Scandal Sheet

Mark Flint cares about reporting a big story, no matter whose life it adversely affects, and Edith, his wife. He is unaware that Edith has been having a romantic affair with Noel Adams, a banker. Adams gives a 24-hour deadline to Edith to leave her husband or end the affair. Flint finds out, confronts Adams and, seeing his luggage, mistakenly believes Adams is fleeing the country. Flint prints the story without giving Adams a chance to manage the crisis at the bank. Flint is asked by the newspaper's owner if he would be willing to publish a photograph that would hurt a colleague. Flint says yes