Sign PFAW's petition demanding President Bush Fire Tomlinson!

[Up2Late]

(This is from a e-mail I recieved yesterday from People for the American Way, Please sign, then Kick! this post)

Kenneth Tomlinson Must Go!

ACT NOW! (click link below)

Sign our petition demanding President Bush Fire Tomlinson!

We thank you for your willingness to take action to save PBS. The fight continues - and we still need your help.

With new revelations about Kenneth Tomlinson's attempts to turn public broadcasting into an arm of the Republican National Committee emerging by the day, the time has come to step up the pressure and demand that Tomlinson be fired.

Claiming to have concerns about the "objectivity and balance" of PBS, Tomlinson has used his position as head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to enact an agenda designed to ensure that public broadcasting favorably reflects the Republican agenda, such as

* Hiring a White House staffer to draft guidelines for a new PBS ombudsman to monitor programs for bias.

* Hiring a Republican lobbyist who had recently resigned from his position as a top aide to Senator Mel Martinez of Florida after writing a memorandum describing how to exploit the Terri Schiavo case for political gain.

* Secretly hiring a consultant to monitor broadcasts of "Now with Bill Moyers" for "anti-Bush," "anti-business" and "anti-Tom DeLay" remarks. Just yesterday it was revealed that the consultant had formerly worked at the National Journalism Center, a right wing organization best known as serving as a training ground for figures such as Ann Coulter.

* Pushing to appoint a former co-chairman of the Republican National Committee to be the CPB's president and chief executive, despite the fact that she has no experience with public broadcasting.

Enough is enough! It is time for President Bush to replace Tomlinson with someone who realizes the vital role that independent public broadcasting plays in our society.

As someone who values independent public broadcasting, we need you to sign this petition joining 16 Senators in calling on President Bush to demonstrate that he respects public broadcasting and its mission by firing Kenneth Tomlinson.

Kenneth Tomlinson must go and we need your help in calling on President Bush to make sure he does.

Click here to sign our petition demanding that President Bush fire Kenneth Tomlinson


Here is the petition text:

President Bush,
As someone who respects the value of independent public broadcasting, I am outraged by Kenneth Tomlinson’s attempts to undermine the mission and credibility of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

His blatant attempts to remake the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to better suit his own political views are unacceptable and I call upon you to demonstrate that you realize and respect the integrity of public broadcasting by removing Mr. Tomlinson from his position as head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Independent public broadcasting is a valuable resource for millions of Americans and we call upon you to do what you must to make sure he does.

[CAcyclist]

1. Done

[Up2Late]

3. Thanks! Come on folks it fun!

[ben_thayer]

2. Dun

:)

[Up2Late]

4. Thank You!

:hippie:

[corbett]

5. Thanks!

I'm on their mailing list but that one missed me somehow!

[Up2Late]

6. Thank you, I wish more people saw the importance of this.

If you want to re-post this, feel free, I hate reposting things that didn't get many post the first time.