Date: 2nd October 2000

Kiddie Porn Report Leads To Exit Of Rome News Director


Gad Lerner, news director of Rome's state-owned TV station RAI-Uno, resigned Sunday following an uproar over the inclusion of graphic kiddie-porn images in a report Wednesday night about the arrest of 11 alleged members of a porn ring.

Lerner said, in effect, that while he had not been aware of what was to air on the news that night, he should have been. He had taken the job just three months ago. The telecast touched off criticism from Italian notables ranging from the president and prime minister to top officials of the Vatican.

Source: Studio Briefing