Reporter Brad Smith resigned April 27 after editors found he had fabricated the lead to a story about automobile towing companies.
“Brad Smith is no longer a reporter at The Tampa Tribune. After we confronted him with our questions about the story Wednesday, he offered his resignation, and I accepted it. We will conduct a review of Smith’s work to ensure that no similar problems exist in other stories,” Tampa Tribune Executive Editor Janet Weaver said in a signed news story.
See the story here.