PBS says it is lots of things. But, with the exception of some pledge-drive humor specials, funny isn't usually one of them. Yet in recent days, humor, or attempts at humor, figured in a lot of the mail coming my... More »
This was another of those weeks in the rapidly changing face of American "journalism" that struck me as worth marking. Two months ago, I noted that on a weekend in May, two iconic PBS public affairs programs--Bill Moyers Journal and... More »
The e-mails, several hundred of them, began pouring into my mailbox early Monday evening. They began very soon after the media watch group known as FAIR — for Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting and which describes itself as "progressive" in... More »
Here's another quick ombudsman's mailbag focused mostly on Thursday evening's (July 8th) edition of the PBS NewsHour. It features some viewer response, especially, to Jim Lehrer's featured interview with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. In these early letters,... More »
What follows is a catch-up with mail that arrived just before and during the long July 4th holiday weekend. The letters focus, mainly, on two programs — the annual "A Capitol Fourth" concert and fireworks display from the nation's capital,... More »
