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A nervous news industry is killing off its ombudsmen. But after facing enraged NPR listeners when I had that role, I know the public has the most to lose.
  • The irony...

    ...of reading this article on Salon.com is staggering.

    From the introduction of Broadsheet ("the Pink Ghetto"), to the return of the hated Camille Paglia, to the introduction of video blog posts without captioning or transcripts for deaf readers, to the unveiling of the despised comic strip Kansan O'Flaherty, Salon's record of responding to loud reader complaints with a wall of silence is legendary.

    If there is "resistance in the online community" to having an open dialog with readers, we're at Ground Zero.