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Kenneth Y. Tomlinson (August 3, 1944 – May 1, 2014) was an editor at ''Reader's Digest'' and American government official. He was also chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which manages Voice of America radio, and Chairman of the Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which manages funds appropriated by Congress in support of public television and radio. According to ''The New York Times'', there was an inquiry concerning possible misuse of federal money by Tomlinson.〔Stephen Labaton; Steven R. Weisman, ''New York Times'', (''"Spending Inquiry For Top Official On Broadcasting"'' ) (subscription needed), November 5, 2005.〕 Investigators at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said on 15 November 2005 "that they had uncovered evidence that its former chairman had repeatedly broken federal law and the organization's own regulations in a campaign to combat what he saw as liberal bias".〔Stephen Labaton, New York Times, (''"Ex-Chairman of Public Broadcasting Violated Laws, Inquiry Suggests"'' ) (subscription needed), November 16, 2005.〕 According to ''The New York Times'', U.S. State Department investigators determined in 2006 that he had "used his office to run a 'horse racing operation'," that he "improperly put a friend on the payroll", that he "repeatedly used government employees to perform personal errands", and that he "billed the government for more days of work than the rules permit".〔Stephen Labaton, ''New York Times'', (''"Broadcast Chief Misused Office, Inquiry Reports"'' ), August 30, 2006. Retrieved Nov. 17, 2006.〕 Tomlinson was a board member of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and served as chairman from September 2003 to September 2005. During his time as chairman, he pursued aggressive policies of adding conservative viewpoint to programming supported by CPB funds. An internal investigation into his acts as chairman led to his resignation in November 2005. ==Biography== A native of Grayson County, Virginia, Tomlinson began his career in journalism working as a reporter for the ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' in 1965. In 1968 he joined the Washington bureau of ''Reader's Digest''. He was a correspondent in Vietnam, and co-authored the book ''P.O.W.'', a history of American prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. In 1977 and 1978, he worked out of the ''Digest's'' Paris bureau covering events in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Tomlinson married Rebecca Moore Tomlinson, a former congressional aide to Bill Stuckey and Sonny Montgomery, in 1975. They have been married ever since and live at Springbrook Farm in Fauquier County, Virginia, and have two sons. William M. Tomlinson graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2000 and is a sports producer for ESPNews. Lucas Y. Tomlinson was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and a 2001 graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, who currently works as a military consultant for Booz Allen in Washington, D.C. In September 1982, President Reagan nominated Tomlinson to be his fourth Director of the Voice of America (VOA), where he served through August 1984. Some of the Reagan Administration's innovations for the Voice, such as the advent of editorials extolling Administration policy, stirred opposition and fears that the broadcasts could be seen as propaganda.〔 "Someone complained that your editorials sound just like Ronald Reagan," Mr. Tomlinson said, "and I said you're darn right and I'm proud of it. The editorials should reflect the viewpoint of the party in power."〔In October 1986, President Reagan nominated Tomlinson to be the fourth chairman of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), where he served until May 1987. In May 1987, President Reagan nominated Tomlinson to be a member of the Board for International Broadcasting (BIB) where he served until 1994 when the BIB was dissolved by the International Broadcasting Act of 1994 and replaced by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Tomlinson became a close friend of Karl Rove while they served together on the BIB after President Bush nominated Rove to be a member of the BIB in 1989.〔Stephen Labaton; Steven R. Weisman, New York Times, (''"Spending Inquiry For Top Official On Broadcasting"'' ) (subscription needed)〕 Following his work at VOA, Tomlinson returned to ''Reader's Digest'' as managing editor in 1984. He was named executive editor in 1985 and became editor-in-chief in 1989. Tomlinson was the Virginia Press Association's "Virginian of the Year" in 1994 and is a member of the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame. Tomlinson retired as editor-in-chief of ''Reader's Digest'' in 1996. After moving to Virginia soon after, Tomlinson was named president and director of the National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia, in 1999. Tomlinson died of melanoma on May 1, 2014 at a Virginia hospital. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenneth Tomlinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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