Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Washington Post Andrew Alexander says the Post must be relentless in trying to keep anonymous sources to a minimum, and "if they must be used, the Post can at least strengthen the bond of trust with its readers by explaining why the sources should be believed."
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
... Examining the state of the Republican Party ." Opening story is by Dan Balz . WaPo ombudsman Andrew Alexander again on anonymous sources . TV The House passed the health care reform bill late Saturday- what it looked like on cable . Jake Tapper will sit down with the President this afternoon. The ABC White House correspondent's interview will air on "World News" and...
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Washington Post Among the many reader complaints about the Post's design changes, none have been louder than those reacting to the new weather layout and the smaller map, says ombud Andrew Alexander . The original map returns next week.
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Unlike some Washington Post ombudsmen (ahem, Geneva Overholser), Andrew Alexander deserves credit for raising the question of liberal bias, and reporters’ connections to the liberal movement, even by marriage. But he didn’t tell the whole story. At best, he gets an I for Incomplete. On Sunday , Alexander reported: Post reporter Juliet Eilperin covers the contentious...
You Don't Say (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... I saw it too Thanks to the readers who have pointed out the column by Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander about the error-ridden baseball article by Tom Boswell. Sadly, Mr. Alexander’s explanation makes all the sense in the world. Newspapers have not only reduced the size and number of their pages, but have also adopted other cost-cutting measures that result in...
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Washington Post Ombudsman Blog By ombud Andrew Alexander 's count, Tom Boswell 's print edition column for Monday contained at least 20 typos, grammatical errors or misspellings. One reader pleads: "Please, rescue Mr. Boswell from the pressure of the midnight deadline. Give him, and your readers, back your copy editors."
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... and other Tribune papers plan to use as little as possible from AP next week. WaPo ombudsman Andrew Alexander in Sunday's paper on two reporters' " conflict on the beat ." TV CNN officially launches its broadcast center in Abu Dhabi today. Rollins in debt : The GOP strategist and CNN contributor Ed Rollins apparently owes more than $1.33 million in state and federal taxes....
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In his Sunday column , Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander addressed what he described as Post media critic Howard Kurtz's "inescapable conflict" of interest "that is at odds with Post rules" -- Kurtz's side job as host of Reliable Sources on CNN, one of the media companies he is assigned to cover for the Post . Kurtz's conflicts of interest are, indeed, inescapable....
