Washington, DC -- Why are some parents in Washington, DC mad about a TV report on teenage drinking? A story by Washington, DC CBS affiliate WUSA got such a strong reaction that it forced the reporter off the air and put her family in jeopardy.
Andrea McCarren returned to the air Wednesday night, determined to silence her critics. The veteran TV reporter from WUSA created a firestorm earlier this month with a series of hard-hitting reports about underage drinking.
After the reports aired, young people flooded the station's Facebook page with angry messages.
The comments got nastier after McCarren's report about a police raid on an underage drinking party. Oddly enough, the parents who arrived at the scene were upset with police and McCarren, but not with their children.
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