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Mayor disputes WCPO reporting on village administrator, says outlet used biased source
Summary
After a WCPO report raised questions about the background of the village administrator, the mayor publicly challenged the station’s sourcing and editing and defended the administrator’s hiring; council members and the law director said background checks and hiring process were thorough.
Mayor (name not specified in meeting record) used the public portion of the July 3 council meeting to criticize a recent WCPO investigative report about the village administrator and marshal, Justin Haydick (name appears in the record with variation). The mayor said the station used an apparently biased source and misstated key facts and that agency guidelines on sourcing and editing were not followed.
The mayor said WCPO reporter Dan Monk contacted village staff with limited advance notice, and that the station’s final story included archival material and partial quotes that altered…
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