Falling Like Ten-Pins

The attempted conservative takeover of public broadcasting was dealt a blow this week, as reported in Friday's New York Times.

Steven Labaton reports that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting demanded the resignation of Ken Tomlinson after an inspector general's report revealed serious conflicts.

In a speech before he quit as chairman, Mr. Tomlinson said he had no regrets over "aggressively" trying to balance what he called overly liberal programming.

In a related story, muffled cries of anguish were heard from under the porch steps when word reached the friends of Darby O'Gill. The progressive banner still stands despite all they throw at it.

Proudly we hail this development.

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