Uh-huh
KTVI exec who oversaw Pujols coverage leaves
By Joel Currier
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
12/31/2007
Kingsley Smith, the KTVI (Channel 2) news director who devoted the bulk of a newscast to a false rumor that Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols would be named in the Mitchell report on performance-enhancing drugs, is leaving to run the news department of the Fox affiliate in Philadelphia.
Channel 2 also is a Fox affiliate and when the rumor broke, Smith said, "the Fox (network) brand allows us a little more latitude'' to cover a rumor in depth. "There's a certain sense of edginess and aggressiveness."
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