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That money was directed through a charity originally created by a Gingrich supporter to help poor kids. Lion's share of the money raised by the tax-exempt Abraham Lincoln Opportunity Foundation bankrolled cable-TV shows and other parts of Gingrich's program...
...Primetime Live aired a segment charging the Food Lion supermarket chain with the kind of bad housekeeping that would cause Martha Stewart to faint. Armed with hidden cameras, PrimeTime producers posing as food handlers infiltrated several Food Lion stores to expose alleged wrongdoings, including repackaging old chicken with cosmetically enhancing barbecue sauce and falsifying expiration dates. In addition to disturbing footage, PrimeTime aired interviews with seven current and former Food Lion employees who gave firsthand accounts of the chain's unsanitary handling practices. Moreover, PrimeTime anchor Diane Sawyer noted that producers had collected similar horror stories from more than...
...federal jury in Greensboro, North Carolina, found in Food Lion's favor. This week the jury is expected to determine just how much ABC should be punished, a decision that news organizations around the country are awaiting with trepidation. Journalists see the case as a sort of referendum on the undercover reporting tactics that have become commonplace in an era when there is a different TV newsmagazine show on almost every night of the week--not to mention all the local news shows exposing shady auto mechanics during ratings sweeps...
...verdict is so anxiety provoking for journalists because the accuracy of PrimeTime's reporting is not at issue. Although Food Lion has publicly contended that the segment was deceptive--certain footage was staged and misleadingly edited, it says--it was unable to file a libel suit before the statute of limitations expired. Instead, the company is challenging the ways in which PrimeTime obtained its information. The jury has already awarded the chain $1,402 in damages as partial payment for training costs and wages doled out to PrimeTime's faux workers. The punitive-damage award could be in the millions...
BETHANY DILLON celebrates two milestones this fall; she sings on the sound tracks of two major movies and gets her driver's permit. Dillon, 16, who wrote songs for Dreamer, starring Dakota Fanning, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, picked up the guitar at 10 and a record contract at 13 when a producer heard a CD she cut at home in Ohio. The Christian singer remains unaffected. "I come home from touring, and my parents are like, 'Hey, Beth, how was it? Can you unload the dishwasher...