In early June George W. Bush announced he was nominating sitcom producer, Warren Bell, to the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The corporation funds public radio and television programming. Bell, who is an occasional contributor to the online edition of National Review, describes himself as a "not-so-secret conservative." In one blog post, Bell complained about Disney executives wanting him to include more minorities in the series he produces, "According to Jim". NPR spokeswoman, Andi Sporkin, is critical of Bell's nomination. "So far as we can tell, Mr. Bell only brings a history of questionable comments about women, minorities and the media, and no discernible relevant achievement, involvement or commitment to public broadcasting," she said. The Senate Commerce Committee, which vets nominees to the CPB, has yet to schedule a hearing on Bell's nomination.

"What happens when you refer to Turkey's 1915-1923 genocide of Armenians, accurately, as 'genocide'?" asks the Los Angeles Times. "In Turkey, you face a possible three-year jail term, even if it wasn't you using the term but a character in your novel. In the United States, you just lose your job as ambassador to Armenia."

Dell recently hired the GCI Group to help the computer company with a PR campaign titled "Rebuilding Corporate Reputation Through Grassroots Efforts" — a fancy way of saying they are trying to repair the company's reputation for poor customer service. They helped Dell set up one of those newfanged "blog" thingies, but couldn't resist insulting Jeff Jarvis, a prominent blogger who has been complaining for years about his "Dell Hell." After someone at GCI posted an anonymous comment calling Jarvis a "worm" who has "no life," Jarvis fired back. The lesson, according to John Stodder, is that "there is no such thing as an anonymous blog comment," and "there is just no telling how stupid some people can be."