KARE Anchor: Cls Criticism Blatant Disrespect of Murder Victim s Family

KARE Minneapolis anchor Jana Shortal Thursday said she accepts an apology from the Minneapolis Star Tribune for running a column that criticized her appearance during a report on the Jacob Wetterling murder case.

But Shortal, who columnist C.J. panned for wearing skinny jeans that did not work, wrote on Facebook that this isn't about me. It is about the blatant disrespect of the Wetterling family and our greater community. Shortal was reporting on the Tuesday confession of Jacob's killer, who admitted to molesting and murdering the 11-year-old boy in 1989.

It is about the fact that our newspaper of record employs a woman who has for decades cashed a paycheck by bullying others, she wrote. The Star Tribune is sorry. But that woman is not.

Shortal's post came after the Star Tribune issued a public apology, also on Facebook, for the column, saying it was inappropriate, insensitive and did not meet the standards of the Star Tribune. The paper pulled the column off its website, posting the note of apology in its place.

In her story, the columnist, who goes by the initials C.J., wrote, Somebody at KARE 11 didn't do Jana Shortal any favors with that wide camera shot on Tuesday's Breaking the News while the show examined the tragic details surrounding the murder of Jacob Wetterling.

She looked great from the waist up in a polka-dot shirt and cool blazer, but the skinny jeans did not work. I was among a number of media types who found them inappropriate and, given the gravity of the day's subject matter, downright jarring.

Shortal said she had bigger things on her mind that day.

Dreading the day I got dressed. Knowing I would learn, with all of you, what really happened to Jacob Wetterling. I dressed. I prayed. I went to work, she wrote.

I gave that newscast every single shred of hope and love I had for Jacob. For his family. And for every single one of you who was hurting. I left everything I had on that newsroom floor. And today. You took that away. You made it about my pants.

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