MIAMI HERALD OMBUDSMAN: PUBLISHED NOV. 18, 2007
Herald must pay attention to news of Iraq
Most of us wish the Iraq War would just go away. In one way, you might think it slowly has: the pages of The Miami Herald.
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Edward Schumacher-Matos
Contributing Columnist
Edward Schumacher-Matos, a former editor and reporter with The New York Times and Wall Street Journal with extensive experience in Florida and Latin America, writes pieces every other Sunday taking up issues in the news, answering questions from readers and critiquing how The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald handle topics of significance.
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