Reporters

• Cameron McWhirter
• Mike Gallagher

Additional Resources

• Reaction: "Reporter Pleads Guilty in Theft of Voice Mail" - The New York Times
• Reaction: "Mysteries Behind Story's Publication" - Douglas Frantz - The New York Times
• Follow-Up: "Chiquita Still Under Cloud After Newspaper's Retreat" - Douglas Frantz - The New York Times
• "Watchdogs Yelp When Made to Heel" - Howard Kurtz - The Washington Post
• "Outbreak of Fiction is Alarming News" - Howard Kurtz - The Washington Post
• "Banana Peel" - Nicholas Stein - Columbia Journalism Review

Effects and Outcomes

The Enquirer finally admitted they had committed perjury and illegally stole Chiquita Brand's voicemails. Investigative reporter, Mike Gallagher, admitted that he had hacked into the phone of a Chiquita employee to attain the voice mails and was later fired. Chiquita denied all allegations and sued The Enquirer. The Enquirer removed the series from their website and retracted their statements.

• "Chiquita Secrets Revealed" - Cameron McWhirter and Mike Gallagher - The Cincinnati Enquirer

  May 3, 1998
  Investigative reporters, Cameron McWhirter and Mike Gallagher expose Chiquita Brand in a series stemmed from voice ...

• "Power, Money & Control" - Mike Gallagher and Cameron McWhirter - The Cincinnati Enquirer

  May 3, 1998
  Cameron McWhirter and Mike Gallagher expose Chiquita Brand in a series stemmed from voice mail messages from the ...

• "2 More Shareholders File Suit Against Chiquita" - Cameron McWhirter - The Cincinnati Enquirer

  May 28, 1998
  Cameron McWhirter reveals that two Chiquita Brand stockholders filed lawsuits due to their alleged illegal actions.

• "An Apology to Chiquita" - The Cincinnati Enquirer

  July 1, 1998
  The Cincinnati Enquirers' publisher and editors' apology to Chiquita Brand for their published series exposing false ...