stacy Harrison, should not be under consideration.

“Under no circumstance should the president of the CPB be a former chair of a political party, be it Republican or Democrat,” said the lawmakers. “Our public media are not ideological pawns for political parties, and the CPB president must not be a partisan activist.”

She had to write it down in a letter because whenever she said it out loud, she couldn’t stop laughing — just like you’re laughing right now.

4 Responses to “Chuckle of the Day”

  1. ““Our public media are not ideological pawns for political parties, and the CPB president must not be a partisan activist.””

    I think they belong to ADM, supermarkets to the world.

    actus (3be069)

  2. I remember being five and wondering what the hell Archer Daniels Midland was and what it did, because it was on before every single show.

    Angry Clam (f05866)

  3. And you can get a copy of that very same letter by sending $29.95 to Bill Moyers, c/o PBS, Washington, D.C.

    SMG

    SteveMG (672a68)


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