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W&L's Colón Quoted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Firing of Wendy Bell

Aly Colón, the Knight Professor in Journalism Ethics at Washington and Lee, was quoted in a March 30 Pittsburgh News-Gazette article about the termination of award-winning television journalist Wendy Bell after controversial comments she made about a news story on her Facebook page. Colón noted that since viewers depend on reporters for fair and accurate information, Bell should not have stated opinion as fact regarding an ongoing news story.

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