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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
NPR Ombudsman
Should the Media Identify Rape Accusers? A Look Back at NPR's Strauss-Kahn Coverage
July 6, 2011 NPR's coverage of the Strauss-Kahn case was restrained, but begs a broader discussion. Should the news media identify alleged rape victims and is the public treatment of prisoners right?
Thursday, May 26, 2011
It's All Politics
Democrat Kate Hochul: Ryan's Medicare Plan Gave Her An Opening
May 26, 2011 Kathy Hochul, the Democrat who won an upset victory for a long-held GOP House seat in New York, appreciates not just the voters but Rep. Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican whose controversial Medicare proposal allowed her to put her GOP opponent on the defensive.
Friday, January 15, 2010
NPR Ombudsman
Covering the Big Story
January 15, 2010 When the earthquake hit Haiti at 4:53 p.m. on Jan. 12, no news organization was prepared to cover Haiti's biggest quake in two centuries. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at what NPR did when the quake news broke 53 minutes into the first hour of A...
Monday, October 15, 2007
