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03/21.i~002 23:10 FAX If you are considering tal~.ing your complaint to court, please consult an attorney before signing the waiver fo~-r~x. !~ 0 01 L.lpon receipt of forms, Staff will dete~-~nine if your complaint rrzeets the Dews Council criteria.. Council staff accepts a cornplain.t if it raises questions of journalistic fairness that are addressable at a hearing. It does not mean the staff judges the complaint to be va]_id. If the complaint does not meet the l~e~vs Council's criteria, staff will send. a letter explaining tl-ie reasons for rejection and the procedure for appealing the decisl®n. C C~~~~ The panty brlrsging the complaint r~aust have been named or clearly alluded to in the story. If a calparation or group is the named party, a responsible person - officer, board member, family megnber -can act as the complainant. Complaints must question journalistic practices relating to fairness or accuracy of a published or broadcast news story or editorial. The Council does not accept con~zplaints about non-coverage, business decisions, circulation ar advertising. (Complaints about political advertising are considered on a case-by -ea.Ce bas7s;. The story must have appeared no .more than six months before the news organization receives notice of the eoinplaint from either the. eomplain:ant or the Itie~vs Council. A complaint received after that may be accepted only if the news outlet agrees. The complaint will be allowed to proceed after the 6-month deadline if the complainant has been actively trying to resolve the complaint with the news outlet during that period. The Mews Council considers complaints against news outlets -television. and radio stations, newspapers, magazines, wire service and the Internet. It does not consider complaints against publications or broadcasts that do not purport to be rr news. rr Third-party caznplaints -those brought by individuals or groups not named or clearly alluded to -will be considered byj the Complaints Committee if they raise sign cant ethical issues of concern to the general public.-- .~ third-party complaint will not be accepted if there i:s a competent first party who could bring the complaint. -- The Complaints Conunittee reviews all third-party complaints and accepts complaints at its discretion. -- Day (one of the camplaint timeline (next page} begins when the Committee decides to accept the complaint. If the Committee rejects the complaint, you may appeal the decision to the executive Cornniittee. The Mews Council does not accept. complaints of current or past employees of news outlets about the employee _employer relationship, unless that relationship becomes the subject of news coverage. The ?`~ezvs Council may assist in resolving complaints between parties outside Minnesota if both parties consent. t - ~~ Z'~ot a~ complaints are addressable at a Dews Council hearing; in