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Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2022

    York Daily Record files public-records lawsuit

    Lawsuit filed

    The York Daily Record and four other Pennsylvania news organizations filed a federal lawsuit against York County Clerk of Courts Dan Byrnes, alleging that his policies on redacting, delaying and denying access to court records violate the U.S. and Pennsylvania Constitutions.

    Company response

    • Denial — Dan Byrnes

      In a statement, Byrnes wrote that his office "flatly rejects the unfounded claims made in this frivolous lawsuit."

    Source excerpt

    • The York Daily Record/Sunday News and a coalition of four other news organizations in Pennsylvania on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against York County Clerk of Courts Dan Byrnes, alleging that his policies and customs of redacting court records and delaying and denying access to documents violate the U.S. and Pennsylvania Constitutions.
    • In a statement, Byrnes wrote that his office "flatly rejects the unfounded claims made in this frivolous lawsuit."
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  2. 1993

    Gallery 33 erotically themed artwork controversy

    Submissions by artist Brian Swords, including sexually suggestive anthropomorphic-rat imagery, led WITF to prohibit erotically themed works from its Gallery 33 art auction. The episode later received renewed attention after a 2020 television commentary by John Oliver.

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