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Voice-over America: you've read about what Kenneth Tomlinson is doing to public TV. What he's already done to the Voice of America is his other scandal.(Dispatches)

American Prospect, The,  September, 2005  by Levine, Art

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THE STORY OF KENNETH TOMLINson's efforts to impose his right-tilting version of "balance" on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has incited national controversy. But while that tale is well-known, Tomlinson's malign influence on another respected media institution, the Voice of America (VOA), has received far less attention.

What's happened at the VOA--which the longtime Karl Rove ally Tomlinson oversees as chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)--has done considerable damage to the value and credibility of international broadcasting. ...

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