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Ombudsman's Report: July 2002
Highlights:
- The Middle East still dominates the concerns of listener e-mails to the Ombudsman.
- Of those, most accuse NPR's coverage of a pro-Palestinian bias.
- As the political season approaches, more listeners ask for changes to NPR's political coverage (more liberal or more conservative).
- Some renewed concerns about underwriting and the underwriting announcements.
E-mail by subject:
| Ombudsman column |
113 |
| Accuracy |
86 |
| Bias |
40 |
| CAMERA |
11 |
| Corrections |
21 |
| Ethics |
45 |
| General information |
238 |
| Hoaxes |
15 |
| Ideas/commentaries |
134 |
| Inquiries |
17 |
| Legal |
29 |
| LPFM |
1 |
| Middle East coverage |
2,497 |
| NPR changes |
6 |
| NPR/hosts/programs |
742 |
| Online |
40 |
| Politics |
5 |
| Station issues |
58 |
| Underwriting/funding |
29 |
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| Total |
4,127 |
Jeffrey Dvorkin
Office of the Ombudsman
June 17, 2002
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