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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:00 AM

Tomlinson fails his report card

The former head of the CPB is found in violation of federal laws.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 01:08 PM

Any consequences?

The report says that Tomlinson broke the law. Isn't it very likely that he'll never be arrested and charged with any crimes? Since he's not at CPB anymore, I'd be surprised if anyone actually went to CPB's defense and took Tomlinson to court.

Wednesday, November 16, 2005 01:46 PM

Fuck him up, Barney!

This Tomlinson joker needs to get his ass handed to him by Barney. I'd love to see that purple dinosaur fuck him up royally.

Wednesday, November 16, 2005 01:55 PM

Tomlinson in a china shop....

We can be glad Tommy was so ham-fisted in his approach to CPB leadership. While most blathering conservatives swagger about in rather manure-seasoned arenas, the intellectual finesse and entertainment valuability of the public broadcasting stage does not lend itself to hastily-conceived and badly-costumed skits about conservative values and fairness on the airwaves.

It must have been like having Mr.Haney from 'Green Acres' show up one day and start promoting better cross-cultural yields through kickback and hi-jinks.

At any rate, this time enough people on all sides were offended by this rube's overt tinkering...I just hope the next raider is not more cunning and media-savvy, as a Fred Thompson clone would be.

Wednesday, November 16, 2005 06:41 PM

Liberal media, yeah, right

If conservatives have to resort to propagandizing and breaking laws and coercion to get their "truth" across, it sure looks less like the truth. Unless, of course, you spell truth P-R-A-V-D-A, but of course that kind of manipulation of the news never happens here, right? ::cough::FOX::cough::

And I continue to wonder why even 30-something percent of the public believes them....

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