Journalist who spurred resignation of police chief and minister forced to resign herself
Journalist who spurred resignation of police chief and minister forced to resign herself
Posted by Adriaan Alsema on Feb 18, 2016
The journalist whose reporting on alleged sexual misconduct within Colombia’s National Police spurred the resignation of the police chief and the vice-Minister of the Interior resigned on Wednesday.
Vicky Davila, the editor in chief of radio station La FM and one of Colombia’s most famous journalists, was asked by media corporation RCN to step down for releasing a video in which then-Senator Carlos Ferro was having an explicitly sexual conversation with a policeman.
Davila had published the video as evidence of the existence of an alleged male prostitution ring within the police that reportedly caters to top officials and lawmakers.
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However, the revelation of Ferro’s sexual orientation spurred a heated debate between news consumers and journalists, some of whom argued Davila had gone too far and had unduly breached Ferro’s right to privacy.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/rcn-sacks-journalist-who-spurred-resignation-of-police-chief-and-minister/