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Columns exposing a few individuals' brushes with judicial tyranny have made him an unofficial ombudsman for local underdogs (thanks to Raspberry, a Washington prisoner was allowed to attend his mother's funeral, although police insisted that he wear handcuffs and leg irons). He has suggested that the vast problem of drug addiction cannot be solved unless the answer to a single question is found: What makes someone try the needle the first time...
...number of dailies have followed the example of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times, which seven years ago designated a senior staffer as ombudsman-the person in charge of reviewing readers' complaints about fairness and accuracy. The Milwaukee Journal's "reader contact editor," David Runge, fields written and telephoned protests and asks reporters to provide proof for disputed articles. Cy Liberman. "public editor" of the Wilmington (Del.) News-Journal, writes an independent daily column that has recently slammed his papers' coverage of a proposed downtown mall as "too negative...
...issues, you may get in trouble with the politicians but not with the people," says Apodaca, who beat his closest opponent by just over 10,000 votes in a six-man scramble for the gubernatorial nomination last month. Supported by labor, Chicano activists and liberals, Apodaca favors establishment of ombudsman-like "citizen service centers" throughout the state...
...things as General Patton's notorious slapping incident, Richard Nixon's questionable finances (in 1957), and the ruthless tactics of the House Un-American Activities Committee. As, in Pearson's words, "a voice for the voiceless," the column at its best was a kind of national ombudsman, most notably during World War II, when it exposed instances of brass-hat bungling...
...ombudsman revealed last week that U.S. colleges endorsing Rhodes scholarship applicants may be in violation of the 1972 Education Amendment. Title IX of the Amendment prohibits sex discrimination by educational institutions receiving federal financial assistance...