June 6th, 1996
Determination 110: School Board member Ellen Mork v. WJON Radio
Mork complained that an opinion piece was based on false rumors. Her complaint contended that Andy Hilger, the editorialist, had an obligation to check Ringsmuth’s assertion that the MCGFDA committee had pulled books from school libraries without the authority or knowledge of the school board and that she was a prime mover in censorship, and offering an opportunity to respond after an editorial has already aired is not sufficient for fairness and balance, but that the editorial needed to include her version of the facts.