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August 2006

August 23, 2006

Ombudsman's Mailbag — Contrary Views

In my Aug. 16 column, I wrote about a situation, first disclosed two days earlier by Washington Post columnist Al Kamen, who writes the popular "In The Loop" feature. This one involved PBS's long-running, all-women, weekly current affairs panel show... More »

August 16, 2006

"Conservative Commentator" Unmasked, Anonymously

My friend and former colleague at The Washington Post, Al Kamen, revealed last Monday, Aug. 14, in his popular "In The Loop" column that an anonymous inquiry from one of his readers asked: "Please explain to your readers how a... More »

August 11, 2006

"Underwriters," "Corporate Funders" & "Noncommercial" Public Television

On Tuesday, Aug. 8, one of the big stories of the day was the shutting down, by oil giant British Petroleum, of production at the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska because of badly corroded pipelines that had not been... More »

August 3, 2006

More About Melanie

Readers of this column could argue that, as a journalist, I missed the lead on my own column last week. If you read it, you would know that I started out, or led with, the situation in the Middle East.... More »

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