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June 29, 2011

The Mailbag, Part II: More on Those 'Sponsorships' and Other Things

As I was saying, in last week's mailbag, there was too much mail to post in a single column at the time and so a follow-up and catch-up posting would come in the next few days. Here it is. Once... More »

June 24, 2011

The Mailbag: Once Again, PBS Is the Wrong Address, Sort of

* This mailbag was updated on June 29 to include a response to a viewer from the producer of "Under Our Skin." This week's mail was filled with observations, complaints, and even some compliments, about lots of different things; too... More »

June 16, 2011

New Warning from Boston: The Ads Are Coming, the Ads Are Coming!

For the second time in the past two weeks, a top executive from PBS's flagship investigative series Frontline has publicly questioned the direction of public broadcasting. Late last month, Lou Wiley, who served for 30 years at WGBH in Boston... More »

June 10, 2011

The Mailbag: A Limited Edition

As readers of this column are probably aware, the regular ombudsman's site at PBS.org was among those affected by the hacker attack against PBS during the Memorial Day weekend. We managed to post a mailbag on June 2 using a... More »

June 2, 2011

The Mailbag: Hacking the Omb, Dramatizing a 'Concert,' Interrupting the Interruption, and More on WikiLeaks vs. WikiSecrets

A lot has been going on this past week or so, which means the ombudsman's mailbag is pretty full and that, in turn, means that this is a pretty long posting with lots of explanations and viewer letters. Here's a... More »

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