Ombudsman's Report: April 2006

Highlights

  • Emails received since January 2006                 4,739

E-mail by subject

Bias (left/right)

37

Campaigns

 

 - Mohammed Cartoon

141

 - NPR journalists on Fox

215

Corrections

17

Digital Media

102

General Information

176

 - (tape/transcripts/sources)

 

Hoaxes

4

Story ideas/commentaries

236

Ombudsman’s Inquiries

83

Ombudsman’s website column

995

Legal

16

 - (permissions, referrals)

 

NPR/Hosts/Program Comments

1,904

Politics

 

 - “NPR is too left wing”

385

 - “NPR is too right wing”

261

Station issues

127

Underwriting/funding

28

 - Wal-Mart

21

Notes:

  • - More blog inspired campaigns target NPR coverage and specific journalists.
  • - For the first time, more complaints received about  NPR’s “left wing bias” compared to complaints about NPR’s “right wing bias”

Jeffrey Dvorkin
Office of the Ombudsman
April 2006