CONFLICT OF INTEREST AT NEWSHOUR VIS-A-VIS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION?

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting points out that the NewsHour on PBS gave the president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation air time for an interview with Ray Suarez on April 5th, even though there might be a conflict of interest between the NewsHour and the Foundation.

"Following its March 28 broadcast of no less than four segments sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NewsHour airs an entire interview with the foundation's president. Apparently the show's producers consider their fine print disclosure that "the NewsHour health unit is funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation" to be immunization from their blatant shilling for a sponsor."