Not Smart
When Elizabeth Smart went missing in Utah, the National Enquirer published details of alleged salacious sexual antics involving her family, based on help from two local reporters, who split a $20,000 fee for the info.
On Sunday the reporters' paper, the Salt Lake City Tribune published a letter from the Editor which the Enquirer found libelous and now threatens a lawsuit over.
The reporters, whose resignations were rejected, have now been fired.
Anyone wonder why the media in this country is despised by so many?
I know we were all relieved when Elizabeth was returned alive... however... that dad is a piece of work. Every time he opened his mouth to relay some heavily-revised positive endorsement for wholesome Mormon family values, I laughed out loud at the putz. He has a total "Chester the Molester" personality.
j p e g (too cynical for my own good) 29 Apr 2003