There was a little jewel on PBS last week, an hour-plus documentary called “The Way We Get By,” part of the long-running POV, or point of view, series. It was broadcast on Nov. 11, Veterans Day, and was about the… More »
In last week’s Ombudsman’s Column, I posted e-mails from some viewers who were upset with an episode of the venerable children’s program Sesame Street that had aired on Oct. 29 and dealt with one of the program’s colorful creations, the… More »
One of the most interesting aspects of this peculiar job is that you hear from viewers about lots of things that surprise you. I expect to hear regularly about The NewsHour, Frontline, Bill Moyers Journal, NOW, Tavis Smiley or Washington… More »
This week’s mailbag produced half-a-dozen or so letters from viewers who were angry at what they saw as PBS promotion of children being vaccinated against the flu virus, and in some cases, the H1N1 strain of that virus. Their ire… More »
Most of the e-mails to the ombudsman this week came in reaction to last week’s column dealing with Frontline’s Oct. 13 documentary about Afghanistan with the controversial title, “Obama’s War,” and with the controversial use of footage of a fatally… More »
