Yolanda Berdasco Gancedo
R. Foster Winans era un conocido periodista norteamericano, autor de la columna Heard on The Street y con gran influencia entre los lectores de The Wall Street Journal. Decidió emplear la información obtenida con fines periodísticos para obtener beneficios económicos. Para ello, contaba con dos colaboradores que se encargaban de negociar con acciones en el mercado de valores, alertados por las informaciones que el propio Winans les facilitaba antes de publicarlas en su columna. Tanto Winans como los dos corredores de bolsa fueron condenados por su complot para llevar a cabo la tarea. Sin embargo, el periodista considera que más allá de la falta de ética, su comportamiento no era ilícito.
R. Foster Winans was a well-known American journalist, author of Heard on The Street column and with great influence among readers of The Wall Street Journal. He decided to use the information obtained for journalistic purposes to get economic benefits. He worked with two brokers, who bought and sold stocks in Wall Street, using the information that Winans provided them, before being published in his column. Winans and the two stockbrokers were convicted for their plot. However, the journalist believes that beyond the lack of ethics, his conduct was not illegal.