Word: ropeik
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that the information being sought can be found in other ways or is not essential. In covering Charles Stuart -- the Boston man who claimed his wife was shot by a black robber, then confessed to the crime and committed suicide -- reporters Patricia Mangan of the Boston Herald and David Ropeik of the city's WCVB-TV suggested that Stuart's brother was complicit. The district attorney sued unsuccessfully to make them reveal sources, arguing that other means had been exhausted. Says Ropeik: "I happen to know that the question, - 'Were you Mr. Ropeik's or Ms. Mangan's source...