In news organizations that employ ombudsmen - and the number who do has been shrinking - the job effectively reports to the public, said Kelly McBride, expert in media ethics at the Poynter Institute and NPR's public editor.
Kenneth Weinstein, CBS' new ombudsman, has a non-traditional background for the job
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The role of an ombudsman, or public editor, who examines a news outlet's work is often positive - if they are given independence, said Kelly McBride, an ethics expert who has had that role at NPR for five years.
Paramount gets green light for $8 billion deal. But what is the psychic cost for company?
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