Mediagazer: All 4 TV news operations report staffers who signed recall petition (Duane Dudek/JSOnline)

5:55 PM ET, April 6, 2012

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Duane Dudek / JSOnline:

All 4 TV news operations report staffers who signed recall petition — The tempest in a teapot that I've dubbed “petition-gate” has grown to include all four local TV news organizations. — WISN-TV (Channel 12), WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), WITI-TV (Channel 6) and WDJT-TV (Channel 58) …

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Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:

Dear Newsroom Curmudgeon, — I sometimes share your anxiety and occasionally share your concerns about some of the changes in journalism. I learned journalism in the old school, same as you. I am steeped in the same values of accuracy, fairness, dogged reporting and good writing that you cherish.

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