June 23rd, 1994
Determination 101: Minnesota Department of Health v. KSTP-TV
The health department alleges that KSTP presented an inaccurate and unfair picture of activities at a department retreat at Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge, near Brainerd, in the fall of 1993. The TV report implied that workers were playing, at taxpayer’s expense, when they should have been working and that the retreat could have been held elsewhere for less expense. Additionally, they say a hidden camera was used under circumstances where such use violated ethical journalistic practices.