Some newspapers misreported how much CPB Chairman Ken Tomlinson spent to hire lobbyists and commission Fred Mann’s report, CJR Daily points out.

The Public Radio Exchange Flickr stream offers a behind-the-scenes photographic peek into the innovative online content shop.

HearingVoices offers a pop quiz on radio with some questions related to public broadcasting.

Guests on yesterday’s Democracy Now! debated whether public broadcasting should be federally funded and other matters. (A nimble argument from David Boaz of the Cato Institute: “[Y]our bias is subtle enough that most of your viewers don’t recognize it, and that’s the most effective bias of all.”)

CPB’s Inspector General will also investigate whether the agency’s hiring of Patricia Harrison as president was inappropriately conducted, according to Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), who requested the inquiry. CPB Board member Ernest Wilson said on yesterday’s Democracy Now! that he “was disturbed by the way in which the search was conducted.” Meanwhile, PBS President Pat Mitchell called CPB’s monitoring of public TV programming for liberal bias “very troubling,” reports the Washington Post.

“16 seconds of audible breathing from one hour’s worth of All Things Considered,” courtesy of artist Chuck Jones. (MP3. Via WFMU-FM’s excellent blog.)

The New York Times covers CPB Chairman Ken Tomlinson’s appearance in the Senate yesterday.

CPB’s new ombudsmen have so far found no political bias on their beat, but instead “have been positively glowing in their assessments of the journalism heard on NPR and seen on news shows distributed by PBS,” says the Washington Post.

Patricia Harrison, the controversially-appointed new president of CPB, today made her first public appearance in that role. In testimony before the Senate subcommittee overseeing CPB, Harrison pled pubcasting’s case for greater federal funding than the House has approved to this point. “The federal dollars are critical to leveraging all the other resources,” she said. “It opens the door for funding from state and local governments, universities, businesses, foundations, by providing a “seal of approval” from the federal government.” Embattled CPB Board Chair Ken Tomlinson also appeared to add his two cents and take shots from senators regarding his efforts to hire consultants and otherwise act on his much-reported concerns about pubcasting balance.

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 to rock,” Kaus claims. (via mediabistro.com)

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 York Times critic.