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