Phil Williams' Use of Phone Call Recorded by 'Someone in the Room' Not a Party to the Call in NewsChannel 5 Report Raises Questions About His Journalistic Credibility - Tennessee Star

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Phil Williams' Use of Phone Call Recorded by 'Someone in the Room' Not a Party to the Call in NewsChannel 5 Report Raises Questions About His Journalistic Credibility - Tennessee Star

Matthew Giffin, a reporter for The Tennessee Star, and Michael Patrick Leahy, editor-in-chief and CEO of The Star, questioned the legality of News Channel 5’s airing of a so-called secret recording of a call between Tennessee State Representative Todd Warner (R-Chapel Hill) and Americans for Prosperity – Tennessee (AFP-TN) State Director Tori Venable. On Monday, the news outlet ran investigative reporter Phil Williams’ 8-minute anti-school choic…