Look out! - George W. Bush Institute To Co-Produce Public Television Show "Ideas In Action"

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/22/george-w-bush-institute-t_n_400777.html


The George W. Bush Institute -- the "action- oriented think tank" that is part of Bush's Presidential Center -- will co-produce a public television show hosted by its executive director, Ambassador James Glassman, in a rare convergence of public broadcasting and a partisan research organization.

"Ideas in Action" will premiere in February and will be co-produced by Andrew Walworth, who produces PBS's "Think Tank." Glassman, the former Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy under President Bush and one-time moderator of CNN's "Capital Gang Sunday," will lead a discussion on public policy issues in front of a live audience at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He will remain executive director of the Institute.

The show will be distributed by Executive Program Services (EPS) to public television stations nationwide, including many PBS affiliates. Beginning in January, EPS will also begin distributing repeats of "Think Tank," currently distributed by PBS.

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The first episode, a discussion on pay for performance in education, includes one panelist from the George W. Bush Institute and panelists from the Economic Policy Institute and the Progressive Policy Institute.

"The idea is to discuss a difficult issue with a balanced panel," Glassman said.

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It is questionable to say the least for a public television station to air a show produced and moderated by the George W. Bush Institute; one could easily imagine a conservative uproar if a similar show were produced by, say, the Clinton Foundation.

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"The proof will be in the pudding," he said. "When you see the shows, they're balanced, they're fair and Jim's got a long track record on TV. I've been in this business for 25 years, I've had many talk shows on PBS. I think the proof will be in the pudding."
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they never stop trying with their propaganda.

got to keep a bright light shining on "Ideas In Action" for sure.

[MiniMe]

1. Republican with new ideas?

[Catshrink]

2. Shouldn't it be "Ideas Inaction?"

[niyad]

3. who is running pbs these days? still some reichwing puke?

[Fuzz]

4. Bush "Here's one idea, let's try it." (small explosion) "Well, that didn't work, (chuckle)

let's go to commercial. What? No commercials? How we gittin' paid?"

"Ok, I got me another idea."

[wizstars]

7. make that "small explosion with mega-rems of radioactivity...

killing everything within a hundred miles..."

[opihimoimoi]

5. The POS Bush wants a POS TV SHOW?? For ideas? They gave us 8 years of shitty decisions and now

them asshole Pubs wanna sway us again with bait and switch...with POS Moderators?

Yeah...right

[billyoc]

6. A John W. Gacy daycare center makes more sense

than a George W. Bush think tank.

[wizstars]

8. "George Bush" and "think" do not belong in the same sentence. n/t

[Stevenmarc]

9. They should call it ..Dumbing down PBS

[Bitwit1234]

10. It was said that

the reason for this is they want to try to re-write bush's legacy. They want to change the things he did so that it seems he had a very good presidency. There is going to be no mention of the failure of the economy, the war, Katrina etc...just as they mentioned, lying him in to being the most wonderful president of the century.