We received a rather bland and, if I’m not 100% mistaken, somewhat cutting response from NPR. I expected soemthing with a little more substance than this from the nation’s leading non-commercial news agency.

We’ll put together a follow-up. This response is not adequate.

Dear Sean,

Thank you for contacting NPR’s Office of the Ombudsman.

We appreciate your thoughts regarding NPR’s news coverage and, according to you, its inability to match the content quality of other news outlets.

Making decisions about covering the events that impact our everyday lives is never easy. We make every attempt to ensure that the segments and stories you hear on NPR programming, and the attention devoted to them, are valid and appropriate.

We welcome praise, as well as criticism, and your thoughts will be taken into consideration.

Thanks again for writing in, and for your continued support of public broadcasting. For the latest news and information, visit NPR.org.

Sincerely,

Chantal de la Rionda
Assistant to the Ombudsman
National Public Radio
635 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001