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Former KNBC-TV producer Phil Drechsler appears in an undated handout mugshot. (Graphic by The Desk)

Grand jury indicts former KNBC producer on child porn charges

A former Los Angeles news producer has been indicted by a federal grand jury on three criminal charges related to child pornography.

Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman appears at a media event hosted by the U.S. Army in 2018. (Photo courtesy U.S. Army, public domain; Graphic by The Desk)

Rolling Stone editor deleted details of ABC News reporter’s arrest

The editor, Noah Shachtman, removed information about a child sex abuse investigation against ABC News journalist and friend James Gordon Meek from a Rolling Stone story in September.

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