Show C6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday November 13 2003 SHERMANS LAGOON PBS hires conservative Carlson for talk show poesirpcpewoNmr H&N&J ' NEW YORK (AP) — PBS frequently in the crossfire for a perception that it leans left has hired conservative commentator Tucker Carl- son as host of a weekly public affairs program Carlson's untitled program to be produced in Washington is expected to by WETA-Tlaunch next June PBS also announced Monday that it would air David Frost's interview with President Bush being conducted this week before the president's trip to the United Kingdom next Sunday on its stations Carlson the bowtied commentator who will keep his job on CNN's '‘Crossfire” said he’s " aiming for something more compelling than the "eat your peas ''television of most public V 7 '7 affaire shows He'd also liketo'get beyond the few dozen 7 ' Washington officials that are regulars on politi- cal talk shows he said “The standards are going to be pretty clear — tell me something I don’t know and no lying” Jte said “They're simple but you rarely see that on TV $6 it’s harder thairi it V CATHY THEN: - V - ! 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I cultural At h&tokyanp PlVBR&TYJ pWi ch RHtTAfB you VlSITlM ' : Since it depends to a large extent on public ' funding PBS has long been a target of groups concerned with a liberal bias in the media The criticism became louder after the Sept 11 ter- - 7 rorist attacks when PBS launched a weekly newsmagazine with Bill Moyers Moyers a former official in the Lyndon Johnson administration angered some conserve atfres with his commentaries ' “Moyers is the chief volcano of outrage over conthe said at Tim Grahaman there” analyst servative watchdog group Media Research Center He said he sensed PBS has been made '' 7 defensive by that criticismRobert Cooiirod president of the Corpora- - ' tion for Public Broadcasting said he had been concerned that some of Moyers’ work had crossed the line between reporting and advoca--' Mitchell PBS cy and had expressed that one PBS system’s ' is of the CPB The president chief funders providing $22S million to the " : ' ' 7 system for programming we should have more perspectives yl “I think on public television than we have now” Coon-- : rod said: “We baveto put it info the context of ' ' 7 good programming” " CPB is Coonrod said the likely to provide seed money to help start Carlson's showThe organization does not fund “Now with Bill AP Photo ‘ PBS frequently in the crossfire for a perception that it leans left has hired conservative common-- ' tator Tucker Carlson as host of a weekly public affairs program Carlson's untitled program is ' ' expected to launch next June her job in 200) a spokeswoman said She :: believes in creating an informed citizenry through a diversity bf Voices spokeswoman Lee Sloan said Carlson' whose father once ran the Corpora-- -' tion for Public Broadcasting is aware of the perception that PBS is liberal but said he didn't know enough about the system to know whether he’s being brought in foi political balance " 77 While Graham said lie was pleased that Carlson would have a show iriost conservatives believe that PBS could have done better “If you took a ppll of conservatives and said which of the' following wpuld you like to havea PBS show he wouldn't be in the top three or four” Graham said “Maybe he’s what PBS thrower'’ wants He’s not a Carlson criticisms ' to Graham's responded 7 '’ ' 77 With an expletive V' 7 ' Moyers” “I’ve heard that before” he said “Maybe 7V Mitchell: who was not immediately available it’s because things amuse rather than enrage V for comment his been trying to beef up PBS’fs me most of the time' ’public affairs programming since Shestarted V- 'Vl7 CWBIK1i HAGAR THE HORRIBLE : 6 : to-Pa- t ’ PEANUTS j red-me- -- - - 1 ACTUALLY THIS 15 MV REPORT ON THE FLU EPIDEMICOF 1918 PURIN6 WORLD UJARI I OlDN'T WRITE t- THIS REPORT: MY 7 :U1R0TE1T“ ' ” V-'- P06!" 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