Friday, July 9, 2010

The CBS5/KPIX LaDoris Cordell post: clarification

The other day I wrote an item about Independent San Jose Police auditor, LaDoris Cordell.

Early Thursday, as I often do, I was scanning the papers and net and caught the story about Cordell's involvement in a  controversial SJ city firing. Immediately, it dawned on me that Cordell was a legal analyst for CBS5/KPIX.

Or, so I thought. Cordell is no longer at KPIX.

Before posting the story, I called the KPIX switchboard to try to get a comment. It was early and I was in a hurry. No luck at 'PIX, so I went to the CBS5 website where Cordell was still listed. Assuming she was still on the payroll, I wrote the story.

Turns out I was wrong.

After Cordell took the position in San Jose, she and Channel 5 news, seeing the obvious potential of a conflict of interest, parted company.

My apologies to CBS5/KPIX and News Director, Dan Rosenheim, and Ms. Cordell.

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