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January 2008

January 25, 2008

Ombudsman's Mailbag

'Horseracism' Welcome to another Ombudsman's Mailbag. This week the inbox was filled mostly with e-mail from viewers critical of, and tired of, the so-called "horse race" journalism that goes into reporting who is, or seems to be, ahead in the... More »

January 18, 2008

The Race is On

It probably was inevitable that, with Sen. Barack Obama as a leading contender for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, race was somehow going to surface during the hard-fought primaries. That's what happened earlier this month and PBS's NewsHour with Jim... More »

January 11, 2008

Another 'Shiner' for 'The Media'

The press, the pundits and the polls all got a big black eye this week after forecasting, with considerable certainty, a big victory for Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic primary in New Hampshire. Much has already been written and... More »

January 4, 2008

'The Group,' the Gripes and PBS

What happens, or should happen, when a guest on a popular TV opinion show goes beyond normally accepted criticism and launches into a harsh characterization of someone who is a revered prophet of a religion with about 12 million adherents,... More »

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