Quick Takes

  • Patricia Harrison, the controversially-appointed new president of CPB, today made her first public appearance in that role. In testimony before the Senate ...
  • The Washington Post previews how digital broadcasting will change radio.
  • Chicago’s WBEZ will cease production of Odyssey Sept. 30, reports the Sun-Times.
  • NPR should not have aired the testimony of the “BTK” killer, says NPR Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin.
  • Betsy Gardella was named g.m. of New Hampshire Public Radio, replacing Mark Handley.
  • Slate blogger Mickey Kaus takes exception to the New York Times Magazine‘s fawning June 26 profile of KCRW’s Nic Harcourt. “Harcourt’s scared ...
  • The Situation with Tucker Carlson may not be bad for America, but does seem to weaken the “intellectual standing” of its host, writes a New ...
  • With Apple’s introduction of podcast features into iTunes, “every public radio station probably should be offering podcasts by now,” writes Steve Outing.
  • Garrison Keillor blends optimism and wistfulness in his debut newspaper column.
  • A Berkeley Daily Planet article details some of the latest disputes engulfing Pacifica’s KPFA-FM.
  • Conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg says public TV is liberal (“it just is”) and shot through with contradictions between its claims and its ...
  • The progressive website Media Matters asked CPB to recognize the Freedom of Information Act and release the bias studies commissioned by Chairman ...
  • Only 42 percent of Americans think the press generally stands up for America, says a study by the Pew Research Center for ...
  • The National Park Service is rebalancing the politics of a video shown to visitors of the Lincoln Memorial, adding footage of pro-gun ...
  • In today’s Washington Post, public broadcasters and reporters labeled with the scarlet “L” respond to the content analysis study commissioned by CPB Chairman Kenneth ...