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Washington Post Ombudsman: Salons "Ethical Lapse Of Monumental Proportions"

Washington Post | Andrew Alexander | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media

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The Washington Post's ill-fated plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record "salons" was an ethical lapse of monumental proportions. ...

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Who Is Pressing The Pressmen?

Emily Bracken | Posted 04.29.2009 | Comedy

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Humorists and comedians are a curious bunch. Quixotic by nature, they want so desperately to live in a world of decency, fairness and goodness, and in Stewart's case, in a world where the media grew some cajones.

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In Praise of Ombudspeople

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.08.2008 | Media

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The mission of the ombudsperson is to watch the standards and performance of your publication, with an eye to keeping it scrupulously top-notch as a service to your readers. That's a service that shouldn't be outsourced for free to random people on the internet.

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