Mud-slinging at Santa Barbara gets dirtier still

The dispute between the owner of the Santa Barbara News-Press, Wendy McCaw, and former editor, Jerry Roberts, has taken a nasty turn. The paper has run a front page story claiming that Roberts - who resigned over alleged interference in editorial content by McCaw - had 15,000 pornographic images on his company computer's hard drive. Roberts says it's a smear, that he will seek massive damages from McCaw, and points out that the computer in question was used by staff long before he even joined the paper. (Via LA observed)