Corporation For Perle Broadcasting

Just when I thought the problems with the CPB couldn't get any worse
They give the Prince of Darknessssss himself his own propaganda vehicle.

Richard Perle, the former Bush administration adviser and Iraq war advocate, would make a ripe subject for many filmmakers. But when the Corporation for Public Broadcasting awarded a preliminary grant for a film on Mr. Perle's neoconservative worldview, it gave the money to the British producer Brian Lapping, Mr. Perle's friend of four decades.
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(T)he corporation took another unusual step. Seeking political balance on a charged topic, in late April it asked a half-dozen filmmakers to submit proposals for a separate film critical of White House foreign policy. Sherry Jones, who has won awards for her work on the public television series "Frontline," was chosen, with an associate. They will examine "how the implementation of the so-called Bush doctrine has alienated traditional American allies, tarnished America's image abroad and possibly made the world more dangerous," the corporation said in a news release.
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Of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's decision to commission a counterfilm, Mr. Lapping said, "I can understand the pressure for an opposite point of view, but I didn't see the need for it."

I bet you don't Mr. Lapping.. but it's a good thing that the CPB still does. For now anyway.