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  Talking squirrel puppet reports from high-profile Ohio trial
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Last EditedRP  Jan 20, 2012 11:16am
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AuthorTHOMAS J. SHEERAN
News DateFriday, January 20, 2012 01:40:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionBan on cameras in court leads TV stations to employ novel method to cover corruption case

It's courtroom drama crossed with "Sesame Street," as a television station barred from using cameras during a high-profile corruption trial covers the highlights with a nightly puppet show. It stars a talking squirrel "reporter" who provides the play-by-play in an exaggerated, "you won't believe this" tone.

He said the puppets are in addition to the station's regular coverage of the Akron federal trial of ex-Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, the longtime Democratic power broker in Cleveland

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