Opponents On Different Wavelengths; Public Broadcasting Fight's Partisan Divide From: The Washington Post | Date: June 23, 2005| Author: Paul Farhi | Copyright 2005 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

People who work in public television and radio bristle whenever they're accused of favoring liberal ideas and views over conservative ones. Public broadcasting, they say, is committed to presenting diverse opinions.

Yet as the House of Representatives prepares to vote on the biggest federal cutback ever for public broadcasting, there isn't much diversity to be found among the people on either side. The battle lines over public broadcasting have been drawn in sharply partisan fashion: D...

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