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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 11:00 AM EDT.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 11:00 AM EDT
Why A Newspaper Won’t Cover the Kobe Bryant Case

On Monday, a judge in Eagle, Colorado, ordered basketball superstar Kobe Bryant to stand trial on charges that he sexually-assaulted a 19-year-old hotel concierge. But you wouldn’t have been able to read about the ruling in the nearby Aspen Daily News.

The editor of the daily newspaper with its circulation of 12,000 has decided that his paper will no longer be covering the Bryant trial. The decision has drawn the ire of journalists across the country, as well as the newspaper’s owner. But Carroll is standing his ground.

Listen to Rick Carroll reading from the editorial published earlier this month, where he explained to readers why they will no longer be reading about the Kobe Bryant case in the Aspen Daily News.

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