PBS

====Accusations during Tomlinson tenure====
In September 2003, [[Kenneth Tomlinson]] was chosen as chairman of the CPB board.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Labaton |first=Stephen |date=November 4, 2005 |title=Broadcasting Ex-Chairman Is Removed From Board (Published 2005) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/04/politics/broadcasting-exchairman-is-removed-from-board.html |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=January 8, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109171104/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/04/politics/broadcasting-exchairman-is-removed-from-board.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He criticized PBS and [[NPR]] for an allegedly "liberal bias".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farhi |first=Paul |date=July 1, 2005 |title=CPB Liberal Bias Study Flawed, Critics Say |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/07/01/cpb-liberal-bias-study-flawed-critics-say/f961983c-20fb-41c1-91d1-13866cc20b85/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 8, 2021 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109104756/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/07/01/cpb-liberal-bias-study-flawed-critics-say/f961983c-20fb-41c1-91d1-13866cc20b85/ |url-status=live}}</ref> His efforts sparked complaints of political pressure.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Labaton |first1=Stephen |last2=Weisman |first2=Steven R. |date=November 5, 2005 |title=Spending Inquiry For Top Official On Broadcasting |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/05/politics/05broadcast.html |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=April 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425141741/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/05/politics/05broadcast.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

To partially balance out the perceived left-leaning PBS shows, from June 2004 to July 2005, PBS aired ''Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered'' with conservative commentator [[Tucker Carlson]], and from September 2004 to December 2005, PBS aired ''[[The Journal Editorial Report]]'' with [[Paul Gigot]], a conservative editor of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' editorial page.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 4, 2007 |title=PBS: Back to bias basics |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/may/04/20070504-085842-9258r/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Times]] |publisher=[[News World Communications]] |access-date=December 30, 2009 |archive-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414144501/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/may/04/20070504-085842-9258r/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2004, [[Bill Moyers]] resigned as a PBS regular, citing political pressure to alter the content of his program, and saying Tomlinson had mounted a "vendetta" against him.<ref>{{cite web |last=Farhi |first=Paul |date=April 22, 2005 |title=PBS Scrutiny Raises Political Antennas |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8067-2005Apr21.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 7, 2017 |archive-date=June 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622060245/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8067-2005Apr21.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2005, two House Democrats requested the CPB inspector general investigate the complaints of political interference.<ref>{{Cite news |last=de Moraes |first=Lisa |date=May 13, 2005 |title=CPB's Inspector General to Pursue Probe of Chairman |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/05/13/cpbs-inspector-general-to-pursue-probe-of-chairman/32a405bf-7a62-4534-87e5-a5c852e0db18/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 8, 2021 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110093839/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/05/13/cpbs-inspector-general-to-pursue-probe-of-chairman/32a405bf-7a62-4534-87e5-a5c852e0db18/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The inspector general's report was issued in November 2005 and described possible political influence on personnel decisions, including e-mail correspondence between Tomlinson and the White House which indicated that Tomlinson "was strongly motivated by political considerations in filling the president/CEO position", a position filled in June 2005 by former [[Republican National Committee]] co-chair [[Patricia Harrison]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=CNN - Report: Politics may have influenced former public broadcasting chief |date=November 15, 2005 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/15/tomlinson.cpb/index.html |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111085841/https://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/15/tomlinson.cpb/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Tomlinson resigned from the CPB board on November 3, 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Folkenflik |first=David |date=November 3, 2005 |title=Tomlinson Resigns from CPB Ahead of Report |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4989040 |website=[[National Public Radio]] |access-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109183214/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4989040 |url-status=live}}</ref>