Larry Pressler: “I was concerned this morning to see in the Washington Post a story that was critical, essentially, of companies that…”

“I was concerned this morning to see in the Washington Post a story that was critical, essentially, of companies that might be interested in purchasing, acquiring, or partnering with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other public broadcasting entities. In fact, the story highlighted or used as a headline, referring to these companies as 'vultures moving in,' and quoting one public broadcasting executive as referring to them in that way. I think it is most unfortunate that fine, honest, telecommunications companies or other companies who might be interested in purchasing or running or managing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other public broadcasting entities or contributing the same amount of money the Federal Government now contributes in exchange for certain program and commercial rights with conditions of children's programming and conditions of rural radio and rural TV, to refer to them as 'vultures' indicates the mentality of the insider group at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the so-called public broadcasting family.”