St. Petersburg Times
It may be the shortest feud in Tampa Bay area media history.
After meeting with top executives from WTSP-Ch. 10, officials in the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Thursday rescinded a ban on providing news releases and notifications of news conferences to the CBS affiliate.
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On Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office circulated a media alert announcing they were suspending contact with WTSP. Sheriff’s officials accused reporter Mike Deeson of verbally berating a civilian employee and having a vendetta against the agency because he was turned down for a job there in 2004.
Both sides said they have resolved their issues for now after a summit Thursday at the Sheriff’s Office. More…