Los Angeles Times Channel Island
KTLA-TV anchor
Michaela Pereira received a customized dining-room makeover worth more than $10,000 in exchange for favorable coverage on the Tribune station's "Morning News" show.
Scott Collins reports: "The arrangement soured when the story never ran, leaving the Tribune Co.-owned station scrambling late this week to right a tangled situation that could raise new questions about its ethical practices." (Related
letters.)
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Earlier: KTLA anchors get free overnight stay at luxury hotel (LATCI)