CINCINNATI - Succumbing to public pressure, CiN Weekly staff writer Gina Daugherty resigned from her position today. She left CiN Weekly offices amidst a flurry of lawyers, security personnel, and media.

The move is a culmination of a series of events that began innocuously enough in the Quick Bites section of the June 1st issue of CiN. That week, Daugherty reviewed the newest area location of Romano's Macaroni Grill claiming:

"Romano's Macaroni Grill will open a third Greater Cincinnati location on June 6, and already we can taste the sun-dried tomatoes on our pasta Milano.  The new location will open at the Deerfield Towne Center in Deerfield Township... Romano's Macaroni Grill is already open in Kenwood and Springdale."

The next day, throngs of protesters from Florence, KY, where there is indeed already the third Greater Cincinnati Romano's Macaroni Grill location, mobbed CiN Weekly offices calling for Daugherty's termination. A few held pickets reading "CIN DON'T CARE ABOUT KY, KY DON'T CARE ABOUT CIN!"

Bill Rafarin, director of the Media Criticism and Journalism program at UC remarked, "In this day and age, when traditional media are held accountable by these blog-type people *cough*Dan Rather*cough*, fact checking is of utmost importance, even in the Quick Bites section."

Northern Kentucky resident Fran Flanders concurred. "The fact is that Romano's opened a restaurant in Florence several months ago to great success, and these yahoos from the north [here she made air quotes with her fingers] never bothered to check."

Beryl Love, editor of CiN Weekly, said, "Fact checking? Jesus Christ people, this is CiN Weekly! In any case, Daugherty has been sacked. Those responsible for hiring her have been sacked. Those responsible for hiring her replacement have been sacked, just for good measure. No wait, that would be me..."