In December 2003, three months after he was elected chairman, Mr. Tomlinson sent Ms. Mitchell of PBS a letter outlining his concerns. ” ‘Now With Bill Moyers’ does not contain anything approaching the balance the law requires for public broadcasting,” he wrote.

Shortly after, Mr. Tomlinson hired a consultant to review Mr. Moyers’s program; one three-month contract cost $10,000. The reports Mr. Tomlinson saw placed the program’s guests in categories like “anti-Bush,” “anti-business” and “anti-Tom DeLay,” referring to the House majority leader, corporation officials said. The reports found the guests were overwhelmingly anti-Bush, a conclusion Mr. Moyers disputed.

Mr. Moyers said on Friday that he did not know a content review was undertaken but that he was not surprised. “Tomlinson has waged a surreptitious and relentless campaign against ‘Now’ and me,” he said, dismissing complaints that he is biased.

Why should a reviewer notify Moyers? So he could change his ways to look good?

Moyers frequently tainted his stories with his own bias, and even sold DVD’s of the footage he put together using public funds for his own profit.

A real class act.

It amuses me that Moyers thinks he isn’t biased, but it’s really quite disturbing when you think about it. PBS is supposed to be fair and impartial. My local PBS stations used to air Moyers, Charlie Rose (whoopdeedoo) and the BBC from 6-8. If that’s not an example of not being biased in one direction, I don’t know what is.

It’s no wonder the only show on PBS that people watch is Antiques Roadshow.

Oh, also important to note in this story is the number of times the word Republican appears; as if Moyers isn’t biased because Tomlinson is a Republican. But then again, it’s the New York Times. Pointing out times they use the word Republican is like pointing out individual snowflakes in Alaska.

Source: NY Times (Reg. May Be Required At Some Point)