WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting appeared to have been motivated by politics in recruiting a new board president, the corporation's inspectors reported on Tuesday.
Their report into the activities of Kenneth Tomlinson said "cryptic" e-mails between Tomlinson and the White House indicated by their timing and subject matter that Tomlinson "was strongly motivated by political considerations in filling the president/CEO position."
A former co-chair of the Republican National Committee, Patricia Harrison, was named to the post.
The report also found that Tomlinson, a conservative who resigned from the board earlier this month, erred when he failed to tell the board that he was hiring a consultant to review program content for objectivity and balance.
More on Tomlinson:
Former Corporation for Public Broadcasting Chairman Under Investigation
Kenneth Tomlinson, whose tenure as chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was controversial, resigned from the CPB's board recently after a critical inspector general's report, and now is under investigation for possible criminal violations. A New York Times story (here) states that the investigation focuses on the use of federal funds for personal expenses, and the hiring of ghost or unqualified employees. As a federal enterprise, directors and officers of the CPB are subject to the federal anti-corruption statutes
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