| Complaint |
Hearing
#
Year |
Decision |
Media |
Description |
| Special
issues of newspaper |
#14
1975
|
N |
St.
Paul Pioneer Press |
MFT
argues that special newspaper facsimile edition disclaimer was
too small and easily overlooked, causing paper to be misleading |
| Journalistic
standards |
#17
1975
|
U |
Ely
Echo v. Ely Miner |
Two
feuding small-town papers charge each other with unprofessional
behavior |
| Journalistic
standards |
#24
1977
|
U |
Brainerd
Daily Tribune |
Dentists
in fluoridation debate charge paper with failure to maintain journalistic
standards |
| Journalistic
standards |
#45
1982
|
U |
Proctor
Journal |
City
council charges that paper exceeded bounds of journalistic propriety
in attacking personal integrity of council members |
| Offensive
language |
#78
1989
|
U |
Minneapolis
Spokesman |
Police
officer objects to being called "Chief Bouza's boy" |
| Journalistic
practice on use of all caps |
#80
1990
|
U* |
West
Central Tribune |
Cooperative
school district complains that paper refuses to correctly capitalize
its name (MACCRAY) |
| Undue
prominence to Christian doctrine |
#84
1990
|
N |
Tri-County
Record |
Reader
objects to weekly religion page that is predominantly Christian |
| Unethical
use of hidden camera |
#101
1994
|
U* |
KSTP-TV |
The
Minnesota Dept of Health alleges that an investigative reporter
used a hidden camera to get soundbites of employees in private
conversation questioning spending money on retreat and broadcast
them without employees knowledge or consent |
| Unethically
used an undercover reporter, relied uncritically upon opinions
of critic |
105
1995
|
N*/N*
|
Star
Tribune |
•
Women's studies Department charged paper committed an ethical
violation by using an undercover reporter/student in a classroom
and mischaracterizing the story it was working on,
• that
they relied uncritically upon the works of a "right wing"
critic and didn't ask for comment from national sources
|
| Misleading
video footage; conclusions not justified by evidence |
121
1999
|
U
U
|
KSTP-TV |
DNR
complained that television series misled viewers when it showed
footage of vacationers (not DNR employees) at a resort and showed
summer footage when describing meetings that took place other
times of the year |
| Unethical
use of hidden camera, invasion of privacy |
126 |
(tied
vote) |
WCCO-TV |
Nursing
home administrator complained that TV used hidden camera and taped
a nursing home resident without family permission. |
| Glorification of violence |
148
2007 |
N |
Ely Echo |
Principal, superintendent complained that picture of children dressed as "dead superintendent" & "principal killer" was irresponsible |
