U.K. Reporter Claims He Paid Heavy Price for Turning Down New York Job

An "agony aunt" column for the newsroom ages.

NeilWallisLinkedIn_FeaturedWow. That’s all we can say after reading a report in the Glasgow Evening Times about court testimony given at The Old Bailey by The Sun News executive Chris Pharo.

According to Pharo, back in the days when he was working as a district reporter in Bristol for The Sun, his boss Neil Wallis (pictured) hit the roof when he turned down a New York transfer offer, complete with sizable raise, because his girlfriend had become pregnant.

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