HEARING INDEX: REPUTATION

Complaint	Hearing # Year	Decision	Media	Description
Misrepresentation, reputation	#21 1976	N	Apple Valley Free Press	Candidate thinks editorial analyzing an interview he gave for a news story maligned his character.
Sensationalized, inflammatory	#39 1979	U	Minneapolis Tribune	Professional boxing promoter complains that paper implied he was racist and affiliated with organized crime.
Reputation, inaccurate	#43 1981	N*	St. Paul Dispatch	Falsely implied that U of M professor knowingly conducted secret biological warfare research despite U ban on such research.
Inaccurate, damaged reputation	#53 1984	N	Fargo Forum	Story falsely charged Mahnomen police with harassment, damaging reputation of city.
Inflammatory endorsement	#79 1989	N*	Circulating Pines	Candidate for Congress characterized as a spy for his work in counter-intelligence for military.
Defamatory cartoon	#87 1990	N	Snoose News	Urban redeveloper finds cartoon to be unfair and defamatory.
Editorial impugning integrity of individual	#88 1991	N*	St. Cloud Times	Editorial questions athletic director's motives for citing violation of NCAA rules by a student athlete.
Unfair, damaging to reputation	#94 1992	U	Mankato Free Press	An article quoted a woman accusing a doctor of lying without getting doctor's side of story.
Failure to contact, damage to reputation	#102 1994	N	Winona Daily News	An article quoted a county commissioner quoting a constituent who asked if another commissioner was "on the take," without giving him an opportunity to respond.
Defamatory	103 1995	U	Twin Cities Reader	- Spouse of political candidate complains that paper defamed him by reporting that he had once had a financial interest in a "whorehouse."
TV series painted an untruthful, distorted image that damaged the reputation of airline and its employees	#105 1995	U	WCCO-TV	Northwest Airlines charged that WCCO-TV's two-part series on airline safety: 1) used poor sources, 2) lacked context, 3) mischaracterized documents, 4) presented information in a sensational manner, 5) contained numerous factual errors.
Bias, damage to reputation	#112 1995	N	Star Tribune	The University of Minnesota Women's Studies Department complains that a two-part article called the department's academic integrity into question unfairly.
School board official says story and editorial unfairly impugned the integrity of the school board	#113 1995	U	Mankato Free Press	A school board official charges that the paper misled the public and unfairly impugned the integrity of school board members by inaccurately reporting a vote as illegal and implying secretiveness.
Story on city tax burden unfairly damaged reputation of city administrator	#114 1995	U	Sherburne County Citizen	City administrator charges that article about city's bonded indebtedness contained numerous inaccuracies and unfairly called his motives and experience into question.
Unfair characterization of reputation	#118 1998	U	Star Tribune	Two climatologists complained that an editorial unfairly characterized their scientific reputations.
Column inpugned Athletic Director's integrity	123 1999	N	St. Cloud Times	College Athletic Director charged that columnist inpugned his integrity in inaccurate column that didn't give him a chance to tell his side of the story.
Damaged reputation of nursing home	126 1999	N	WCCO-TV	Nursing home administrator complained that inaccurate and misleading impression of nursing home.
Unfair characterization	127 2000	U	Roseau Times-Region	Dr. Philip Sallberg complained that a column unfairly characterized him as anti-elderly.
Unfair scapegoating	132 2000	U	WCCO-TV	Son of deceased architect charged that focusing only on his father's work using a widely-accepted technique in the 1970s unfairly scapegoated a man who could not defend himself.
Sensationalized	135 2004	U	WCCO-TV	Gold'N Plump complained a story on food safety misled viewers for ratings
Unfair characterization	136 2003	N	Star Tribune	Politician complained that he was unfairly characterized as homophobic and anti-Semitic by multiple media sources
Unbalanced	137 2004	U	Law & Politics	Politician complained that a story reported ethical charges without calling him for comment
Unbalanced	138 2004	U	Wright County Journal Press	Suspect in a criminal case complained that tone of media coverage before trial characterized him as guilty
Inflammatory. inaccurate	139 2005	U	KMSP-TV	Lions Club complained that a story attributed the actions of two members to the Club itself
Misrepresentation	142 2005	U	WCCO-TV	MN State Fair-goer complained that story made it appear as if he were too poor to attend
Inaccurate	144 2006	U	KSTP-TV	Maplewood City Council complained that story wrongly portrayed a project as "stalled"
Inaccurate, Sensationalized	145 2006	U	KSTP-TV	Mpls. City Council complained that story characterized a routine demolition as a malicious choice by the city
Unbalanced	146 2006	N	Star Tribune	Politician complained that paper did not call him for comment and used the word "antics" to describe his time in office
Defamation	147 2007	U	Winona Post	Professors complained that paper did not consult them in story accusing them of plagiarism
Misrepresentation	150 2007	U	WCCO-TV	Attendees of a tax cut rally complained that a footage mistake made it look as though they were at a Sierra Club rally
Unfair characterization	151 2007	U, U, N	MN Daily	A local artist complained that the student newspaper portrayed her unfairly
Misrepresentation	152 2008	U, N	Woodbury Bulletin	A councilman complained that an editorial about his behavior at a city meeting was inaccurate
Biased, Last-Minute Criticism	153 2008	N, N, N	Duluth Budgeteer News	A school board candidate complained that it was not fair to publish an editorial criticizing his campaign right before the election