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We Did It: No Warren Bell at CPB

By Dawn Holian Iype
Posted on Thu Sep 21, 2006 at 08:37:36 AM EST

From the Senate Commerce Committee's website:

The Senate Commerce Committee has removed the nomination of Mr. Warren Bell, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, from the Committee's Thursday agenda. Bell was removed after several members of the Senate Commerce Committee expressed concerns.

The Senate Commerce Committee heard from tens of thousands of you that Warren Bell was simply not qualified to serve on the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. According to a Hill staffer cited in Communications Daily today, Senators will try to get the White House to "just remove him [Bell] from consideration." We couldn't have achieved this victory without your activism. Thanks for all you do to keep our media system and our democracy strong.


Tags: Media and Democracy, public broadcasting, CPB, Warren Bell (all tags)


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We Did It: No Warren Bell at CPB :: 5 Comments

Congratulations!

Nice win!  Who do you think the replacement nominee will be?

by Kirstin Ellison on Thu Sep 21, 2006 at 09:15:59 AM EST


Replacement

That's a good question. I couldn't even begin to speculate about who might be named if the White House withdraws Warren Bell's name. Any CommonBlog readers out there want to take a guess?

by Dawn Holian Iype on Thu Sep 21, 2006 at 10:47:15 AM EST


Who nominated him, in the first place?

Is there a way to find out who nominated him (or Tomlinson, or Alito, or Chertoff, etc.) in the first place?  The nominees are the result; I'd like to discover the source.
  As for PBS, the radical right is still heavily influencing their programming.  I miss the good old days with direct talk from Bill Moyers (not the toned down version).

by waterflaws on Sat Sep 23, 2006 at 11:27:37 AM EST


Nominations

The White House nominates candidates to sit on the Board of the CPB. I don't think there's a way to find out any more specifics, nor do I think it matters much. We'll let you know if the Administration formally withdraws Bell's name and offers up a new nominee.

by Dawn Holian Iype on Mon Sep 25, 2006 at 09:25:38 AM EST
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Take Action on Warren Bell is out of date.

Note that now that his name has been withdrawn, "take action" should no longer be an option.

Thanks!

by waterflaws on Sat Sep 23, 2006 at 11:30:11 AM EST


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