<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>PBS Ombudsman</title> <link>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/ombudsman/</link> <description /> <language>en</language> <copyright>Copyright 2014</copyright> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2014 17:27:21 -0500</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.36</generator> <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs> <image> <url>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/ombudsman/images/pbslogo-rss.gif</url> <title>PBS Ombudsman</title> <link>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/ombudsman/</link> </image> <atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.pbs.org/pbs/ombudsman-blog" /><feedburner:info uri="pbs/ombudsman-blog" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item> <title>Tensions Over Pensions</title> <description>Hold the presses, if there are any of them left operating. Late this afternoon, just after this column was written, member-station WNET in New York and PBS issued a statement resolving the controversy that is discussed below. The joint statement...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/nZjVuvGn_8k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/nZjVuvGn_8k/tensions_over_pensions_1.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/02/tensions_over_pensions_1.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2014 17:27:21 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/02/tensions_over_pensions_1.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>The Mailbag: More on 'MAKERS' and Other Stuff</title> <description>Today's ombudsman's mailbag is a brief follow-up to the last one that was devoted to what I described as "a pre-emptive strike" by critics of some individuals slated to be profiled in six new one-hour documentaries that will be part...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/pTXQyBw7VMY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/pTXQyBw7VMY/the_mailbag_more_on_makers_and_other_stuff_1.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/02/the_mailbag_more_on_makers_and_other_stuff_1.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:14:14 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/02/the_mailbag_more_on_makers_and_other_stuff_1.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>The Mailbag: A Pre-Emptive Strike on More 'Makers'</title> <description>When you make an announcement before a group of reporters at the semi-annual Television Critics Association conference, you are likely to get some publicity. Among the announcements made by PBS at this year's gathering in Pasadena was news that six...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/FSA7J6_zTm0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/FSA7J6_zTm0/the_mailbag_a_preemptive_strike_on_more_maker.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/01/the_mailbag_a_preemptive_strike_on_more_maker.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2014 16:10:37 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/01/the_mailbag_a_preemptive_strike_on_more_maker.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>The Mailbag: A Letter from Bill Moyers</title> <description>This edition of the mailbag contains just one letter. It is a response from Bill Moyers to the Ombudsman's Column posted on Jan. 9. That column dealt with a couple of issues surrounding the Jan. 3 presentation of the weekly...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/4gfRQeWDL4U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/4gfRQeWDL4U/the_mailbag_a_letter_from_bill_moyers_1.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/01/the_mailbag_a_letter_from_bill_moyers_1.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:50:03 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/01/the_mailbag_a_letter_from_bill_moyers_1.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>The Mailbag: A Lot More on Downton; a Little More on Moyers</title> <description>As has happened before, when something we think of as sort of contemporary &amp;mdash; a gay kiss, a loved one lost to a fatal car accident, a rape &amp;mdash; unfolds amid the gentility of Downton Abbey, some viewers object. I...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/KRNl8h3lGx0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/KRNl8h3lGx0/the_mailbag_a_lot_more_on_downton_a_little_mo_1.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/01/the_mailbag_a_lot_more_on_downton_a_little_mo_1.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:42:02 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/01/the_mailbag_a_lot_more_on_downton_a_little_mo_1.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>The Mailbag: A Downton Downer and Other Things</title> <description>Despite on-screen warnings by PBS at the beginning of last Sunday's edition of Downton Abbey that the segment was rated TV-14 and "The following drama contains scenes which may not be suitable for all audiences. Viewer discretion is advised," many...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/EPToE4Q_5us" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/EPToE4Q_5us/the_mailbag_a_downton_downer_and_other_things.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/01/the_mailbag_a_downton_downer_and_other_things.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:51:56 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/01/the_mailbag_a_downton_downer_and_other_things.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Over the Air or Off the Air?</title> <description>The powers that be at PBS were dancing in the aisles earlier this week (I didn't really see this but it was undoubtedly in the minimum-physical-contact, please; we're British style) when it was reported that the season four debut of...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/AxywQkBTR2c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/AxywQkBTR2c/over_the_air_or_off_the_air.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/01/over_the_air_or_off_the_air.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 15:53:30 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2014/01/over_the_air_or_off_the_air.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Different Strokes From Different Folks</title> <description>It is still sort of holiday-quiet in the ombudsman's mailbox, but one critical letter from a viewer in Miami raises an editorial issue that I seldom get asked about &amp;mdash; a comparison between NPR (radio) and PBS (television) coverage of...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/n5oQtLTbanU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/n5oQtLTbanU/different_strokes_from_different_folks_1.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/12/different_strokes_from_different_folks_1.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:19:19 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/12/different_strokes_from_different_folks_1.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>The Mailbag: The Holiday Spirit Is on Hold</title> <description>The leader of North Korea had his uncle executed and a mentally-unbalanced sign-language fraud managed to stand next to President Obama in South Africa, but it's been relatively quiet these past two weeks for the ombudsman; no big controversies and...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/_4MrQyn1KFQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/_4MrQyn1KFQ/the_mailbag_the_holiday_spirit_is_on_hold.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/12/the_mailbag_the_holiday_spirit_is_on_hold.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2013 11:58:08 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/12/the_mailbag_the_holiday_spirit_is_on_hold.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>The Mailbag: Bye-Bye Bobbleheads and Lots of Other Stuff </title> <description>The ombudsman's mailbag has become quite stuffed in the past week or two, and in the past few days in particular, because of lots of email from people upset about a short video offering from PBS Digital Studios that was...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/8j3uJyLt604" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/8j3uJyLt604/the_mailbag_byebye_bobbleheads_and_lots_of_ot.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/11/the_mailbag_byebye_bobbleheads_and_lots_of_ot.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:57:52 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/11/the_mailbag_byebye_bobbleheads_and_lots_of_ot.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>'It's (Not) Okay to be (Not) Smart'</title> <description>The headline above is my edited version of the title of a PBS Digital Studios production of "A Very Special Thanksgiving Special/It's Okay to be Smart." The idea, its webpage states, is to "be thankful for everything science has given...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/N4xOxlzUh-s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/N4xOxlzUh-s/its_not_okay_to_be_not_smart.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/11/its_not_okay_to_be_not_smart.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:20:15 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/11/its_not_okay_to_be_not_smart.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>More Words About 'War of the Worlds'</title> <description>Last week's column dealt with a documentary aired on Oct. 29 as part of the PBS "American Experience" series. The hour-long program marked the 75th anniversary of the famous 1938 CBS radio broadcast of the Orson Welles dramatization of a...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/F8DfbpkrfK0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/F8DfbpkrfK0/more_words_about_war_of_the_worlds_1.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/11/more_words_about_war_of_the_worlds_1.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2013 16:21:37 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/11/more_words_about_war_of_the_worlds_1.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>War of the Words</title> <description>Sometimes, when journalists talk among themselves about stories they have read, the phrase "burying the lead" comes into the discussion. What is meant by that is a story that has important information way down inside the text, rather than at...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/pfYhkmqIdXA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/pfYhkmqIdXA/war_of_the_words.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/10/war_of_the_words.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:30:51 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/10/war_of_the_words.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Muhammad on PBS: Was It Good for the Jews?</title> <description>The question in the headline on this column is not meant to be frivolous. For Jews and their families in America in the 1930s, '40s and '50s &amp;mdash; and even to some extent today &amp;mdash; events from time to time...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/gleTU51mKuc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/gleTU51mKuc/muhammad_on_pbs_was_it_good_for_the_jews_1.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/10/muhammad_on_pbs_was_it_good_for_the_jews_1.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:37:09 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/10/muhammad_on_pbs_was_it_good_for_the_jews_1.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>The Mailbag: Some Viewers Want to Give PBS a 'Pop'</title> <description>The ombudsman's mailbox continues to receive a modest but steady stream of complaints from viewers about those small but obvious promotional blurbs that "pop up" on your TV screen every once in a while during a favorite program to remind...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~4/uNU8O7FtxtY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description> <link>http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/ombudsman-blog/~3/uNU8O7FtxtY/the_mailbag_some_viewers_want_to_give_pbs_a_p_1.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/10/the_mailbag_some_viewers_want_to_give_pbs_a_p_1.html</guid> <category /> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:32:40 -0500</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2013/10/the_mailbag_some_viewers_want_to_give_pbs_a_p_1.html</feedburner:origLink></item> </channel> </rss>