Spending by special interests, which are clearly concerned about the decisions that judges reach rather than their capability and impartiality in reaching them, has grown dramatically as a share of total spending.
Another Sinclair affiliate employee, an on-air reporter, told HuffPost he and his colleagues are concerned about the effect the segment is having on their reputations for impartiality.
There are also concerns about the impartiality of the judge, who has links to a Christian charity which has campaigned for more conservative abortion laws.
Human rights groups expressed concern about the impartiality of such courts and the desire and ability of The Sudan to bring the perpetrators of the human rights abuses to justice.
But Taiwan, without naming Ms. Zhang, said it could not agree to the agenda because it had deep concerns about the impartiality and qualification of one of the recommended candidates.
In response to the exempt organizations (EO) division head Lois Lerner's concerns about the impartiality of that method, the criteria changed to "Organizations involved with political, lobbying, or advocacy for exemption under 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4)" in July 2011.
The concerns about the impartiality of Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, and Fiona Woolf have been well documented, as has the challenge the government faces in finding another person to chair the inquiry.
The development threatened to cast a damning coda on Leon's tenure as envoy, and raises concerns about the impartiality of special representatives appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.
Labor unions, politicians, advocates, educators, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and human rights advocacy organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have expressed concern about the impartiality of the trial of Abu-Jamal, though Amnesty International neither takes a position on the guilt or innocence of Abu-Jamal nor classifies him as a political prisoner.
As a result, evaluation work may and in fact, often does present challenges for all involved, ranging from practicalities such as arranging access to data, through conceptual disagreements about the programme and what it is trying to achieve, to concerns about the impartiality and competence of the evaluation team, widely divergent definitions of success and many others.
