OK ... really a conflict of interest

Following up on the earlier post, an anonymous poster at Athens Politics made a claim that Cristen Conger, the reporter from The Red & Black whose father is Dan Conger, the communications director at the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, had her name featured throughout the organization's newsletter.

This, indeed, is true. A search of their online site, with its limited archives, show two articles the younger Conger had written for the Chamber. And her name is listed in the newsletter as a regular contributor.

So let's put aside the questions regarding the ethics of assigning the daughter of the Chamber's communications dirctor to cover a hot-button story featuring the Chamber. Instead, let's focus on the definite ethics breach stemming from the fact she had written articles for the Chamber's newsletter in the past six months.