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Spanish language broadcaster Telemundo finds itself in a tough position as it investigates a political reporter who had an affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and then reported on air that he was splitting from his wife of 20 years. Mirthala Salinas, 35, who has been on leave for two weeks while the station investigates her conduct, has said station managers knew of her relationship with the mayor before she anchored the news of his break up. As a result, Telemundo is likely to be second-guessed no matter what happens to Salinas. Ethics experts have already blasted Telemundo affiliate KVEA for...

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's relationship with a television reporter is raising new questions about his conduct as it relates to city business, KNBC News reported.Under California's Public Records Act, KNBC reporter Ana Garcia asked the mayor to show the station his e-mails and his official calendar.But, according to Garcia, the mayor's attorneys refused to turn over most of the things the station requested.VideoFollowing is a verbatim script from the on-air report.Garcia: Antonio Villaraigosa is a mayor who has enjoyed the media spotlight until recent revelations of an extra-marital affair.Villaraigosa: I have had a relationship with Ms....

LOS ANGELES — Spanish-language network Telemundo has placed a newscaster on leave while it investigates whether her romantic relationship with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa breached journalistic ethics, TV station KVEA said Thursday. The Telemundo affiliate announced the probe two days after Villaraigosa, whose wife has filed for divorce, acknowledged he had been in an extramarital affair with newswoman Mirthala Salinas for about a year. "We will conduct this investigation with the utmost respect to personal privacy and journalistic standards," said Manuel Abud, the station's general manager. The mayor's office had no comment, Villaraigosa spokesman Sean Clegg said. Salinas said in a...