Here's the last ombudsman's mailbag of 2009, along with my very best wishes for a happy New Year and, let's go for it, a happy new decade, for all. Despite the holiday season, the mail has remained steady, with viewers... More »
The mail this week was focused mainly on comments from viewers about aspects of the new PBS NewsHour that made its debut Dec. 7 and was the subject of last week's ombudsman's column. A sampling of the letters is posted... More »
Last Friday evening, Dec. 4, was the final broadcast of what has been known for many years as The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. The following Monday, Dec. 7, the new-look version of the venerable, one-hour, weekday nights, news broadcast made... More »
More, and Less, About NOW Viewers irritated over the forthcoming cancellation of the weekly newsmagazine series NOW on PBS continued to vent their objections in a heavy flow of e-mails that dominated the Ombudsman's Mailbag for the second week in... More »