Hi there,

If you think Democracy Now!’s reporting is a critical line of defense against war, climate catastrophe and authoritarianism, please make your donation of $10 or more right now. Today, a generous donor will DOUBLE your donation, which means it’ll go 2x as far to support our independent journalism. Democracy Now! is funded by you, and that’s why we’re counting on your donation to keep us going strong. Please give today. Every dollar makes a difference—in fact, gets doubled! Thank you so much.
-Amy Goodman

Non-commercial news needs your support.

We rely on contributions from you, our viewers and listeners to do our work. If you visit us daily or weekly or even just once a month, now is a great time to make your monthly contribution.

Please do your part today.

Donate

Cincinnati Enquirer Reporter Pleads Guilty to Two Felony Charges in Reporting on Chiquita

HeadlineSep 25, 1998

And this news from Cincinnati: The reporter at the center of The Cincinnati Enquirer’s dramatic apology and $10 million payment to Chiquita Brands International pleaded guilty to two felony charges yesterday. Mike Gallagher, who had been accused of stealing Chiquita’s voicemail messages, pleaded guilty to unlawful interception of communications and unauthorized access to computer systems in a Hamilton County, Ohio, court. He faces up to two-and-a-half years in prison and a $7,500 fine. Gallagher is 40 years old. He has maintained his silence throughout the investigation. He says he had no comment when leaving the court yesterday. His attorney did not return a phone call to The Washington Post. The plea comes three months after the Enquirer published three front-page apologies to Chiquita and retracted an 18-page investigative report about the banana company’s business practices. The payment, which sources say may be closer to $15 million, was made to head off a pending lawsuit. The Enquirer also fired Gallagher, who has been named in a defamation suit by Chiquita.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top