E-mails Link White House to CPB's Tomlinson

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By David Folkenflik
E-mails Link White House to CPB's Tomlinson

“The White House has issued guidance. WH officially opposed to the Burns amendment.”
Kenneth Tomlinson, in email to Kathleen Cox



NPR.org, June 20, 2005 · Kenneth Tomlinson, the chairman of the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, has said on several occasions that the Bush administration does not interfere with how the CPB operates.

On several matters over the past year, however, the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has pursued policies and the appointment of executives at the behest of the White House, according to Tomlinson's own emails.

NPR obtained these e-mails from a CPB official who is unhappy with Tomlinson's leadership there. The official insisted on anonymity, citing fears of job retaliation....