by Sydney Smith on Jun 02, 2017
After NYT Public Editor Firing, Will PBS Keep an Ombudsman Now that Michael Getler has Resigned?
Will there be a new ombudsman at PBS? Just days ago, the New York Times eliminated its ombudsman role and...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2017
Turning Water into Power? PBS NewsHour Yanks Report after Reader Complaints
PBS's NewsHour unpublished a report claiming a Greek inventor is creating a way to turn water into power after many...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2016
2 Public Editors on Hillary Clinton ‘Clinched’ Democratic Nomination Stories
Was it fair to report that Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination before several states including California and New Jersey...
by Sydney Smith on May 29, 2016
PBS NewsHour Stands by Bernie Sanders Coverage
PBS NewsHour stands by its coverage of Bernie Sanders after viewer complaints. PBS ombudsman Michael Getler wrote May 25 about viewers...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 24, 2015
PBS Retracts Finding your Roots episode on Ben Affleck, adds new review levels
After hacked e-mails showed that Ben Affleck had slave-owning ancestors, a fact that was covered up in a PBS episode...
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2015
PBS’s Judy Woodruff Shouldn’t have given Clinton Foundation $250, Ombuds Says
PBS NewsHour host and managing editor Judy Woodruff donated $250 to the Clinton Foundation five years ago. Even though the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 24, 2015
PBS Apologizes for Not Reporting Ben Affleck Slave-Owning Ancestor or Request
Two PBS executive producers -- Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and Dyllan McGee apologized for agreeing to ignore the fact...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 22, 2015
PBS Investigating Ben Affleck Slave-owning Ancestor Episode after Sony e-mails posted on Wikileaks
U.S. public broadcaster PBS is investigating its producers' agreement to not report that an ancestor of actor Ben Affleck owned...
by David W. Moore on Nov 12, 2013
[UPDATED: Pew Responds] How The News Hour Got Duped by Sloppy Pew Poll on Trans Fats
On PBS's News Hour last Thursday, Judy Woodruff interviewed Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control, about...
by David W. Moore on Feb 01, 2013
Is Public Distrust in Government at the ‘Boiling Point’?
According to Pew’s latest poll, as introduced by Judy Woodruff on the PBS Newshour, “about one-quarter of Americans trust government...