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'Now Go And Change The World': Advice From NPR Journalists To The Class Of 2013
June 9, 2013 You know your favorite voices at NPR have book smarts, but read on to hear their advice about life beyond the mic for 2013 graduates.
NPR Ombudsman
Stay-At-Home Moms And The Right Way to Correct a Mistake
April 25, 2012 In a recent Weekend Edition Sunday segment, Mara Liasson unintentionally suggested that stay-at-home moms lack higher education. She quickly saw her error and the staff corrected later broadcasts of the story. A correction was posted on the web version and, a week later, the show aired a letters segment with additional clarification.
It's All Politics
Federal Deficits, Debt Elude Easy Answers
November 16, 2010 Taming deficits and the debt is difficult because of ideological differences but also complexity. It was easier to send men to the Moon than ending deficits and the debt because we weren't concerned with fairness.
It's All Politics
GOP Gains Advantage After 'Citizens United' Ruling
October 7, 2010 This campaign season, at least, it's been the conservative and Republican-leaning interest groups that have taken advantage of the Supreme Court ruling to spend millions on ads.
NPR Ombudsman
Is NPR Not Covering Obama's Slip in the Polls?
January 22, 2010 A conservative media watchdog site, newsbusters.org, criticized NPR for not reporting on a poll that showed how President Obama had slipped in the polls. The Ombudsman's office looked into this and found something different.
NPR Ombudsman
"Don't Take Mara Off of Fox"
December 8, 2009 On a regular basis the Ombudsman's office gets complaints about Mara Liasson and Juan Williams appearing on Fox. But ever since Politico did a story implying that the White House asked NPR to remove Liasson from Fox —which is did not —an unusual...
NPR Ombudsman
The Katrina Analogy: A Real Clunker
August 6, 2009 NPR political correspondent Mara Liasson went too far on Fox News when she equated problems with the Cash for Clunker program to a "mini-Katrina." That reflects poorly on NPR.
