Mr. Newman said the service was expected to maintain a broad policy when it comes to accepting works for duplication and sale but would not be completely without filters.
Lehrer's questions, which all asked the candidates if they thought there were "differences" between their views on broad policy topics, also came in for criticism.
The policy came from the President.
In recent years, however, the department's broader policies have come under fire, underscoring the need for stronger oversight.
Progressives should be pleased that in the cases that had broad policy implications, she has generally come out on the pro-civil rights side.
William H. Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution and the author of the report, also said the United States had reached a demographic milestone: About half of all recent births were to minority parents, a shift that will have broad policy implications in the years to come.
So when policies come along with broad support from Americans across race, gender, geography and political parties, policymakers should take notice and act.
But they are fighting over the narrowest of bands in a broad policy spectrum, and the focus on universal coverage — rather than on cutting costs — may have far less resonance come Nov. 4.
"He gets a broad policy portfolio.
Three broad policy alternatives are suggested.
