Word: ombudsman
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...appeared two days before the Washington Post could publish its own thoroughgoing inquiry by its ombudsman (an independent critic), who judged the Post's performance "inexcusable." The Post admitted to squelching its own doubts when Cooke's story was first challenged. One of her superiors, Bob Woodward, reportorial hero of Watergate, said, "We went into our Watergate mode-protect the source and back the reporter...
...Robert McCloskey, former Washington Post ombudsman...
...provide a further court of review, more than two dozen newspapers have appointed ombudsmen or "reader representatives." Some news executives argue that having an ombudsman shunts complaints aside. Says Editor James Gannon of the Des Moines Register: "The person who should handle the complaints is the editor, not someone in a corner with no real power." Others contend that editors are too busy and too closely tied to their staffs to be able to handle complaints thoroughly. Most critics of the press agree with James Atwater, a former TIME senior editor who is dean of the University of Missouri School...
...improving conditions for disabled students, last year criticized the University's support services, claiming they are both mismanaged and insufficient ABLE called for increased access to undergraduate Houses (only two, Currier and Quincy, are fully wheelchair accessible), increased centralization of support services for disabled students and a full-time ombudsman for disabled concerns...
...Newsweek was raked by Columnist Anthony Lewis of the New York Times and by Ombudsman Robert McCloskey at Newsweek's sister publication, the Washington Post. Lewis said Newsweek had been either "gullible" or "shameless." He wrote: "The cover story raised the possibility of fraud. But it went on for pages about the historical significance of it all. And it said: 'Genuine or not, it almost doesn't matter in the end.' It matters a lot." McCloskey argued: "The impression created [by Newsweek] with the aid of provocative newspaper and television advertising was that the entire story...