Interim Propaganda Czar Becomes CPB President

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Over charges of partisanship, the board of directors for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting picked Patricia Harrison to become CPB's new president and CEO. Harrison, a former PR executive and past co-chair of the Republican National Committee, was embattled CPB chair Kenneth Tomlinson's top choice for the post. Harrison had been serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and had the been the interim Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs after the departures of Charlotte Beers and Margaret Tutwiler from the position often labeled the Propaganda Czar. O'Dwyer's PR Daily reports Harrison co-founded E. Bruce Harrison & Co. in 1973 with her husband, E. Bruce Harrison, a former PR director for the Chemical Manufacturers Association who now specializes in "environmental PR."