document.write('<style type=\"text/css\"> 	.blogrssfeedtitle {font:bold 8pt verdana;text-decoration:underline;} 	.magicblogrss {font:7pt verdana;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:12px} 	.blogrsstitle {font:bold 7pt verdana;text-decoration:underline;} 	.blogrssdate {font:7pt verdana;font-style:italic;} 	.blogrssdesc {font:7pt verdana;} 	.blogbox { 		border: 1px solid #000000; 		font: 7pt verdana; 		background-color: #ffffff; 		color: #000000; 	} </style> <table><tr><td><table bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" class=\"blogbox\"><tr><td> <marquee behavior=\"scroll\" direction=\"up\" scrolldelay=60 scrollamount=\"1\" width=\"140\" height=\"200\" onmouseover=\"this.stop()\" onmouseout=\"this.start()\"> <!-- Magic RSS BlogBox version 1.1.5 from http://www.magic-rss.com --><p align=center><a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/ombudsman/\" target=\"magicrss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"blogrssfeedtitle\">PBS Ombudsman</a></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/08/the_mailbag_33.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">The Mailbag</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:25:59 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">This was one of those weeks where I, too, felt like that airline cabin attendant who grabbed a beer and hit the escape chute. Actually, there wasn\'t much going on. What follows is a brief mailbag before I set out...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/07/lol_funny.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">LOL Funny?</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:04:32 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">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...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/07/the_mailbag_31.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">The Mailbag</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:27:49 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">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...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/07/turmoil_over_turmoil.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">Turmoil Over \'Turmoil\'</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:13:32 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">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 &mdash; for Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting and which describes itself as \"progressive\" in...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/07/the_mailbag_30.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">The Mailbag</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:03:24 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">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,...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/07/the_mailbag_28.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">The Mailbag</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:33:48 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">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 &mdash; the annual \"A Capitol Fourth\" concert and fireworks display from the nation\'s capital,...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/06/keeping_their_heads_down.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">Keeping Their Heads Down</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:59:09 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">One of the most minor and least visible effects of the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is that two oil companies not connected to the explosion and sinking of BP\'s Deepwater Horizon drilling platform have minimized their...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/06/the_mailbag_29.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">The Mailbag</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:15:52 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">The inbox this week was filled with still more viewer commentary about two recent broadcasts on PBS that sparked a good deal of controversy. One involved the May 25 edition of the Tavis Smiley Show in which the host made...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/06/loose_talk_on_a_talk_show.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">Loose Talk on a Talk Show?</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:51:00 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">I hope you all had a good Memorial Day holiday, one that combines a day that is supposed to be reflective about the sacrifices of our fellow citizens in the armed services, with a long, relaxing spring weekend away from...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/05/the_mailbag_26.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">The Mailbag</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Fri, 21 May 2010 10:31:04 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">Here\'s a sampling of the mail that landed in the ombudsman\'s inbox while I was away last week. The messages still deal heavily with the new, weekly \"Need to Know\" public affairs program that made its debut on May 7....</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/05/another_opening_another_show_1.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">Another Opening, Another Show . . .</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Mon, 10 May 2010 12:05:51 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">The new PBS weekly public affairs program \"Need to Know\" made its much-awaited debut Friday evening and the first comments by those who wrote to the ombudsman aren\'t what you\'d call four-star reviews. In fact, they are almost all pretty...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/05/journalisms_passing_parade_1.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">Journalism\'s Passing Parade</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Wed, 05 May 2010 13:42:59 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">Three events this past weekend that have nothing much to do with ombudsmanship nevertheless struck me as markers in today\'s media world that were worthy of note. Two of those events unfolded &mdash; folded-up might be a better way to...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/04/the_mailbag_27.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">The Mailbag</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:08:15 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">* (Ombudsman\'s Note: This mailbag has been updated to include additional information from the producers of \"The Vaccine War\" that arrived late on Thursday, after this column had been posted.) Frontline has become a firing line lately, as hundreds of...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/04/singleminded_about_singlepayer.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">Single-Minded About Single-Payer</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:38:55 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">PBS\'s venerable public affairs and investigative series Frontline is, I confess, a favorite of mine, and has been for as long as I can remember watching public television. For me, Frontline, along with CBS\'s \"60 Minutes,\" is the best of...</span></p><p class=\"magicblogrss\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2010/04/an_enduring_battle_about_an_old_war.html\" target=\"magicrss\" class=\"blogrsstitle\">An Enduring Battle about an Old War</a><br /><span class=\"blogrssdate\">Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:06:38 -0500 - </span><span class=\"blogrssdesc\">This posting comes with two warnings: 1) It is very long. 2) It is all about one subject, the extensive World War II American aerial bombing campaign against Nazi Germany from 1942 until the German surrender in 1945. It is...</span></p><P><B><A HREF=\"http://www.magic-rss.com\" TARGET=\"magicrss\">FeedBox by Magic RSS</A></B></P></marquee></td></tr></table><p align=center style=\"margin-top:4px\"><a href=\"http://www.magic-rss.com\" class=\"blogrsstitle\" target=\"magicrss\">FeedBox by Magic RSS</a></p></td></tr> </table> ');document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.magic-rss.com/remote/js_callback.cgi?url=' +location.href +'&z=28406&f=y"></script>');