TV Station Sues Browns
A TV station sued the Cleveland Browns after the team said it would break the station's contract to broadcast preseason games and other programming.
The Browns are upset because the station aired a 911 call involving the team owner's relatives.
WOIO-TV aired the call placed by owner Randy Lerner's sister, Nancy Fisher, after she found her 6-year-old daughter drowned in a creek on family property July 9.
Recordings of 911 calls are public records and are routinely made available to the media. One of the city's three other TV stations also aired a portion of the recording.
Browns vice president Michael Keenan sent a letter to Bill Applegate, WOIO's vice president and general manager, on July 13 informing him the team was terminating the contract, citing what he called irresponsible journalism.
"The recent coverage of the Lerner family tragedy is but the latest, albeit the most shocking and insensitive example of this destructive behavior," Keenan wrote.
Technorati Tag(s): Cleveland Browns, Randy Lerner, Michael Keenan
The Browns are upset because the station aired a 911 call involving the team owner's relatives.
WOIO-TV aired the call placed by owner Randy Lerner's sister, Nancy Fisher, after she found her 6-year-old daughter drowned in a creek on family property July 9.
Recordings of 911 calls are public records and are routinely made available to the media. One of the city's three other TV stations also aired a portion of the recording.
Browns vice president Michael Keenan sent a letter to Bill Applegate, WOIO's vice president and general manager, on July 13 informing him the team was terminating the contract, citing what he called irresponsible journalism.
"The recent coverage of the Lerner family tragedy is but the latest, albeit the most shocking and insensitive example of this destructive behavior," Keenan wrote.
Technorati Tag(s): Cleveland Browns, Randy Lerner, Michael Keenan
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