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 |
| Total | 4,127 |
Jeffrey Dvorkin
Office of the Ombudsman
June 17, 2002
