Alexander Brothers Sentenced, Media Bribery Allegations Surface
Two brothers receive 30‑year terms while reporters deny claims they were paid up to $15,000 for favorable trial coverage.
For many voters, the 30‑year sentences handed to the Alexander brothers underscore a hard‑line stance on serious crime.
Critics of media bias point to allegations that the brothers offered journalists up to $15,000 for favorable coverage of their sex‑trafficking trial, a claim reported by both Fox News and the New York Post.
Journalists Daniel Mael and Frank Parlato have publicly denied the accusations, insisting they never accepted any payment.
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Original reporting
Fox News
Alexander brothers allegedly paid for coverage of sex-trafficking trial as writers deny favorable treatment
The Alexander brothers each received 30 years in prison, but allegations that they paid journalists for favorable trial coverage add a new twist.
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Alexander brothers allegedly bribed reporters for positive coverage of sex-trafficking trial
Journalists Daniel Mael and Frank Parlato deny allegations they accepted up to $15,000 to publish favorable trial coverage of the Alexander brothers.
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- The Alexander brothers were each sentenced to 30 years in prison.
- The Alexander brothers are alleged to have paid journalists for favorable coverage of their sex-trafficking trial, according to Fox News.
- The Alexander brothers are alleged to have bribed reporters for positive coverage of their sex-trafficking trial, according to the New York Post.
- Journalists were alleged to have been offered up to $15,000, according to the New York Post.
- Daniel Mael is a journalist named in the allegations.
- Frank Parlato is a journalist named in the allegations.
- Journalists Daniel Mael and Frank Parlato deny allegations they accepted up to $15,000 to publish favorable trial coverage of the Alexander brothers.
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