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Mar 14, 2016
Lax on the Facts
The after action reports on the Republican presidential debate in Detroit lamented new lows in presidential political discourse and decorum. That was one storyline; there was another. The next morning, the PBS NewsHour website dutifully offered a fact-check.
Dec 22, 2015
Four Words
Accuracy is an essential component of news journalism. News journalists are expected to report the facts as best they can in the most neutral language.
Nov 24, 2015
Dis, Dys, and That
Disagreement is at once a gift and a challenge in a democracy. How does a free press balance the two in a manner that minimizes the dysfunction that can occur when those who disagree become disagreeable and dysfunction creeps in?
Sep 30, 2015
Can We Talk?
 Little in the often disrespected, dangerous and ever more deadly world of news journalism adequately prepared us for what happened last month in Virginia. One of our own targeted two of our own. He shot and killed them on live television, fled the scene, and posted video of the killings online.
Aug 27, 2015
In the Fog of News
 Judy Woodruff didn't necessarily agree.
Jul 07, 2015
Swim Pools
 A poignant national moment? Political posturing, more of the same? How about a JDI (Just Do It) for news and education in the public interest?
Apr 24, 2015
Let Every Voice Sing
 "Challenging the Whiteness of Public Radio" was the headline of a Twitter chat earlier this year on Code Switch, a program of National Public Radio (NPR). It was a Jan.
Mar 13, 2015
Word Up
 On Feb. 10, the day after German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with U.S.
Feb 27, 2015
Annual Report on Objectivity and Balance: 2014
 For my third and final annual report on objectivity and balance for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, I have examined the past year's reports filed by the ombudsmen for CPB, NPR and PBS.