Here it is WPLG Local10 News at 11pm Video – 90MB you need XviD codec to watch it.
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 Protecting Source
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 for some opinion from Tom Jicha but there was none.
Sun Sentinel
Channel 10 TV to abandon two newscasts in favor of Dr. Phil
Miami Herald
WPLG to drop 5 o’clock news, alter afternoon lineup
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 in the Wall Stree Journal
Notebook and Shield
By Neal Shapiro
New face on 7
Erica Pino has been replaced by a hot hot new weather guy by the name of Jonathan Novak. His debut was today at 5pm and he’s one good looking guy yum!
10 pm update: and he’s permanently hired, he has his own intro