Jane Pauley sues New York Times
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Jane Pauley has sued the New York Times for fraud, according to documents posted on thesmokinggun.com, claiming that the newspaper duped her into granting an interview for what turned out to be a drug company-funded advertising supplement.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, the 55-year-old broadcaster charges that she believed that the Times interview was for a news article on mental health issues.
In September 2004 Pauley disclosed her battle with bipolar disorder. But, the website reports, the story ran in an October 2005 “special advertising supplement” promoting psychotherapeutic drugs sold by Eli Lilly and other pharmaceutical firms.
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