Corporation for Public Broadcasting Ombudsman Ken A. Bode released a report today in which he "welcomed" PBS's recent agreement to commission another hour long documentary on the issues raised in the film Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories and by the protest campaign against it. Bode, who in two previous reports had endorsed the central charges made by fatherhood advocates protesting the film,  noted that "with the possibility of litigation still lingering, PBS did not admit that there was a violation of its standards of fairness and balance."

Bode's report also contained nearly a dozen letters he'd received about his reports on the film, most of them from protest sympathizers. To read Bode's new report, see "Another Look at "Breaking the Silence: The Children's Stories (1/4/06). Bode's previous two reports can be seen at Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report: 'No Hint of Balance in Breaking the Silence' (11/29/05) and Corporation for Public Broadcasting Blasts Breaking the Silence Again (12/19/05).