William McGaughey, a member of the Men’s Rights Association, based in Forest Lake, complained that an April 21, 1991, Star Tribune article in which he was quoted was biased and that the reporter deceived him about its nature to induce him to grant her an interview. In attendance at the hearing were complainant William McGaughey, and Star Tribune staff: managing editor Tim McGuire, reader representative Lou Gelfand, and reporter Donna Halvorsen.

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Appearing for the Hennepin County Medical Society were Dr. Eugene Ott, Dr. Edward Maeder, Dr. Burt Schwartz and Thomas Hoban. KARE-11 appeared by a written submission only. The grievance centers around a four-part investigative report presented by KARE on the excessive use of cesarean sections.

Dr. Morris Kurtz appeared, as did Don Casey, executive editor of the St. Cloud Times. The complaint involves a claim of unfair comment in a newspaper editorial.

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Grievant says that putting unrelated information related to an earlier event poisoned a news report and unfairly prejudiced viewers against him.