The Minnesota News Council voted 11-1 to uphold a complaint against WCCO-TV by a St. Paul family who said the station misrepresented them as unable to afford to attend the Minnesota State Fair except on a Bargain Day.
A complaint against the Roseau Times-Region newspaper by a city official was denied by the Minnesota News Council. The vote was 8 to 4 with one abstention.
The News Council denied three complaints by Prior Lake’s former mayor and two city council colleagues against the Prior Lake American newspaper.
Complaints against FOX 9 News by the Lions Club of Shell Lake (WI) and by a trust fund set up to help a savagely beaten girl were upheld.