In some 45 minute trial WJAR reporter Jim Taricani was convicted of criminal contempt for refusing to divulge a source who gave him a video tape of a city official taking bribe. Taricani faces 6 months in jail when he’s sentenced on December 9th.
Yahoo News via AP
Reporter Convicted for [...]
As I wrote yesterday there’s going to be news at 4pm, at least for WSVN when they lose Judge Judy. The Sun Sentinel too has the story about WPLG dropping their newscast in favor of Dr. Phil which is pretty much a rehash of the Miami Herald wrote, I was hoping [...]
WJAR-NBC10 affiliate in Providence Rhode Island is seeing one of their veteran reporters facing imprisonment for not revealing source. Jim Taricani is in federal court facing charges of criminal contempt for refusing to reveal a source who gave him a video tape showing a city politician getting bribed. NBC’s president Neil Shapiro wrote a commentary [...]
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