Countdown: When will WLOS acknowledge the story?

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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So here’s the deal: a story in the Citizen-Times today reports that Charu asked a subject for a TV story to smoke some Mary Jane to spice up her report on medical marijuana. The story paints the multiple sclerosis sufferer as a victim, a poor soul who needs some weed just to lift a pan off the stove.

What Charu didn’t tell the viewing public when the story ran was: A) She asked the subject to get some weed and smoke it; and B) she didn’t tell us that the guy was out on bond after being convicted of threatening to kill a judge. Don’t you think that might have some bearing on the story?

Charu was in a court hearing this past week, called to testify about the incident. The hearing was to determine whether the subject of the story violated his probation? The judge found that he did, based in part on the testimony of Charu.

The story hit the newspaper today.

When will WLOS acknowledge the story??? So far, the silence has been deafening.