The Corporation for Public Broadcasting [3]'s (CPB) Inspector-General, Kenneth A. Konz, found former CPB Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson [4] "violated statutory provisions and the Director’s Code of Ethics" in negotiations over the creation of a program hosted by Paul Gigot [5], the conservative editor of the Wall Street Journal opinion page. Konz also found that Tomlinson hired Fred Mann [6], a 20 year veteran of the conservative National Journalism Center [7], to assess "NOW with Bill Moyers" and other programs, "without informing the Board or without Board authorization" and that his hiring of ML Strategies and the Alexander Strategy Group [8] to advise on lobbying strategy on a budget bill "was not handled in accordance with CPB’s contracting procedures." Tomlinson resigned before the report was publicly released. In a fiery response, included as an appendix to the report, Tomlinson complained the findings would "only help to maintain the status quo and other reformers will be discouraged from seeking change."