NPR Ombudsman The Patriotism Of NPR And Its Sponsor Al Jazeera America September 16, 2013 • Images on Al Jazeera of brutalized Americans in Iraq understandably still trouble some listeners, but NPR's acceptance of sponsorship support from the new Al Jazeera America fall well within free speech and ethical standards. Al Jazeera itself brings a valuable international voice into our living rooms.
NPR Ombudsman The Online Roulette of Music and Corporate Sponsors April 27, 2012 • We all love NPR music. In honor of its highly independent staffers, its time to run a permanent ethical disclaimer on all NPR.org's cultural pages saying that because of technical inevitabilities, ads and reviews on the same album, book or movie occasionally run next to each other.
Opinion NPR Ombudsman Round Two: News and NPR's Sponsors March 28, 2012 • Of the hundreds of responses, some made me squirm. Dismissive, selling out, conflict of interest, insipid—I address these and other responses in a revisit of my post on whether to acknowledge corporate sponsors in news reports on them.
Opinion NPR Ombudsman An Impossible Standard: When NPR Covers Its Sponsors March 16, 2012 • A segment on All Things Considered about the founder of 5-Hour Energy raised concerns among listeners about conflict of interest and a violation of NPR's new ethics handbook.
