The controversial chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is pushing for a former co-chair of the Republican National Committee to be named president of CPB. Patricia de Stacy Harrison, who currently works in the State Department, has made statements concerning public broadcasting that are in line with CPB chairman Kenneth Tomlinson’s desire to bring more conservative voices to public television and radio. CPB’s 8-member board is “dominated by Republicans” at the moment, and Tomlinson has sparked a war of words in recent months with his appointment of an ombudsman tasked with tracking supposed liberal bias in PBS news programs.