Small‑Stuff Scrutiny in Gazette Coverage Sparks Corrections
Readers challenge Gazette stories and column placements revealing ongoing errors and policy questions. A mother contests a National Honor Society note, a letter is deemed not form, and Cronkite column placement prompts editorial review of page design and commentary labeling.
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Vinton
Gazette
Iowa Braille and
Iowa City
Gazette Opinion Page
Cedar Rapids
Walter Cronkite
Mathis
Pitts
Mitchard
Gazette announces ombudsman position February 1997
Gazette Communications establishes an ombudsman to address reader concerns about accuracy fairness and taste in coverage with advisory duties. The Times also appoints a public editor amid Jayson Blair fallout highlighting reader accountability and media responsiveness. Kenneth Starck named Gazette ombudsman.
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Gazette Communications
Ombudsman
Gazette Company
the Times
Jayson Blair
United States
Daniel Okrent
Organization of News Ombudsmen
Newsombudsmen.org
Kenneth Starck
The
Gazette
GazetteOnline
Kcrg TV
Kcrg NewsRadio
Iowa Farmer Today
Community News Advertiser
P.O
Cedar Rapids
Gazettecommunications.com
The Cuckoo’s Nest of Cold and Flu Folklore
A humorous piece skewers medical myths about colds and flus tracing origins from germ theory to electron microscopes. It lampoons bogus cures and public health scare tactics while offering absurd, tongue in cheek remedies and absurd precautionary steps.
Congressional theater of pork and profit in Medicare reform
Critique of U S Congress and the Bush White House for favoring drug companies and polluting industries in Medicare and energy bills. Highlights include a doughnut gap in drug coverage, veto threats, tax breaks for ExxonMobil and others, and reduced Pell and child tax credits. Remarks on partisan rigidity and governance style.
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Lily Tomlinson
U.S. Congress
Bush White House
Medicare
Canada
House
White House
Oil and Gas
Santa
ExxonMobil
ConocoPhillips
ChevronTexaco
Congress
Three strikes and the bill comes due on crime policy
The piece argues that states cannot sustain tough on crime laws and cost of incarceration. It cites 25 states easing minimum sentences and proposes restitution over incarceration. It notes the rising prison population, per-inmate costs, and advocates targeted reforms to reduce crime and taxpayer burden.
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Fter
Joseph Lehman
State of Washington Department of Corrections
New York Times
Bureau of Justice Statistics
BJS
U.S
Georgia
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the Gazette’s Ombudsman
Hiawatha
Times
Rinter
Power Ranger
Power Rangers
American Society of Medical Doctors
New Zealand
Dave Barry
Boston University
School of Public Health
Texas
Gonzalo Barrientos
Molly Ivins
Cal Thomas Tribune Media Services
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