Organization of News Ombudsmen
Monitoring the accuracy, fairness and balance of the world's news media
Globe and Mail Public Editor Sylvia Stead recently raised the issue of respecting readers and not calling women girls or describing people in their sixties as elderly. Stead was then inundated by thoughtful responses from readers who questioned the need to describe age.
Read More...Lou Gelfand Minneapolis Star-Tribune 15-Jul-01 Tom Hanson, Chaska magazine publisher, says, “The continuing problems of blatant liberal bias at the Star Tribune can be solved very simply …. Start staffing the newsroom with professional journalists instead of professional advocates.” He sent three examples of “blatant liberal bias”: “Rush Limbaugh’s July 9 radio show noted how [...]
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