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Jan 6, 2006

"Fairness and balance, Mr. Brancaccio, keep it in mind." CPB Ombudsman Ken Bode chastises Now's host for lobbing "softball questions" at Craig McDonald of Texans for Public Justice, a chief critic of Rep. Tom Delay, during a Sept. 30 interview. The program, which included a report critical of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, prompted a complaint from South Carolina Republican Congressman Bob Inglis. In his Dec. 30 column examining the same edition of Now, PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler came to different conclusions.

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