Kenneth Tomlinson

The Bush administration's troubled outreach efforts to the Middle East and other areas of the world were dealt more bad news Tuesday with new allegations of impropriety by the man who oversees the federal government's broadcasts to foreign countries. Kenneth Y.

Kenneth Tomlinson, the Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, said Thursday that he will cooperate with any investigation into his push for more conservative programming on public television. Tomlinson was responding to a call by two congressional Democrats for an investigation into activities at the private nonprofit, which is charged with distributing federal funds to public broadcasting stations. In a letter Wednesday, Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.) and Rep. John D.

Amid mounting calls for his removal, the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting rejected charges Tuesday that he had injected partisanship into the agency. Speaking at the CPB's quarterly meeting, Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, a Republican, defended his efforts to examine the political slant of programming, saying that the CPB had a responsibility to ensure balance on the taxpayer-supported system. "I sought to keep the discussion over balance within the public broadcasting family ...

A consultant hired by the Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to monitor the political leanings of guests on PBS' "NOW with Bill Moyers" last year also tracked the content of programs hosted by NPR's Diane Rehm and public broadcaster Tavis Smiley, according to a Democratic senator who obtained a copy of the analysis. The consultant, Fred Mann, provided Kenneth Y.

Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the beleaguered chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, fielded sharp questioning Monday from a bipartisan Senate panel that quizzed him about his decision to secretly monitor public television and radio programs, and about other controversial moves that have led to calls for his resignation. Tomlinson's actions dominated much of a Senate subcommittee hearing about federal funding for public broadcasting. Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.

Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, whose controversial leadership of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board of directors sparked an internal investigation into his tenure, resigned from the board Thursday in advance of the imminent release of the report, which is expected to contain criticism of his actions.

The former chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting broke federal law and repeatedly violated the organization's rules and code of ethics in his efforts to promote conservatives in the system, an endeavor that included consultation with White House officials, according to the findings of an internal investigation made public Tuesday. The 67-page report -- the culmination of a six-month investigation by Kenneth A.