The four-part PBS Frontline series "News War" wrapped up on Tuesday night with a segment titled "War of Ideas." In it, producer/reporter/narrator Greg Barker "travels to the Middle East to examine the rise of Arab satellite TV channels and their... More »
To millions of people, March Madness means the final throws and throes of the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament. To millions of PBS viewers, it also means Pledge Month. I'm sure that many of those viewers understand that PBS... More »
"The War" doesn't even start for another six months, but the skirmishes around its flanks have been underway for some time now and they escalated in the past week or two. "The War," of course, is not the one we... More »
For those of you out there who care about journalism and have been following what is happening to the news media in recent years, the litany of woes has become very familiar. Newspaper circulation and advertising revenues continue in a... More »
Like all good Marines, when attacked, they launch a strong counter-offensive. Last week's ombudsman's column was about a 90-minute documentary titled "The Marines" that aired in mid-February. Most of the mail from viewers at the time — and most of... More »
