CPB's Commitment to Objectivity and Balance
From its advent more than four decades ago, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has had a legal mandate to ensure "strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature." This principle is part of the bedrock of public broadcasting in America, a country built upon a foundation of lively and open political and social discourse.
CPB carries out its mandate by encouraging public comment on programming to individual stations and to CPB's own ombudsmen. By promoting diversity in programming, CPB also ensures that a wide range of perspectives is available to viewers and listeners. Annual Objectivity and Balance, Open to the Public reports, as required by Congress, offer extensive detail on this important goal.
Previous "Open to the Public" Objectivity and Balance Reports
- 2007 Report 1.5MB
- 2006 Report 357KB
- 2005 Report 368KB
- 2004 Report 721KB
- 2003 Report 297KB
- 2002 Report 385KB
- 2001 Report 100KB