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PBS Ombudsman

Archive

August 2008

August 29, 2008

The Ombudsman's Mailbag

Warning to Readers: This is a very long Mailbag. PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer this week was the only broadcast network program to devote all its prime time hours to coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, and... More »

August 21, 2008

Ombudsman's Mailbag

Welcome to another Ombudsman's Mailbag, a regular sampling of viewer comments and observations about PBS programs, and of reactions to the ombudsman's column. This week's mail was dominated by a continuing and rather heavy flow of e-mail from viewers reacting... More »

August 13, 2008

The Edwards Confession: Unfit for NewsHour Viewers?

There is a legitimate debate underway within journalistic circles, and in that part of the online blogging world that keeps tabs on journalism, about whether the major news organizations in this country did the right thing, or the wrong thing,... More »

August 1, 2008

Ombudsman's Mailbag

Last week's column about a segment on the NewsHour moderated by Margaret Warner with guests Max Boot and Lawrence Korb — informal campaign advisers, respectively, to Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama — included several letters that were sharply critical... More »
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