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Panel: Boca chief used authority to help WPLG reporter

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That story just will not die, even though some people wish for it. The Sun-Sentinel reports that a panel has recently concluded Boca Raton police chief used his authority to free a friend of his from jail.

Towards the end of the piece the Sun Sentinel says James Peters, a lawyer for Office of the Attorney General, wrote that Andrew Scott ex-Boca Raton police chief admitted he autorized a taffic stop so Julie Summers, a reporter for WPLG-Ch. 10 can ambush the contractor she was so desperately chacing and who was refusing to talk to her, and conduct her interview about a faulty sidewalk!

The lawyer writes:

“It is clear that [Scott] used his authority to benefit Ms. Summers in a manner not available to other citizens and his actions appear to be inconsistent with the proper performance of his public duties,”

In the meantime that blonde doll is still working at WPLG

Sun Sentinel
Chief may have broken law, panel says

7 COMMENTS

  1. OK, remember during the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma, when Blondie found a Shell gas station in Pembroke Pines with the power restored? The damn place was closed, but she set up camp and kept hammering the fact that the power was on, so that by the time the poor attendant came in to check, there were huge lines backed up (and let’s not forget there was a cufew, so the folks in line were breaking curfew) creating an extra headache for law enforcement which they did not need? She is an irresponsible fool, and the management which allows her crap is equally to blame. But then again, these stations keep hiring Channel 7 alumni, people with no real news sense. If someone wants their news product to stand out, watch 7 for a week and then go in the OPPOSITE direction. But frankly, this market is getting what it deserves…crappy style and zero substance.

  2. The story is old!I did not know that Julie worked for channel 7. And sad to say this news market is starting to bore me, either the stations have lame talent and a lot of substance, or, they have great talent and no substance.

  3. To clarify, I was referring to the knucklehead in charge of WPLG’s news operation, a 7 alumni. I repeat that Channel 7 is several steps behind the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, their anchors lack gravitas and intellect (Belkys? Craig,Lynn? Jeez…), their station owner is a miserable rich idiot in the Murdoch tradition, in short everything about 7’s local operation reeks. But becausewe have an undereducated populace, idiots watch them in droves and the other stations copy rather than being repulsed by 7. When quality people bail from 7, they shine quickly–witness Laurie Jennings, Robb Hanrahan, Pam Giganti, etc. Rick Sanchez and Sally Fitz tell you all you need to know about the quality of 7’s news product. If it’s possible, things only got worse since those two left. Sanchez can be proud of going to network–now he is mocked by other journalists at the national level. Empty-headed windbag.

  4. Thanks for giving Admin clarification Bill, I had absolutely no clue why he did not know what I was referring to. ccc229, I don’t think its proper to refer to the people who watch channel 7 as idiots. I think that the staions who did not take what was working for seven and tweek it-are the idiots. We all know that this is a money making business-there is nothing to be repulsed about, seven did what it takes to have people tune in. They found a formula that works; lights-camera-action. Mix that with juice backs and graphics you have an audience. Laurie, Robb, Pam, Rick and Sally all got their bright light by working at seven. I am not a fan or a consistent viewer of seven, however, I think I mentioned this before, that not one station has all of the ingredients to make them a serious threat to their competitors.

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