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Don OhlmeyerE-mail | BioDon Ohlmeyer is the public's representative to ESPN, offering independent examination and analysis of ESPN's media outlets. One of television's most successful innovators as a sports and entertainment producer, programmer and network president, the longtime NBC and ABC executive was honored with 16 Emmys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Peabody Awards. He will critique decision-making, coverage and presentation of news, issues and events on ESPN's platforms. Ohlmeyer will have an 18-month tenure and succeeds ombudsmen George Solomon and Le Anne Schreiber. |
Martha Burk: Don't Expect Madison Square Garden to Change
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopIf you read my last post, you know that I have been wondering about Madison Square Garden. Let's assume the jury was right, and the work environment t...
Blog | October 03, 2007Craig Lancaster Describes his Oregonian Story
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...answering every question directly is a solid start. Lancaster did that. "It's definitely not an ombudsman-type piece," he explains. "It's not even an investigation. Because there's really nothing...
Blog | October 26, 2006The Troubled Relationship Between the Blazers and the Press
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...interested in hiring someone to make them look bad. (Maybe they are! Papers do those kinds of ombudsman stories.) You'd have to wonder even more if, out of anyone they might have hired, that...
Blog | October 25, 2006Gee, Mike Lupica Sure Has It In for Isiah Thomas
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...wow. UPDATE: A link from the comments (thanks Dave) turns up a similar post from The Sports Ombudsman: Over the summer, when the Larry Brown-Isiah Thomas honeymoon began, one noted New York columnist, Mike...
Blog | June 14, 2006ESPN can define boundaries and keep its edge, too
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanIf ESPN sets clear boundaries for news coverage and news-related commentary, writes the ombudsman, there are ways for media company to be as edgy as it wants.
Story | December 15, 2008ESPN has minuscule margin on mistakes, apologies
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanThanks to its wafer-thin margin of error, winning the perception game with users, writes the ombudsman, can be difficult for ESPN -- even when it endeavors to do the right thing.
Story | November 12, 2008In a goofy year, there's a thing about the Titans
Bill Simmons, Page 2Nothing makes sense in the NFL in 2008, but the Sports Guy says there's a thing he likes about Tennessee.
Story | Conversation | October 17, 2008Cyclists: USOC exec bullied them into apology 'or else'
Associated PressThe Olympic cyclists who wore masks at the Beijing airport want something positive to come out of their ordeal.
Story | Conversation | September 15, 2008Going to the no-huddle for Week 2
Bill Simmons, Page 2For the first (and probably last) time, Bill Simmons takes a rambling approach to his weekly NFL picks.
Story | Conversation | September 12, 2008Breathing Room: ESPN must stop the suffocation of synergy
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanESPN has been so successful at building a better fantrap, writes the Ombudsman, that some viewers looking for a sports escape need to escape ESPN to enjoy sports.
Story | September 10, 2008
11 a.m.: Ombudsman/Forbes- Saban/Mel Kiper Jr.
Colin defends The Ombudsman. MLB teams outside the East Coast have to be interesting to get coverage. Colin can't understand...
Audio PodCast | August 15, 2008
Geography lesson: Breaking down the bias in ESPN's coverage
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanIn investigating allegations of East Coast bias at ESPN, the ombudsman concludes that, if there is collusion across platforms and programs, it is in the creation and promotion of superstars with the potential for crossover appeal among all fans.
Story | August 13, 2008Written guidance necessary to establish boundaries of comment
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanWithout a formal handbook of guidance and policy, writes the ombudsman, there is not much chance ESPN's producers, editors, columnists and commentators will ever be on the same page.
Story | July 13, 2008ESPN is right to engage, not avoid, racial matters in sports
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanESPN, writes the Ombudsman, should not have its motives impugned when it takes on racial matters, whether in TV documentaries or online columns. The bar is set too high. The only alternatives, she writes, are to clear it or take the lumps trying.
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