Tulsa Reporters Resign

Robert Bates, right, arrives at the Tulsa County Jail with his attorney, Clark Brewster, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, in Tulsa, Okla. Bates, a 73-year-old Oklahoma volunteer sheriff's deputy who authorities said fatally ... Robert Bates, right, arrives at the Tulsa County Jail with his attorney, Clark Brewster, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, in Tulsa, Okla. Bates, a 73-year-old Oklahoma volunteer sheriff's deputy who authorities said fatally shot a suspect after confusing his stun gun and handgun, was booked into the county jail Tuesday on a manslaughter charge. (Matt Barnard/Tulsa World via AP) MORE LESS
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The two reporters who reported on the allegedly falsified training records of Robert Bates, the volunteer Sheriff’s deputy who accidentally shot and killed Eric Harris, have now resigned.

The paper’s executive editor tells us it’s not related to the story. But when we asked whether the paper stands by the reporting, she said, “Thats all I’d like to say.”

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