http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Edward Schumacher-Matos 60 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:56:27 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1287091.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1287091.html Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT What does a newspaper do if one of its regular op-ed contributors has been accused of being of a Cuban spy? http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1241198.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1241198.html Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT The Miami Herald and its readers have been locked in a big wet kiss in recent weeks over the reporting of pay raises given by Miami Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1218910.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1218910.html Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Albert Gonzalez, the celebrated cybercriminal, is Cuban American. But is his ethnicity relevant to report in articles, or does doing so unfairly stigmatize the Cuban-American community? http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1176643.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1176643.html Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:13 EDT Kenn Finkel is a retired Miami Herald journalist, and so his concern as a reader carried informed weight when he wrote me to raise alarms about the position of the new opinion editor, Myriam Marquez. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1156988.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1156988.html Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:13 EDT Is the Herald dumbing down? Below are a sampling of the many thoughtful notes I received in response to my column about the Page 1 story mix, plus some answers. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1084429.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1084429.html Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT The day after President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, The Miami Herald ran a front page profile of her by Michael Doyle from McClatchy Newspapers' Washington bureau. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1050849.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1050849.html Sun, 17 May 2009 03:01 EDT When is a matter a ''scandal?'' What if it involves two adults doing nothing unlawful or offensive? Jim and Mary kissed on a beach, for example. Or Jim and Jim. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1016518.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/1016518.html Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT It is the most significant current dilemma over which editors fret and readers complain: Is The Miami Herald's coverage of the current economic crisis undermining consumer confidence, and thereby making the recession worse? Or is the reporting so positive that it misleads readers as they make decisions on what to do with their savings, their jobs and their lives? http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/994615.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/994615.html Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT The lawyers representing the Miccosukee Tribe used strong language in criticizing The Miami's Herald's coverage of a car crash involving tribal members in which a Kendall woman died. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/960260.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/960260.html Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:01 EDT The Miami Herald finally has added not one, but two, conservative columnists, and in the second month of the change I judge it a resounding success. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/925247.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/925247.html Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:01 EST Two stories on MiamiHerald.com last week on the revival of the murder case of Chandra Levy were on the same subject, but in referring to the prime suspect they couldn't be more different. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/903177.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/903177.html Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:01 EST What should The Miami Herald do when it discovers that it was wrong in a front-page story accusing the mayor of Broward County of impropriety? http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/873022.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/873022.html Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:31 EST Paroxysms of rumors on the Cuban dictator's demise periodically sweep through the Cuban community in South Florida and reach The Miami Herald, putting the newspaper in an uncomfortable position. How do you report rumors that may or may not be true? http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/846500.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/846500.html Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Grimm, Oppenheimer, Marquez, Reinhard -- these are The Miami Herald's famous ''news columnists.'' They write their opinions in such a distinctive voice that we know them like neighbors. But that's the problem, too. What are they doing in the news pages, many readers ask? Why are they also reporting? And why doesn't The Herald just fess up and admit that it mixes news and opinion? http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/810844.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/810844.html Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:01 EST We surely all had the same question upon reading the story last week that real-estate developer Jorge Perez and sugar magnate Alfonso Fanjul have had talks to buy The Miami Herald. Given the sad economics of newspapers today, what would be their motive to own this one? http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/791431.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/791431.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Fire and ire. That's what many opinion columnists in The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald inspire. When I wrote to slap the hand of El Nuevo's Adolfo Rivero Caro for being irresponsible with facts, many of you responded with passion about the freedom of op-ed columnists in both papers. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/771755.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/771755.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Marián Prío, a reader from Key Biscayne, was upset. She had just read a column in El Nuevo Herald, the newspaper of record for the substantial segment of South Florida that is Spanish dominant. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/407405.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/407405.html Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:01 EST You might not normally link Sean Taylor and Benjamin Franklin, but the two are linked in ignominy with part of The Miami Herald's website. Of the three, only the murdered football player comes off well. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/407406.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/407406.html Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:01 EST 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/407411.html http://www.miamiherald.com/ombudsman/story/407411.html Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:01 EDT The Miami Herald has made a financial contribution to the campaign of Hillary Clinton. As readers or supporters of other candidates, have you and I just been defrauded?