WTAJ-TV controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2011
News vehicle attacked during Penn State unrest
While WTAJ was covering unrest at Penn State after Joe Paterno’s dismissal in the context of the Jerry Sandusky child-molestation scandal, students overturned one of the station’s news vehicles and damaged its windshield.
1969
Triangle Publications political-broadcasting controversy
Governor Milton J. Shapp accused Triangle Publications of using WFBG-TV and two other Pennsylvania stations in a smear campaign against him. The FCC found the allegations valid, and the resulting regulatory pressure contributed to Triangle’s divestiture of its broadcasting properties.