Interesting discussion by NPR ombudsman, Jeffrey A. Dvorkin.

One listener complains, “I too am dismayed and disgusted by the outpouring of religion that you have put on your programs in recent months. I do not listen to NPR to be proselytized. “

Walter Watson, senior producer of Weekend All Things Considered, replies: “Religion-and not just Protestantism-plays an increasingly important part of American life in politics, education and cultureâÂ?¦we think that it’s significant and we need to report it, even if it may make some of our long-time listeners uncomfortable.”

Dvorkin writes, “Even as many listeners sense that NPR is giving too much airtime to prominent religious groups, they also ask that NPR report on developments in other religions that address the spiritual questions of the day. To which, one can only say, ‘Amen.'”

Check out Dvorkin’s column here.