National Public Radio isn’t going along with public-TV lobbyist plans to start a pubcasting PAC. That doesn’t mean these bureaucrats aren’t skilled at campaigns when someone is bold enough to question their antics. (See Sen. Larry Pressler, as in former.) The funniest explanation came from one board member:

“If NPR endorsed a PAC, pubradio’s political opponents could cite it as evidence that the network has political leanings.” As if there aren’t grounds now?