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Abrams' conflict-o-rama

By Mark Obbie

What a colossally bad idea! NBC's chief legal correspondent, Dan Abrams, whose mandate at the network and at MSNBC has steadily shrunk, is starting a consulting firm that puts journalists in the employ of corporate clients. Not only will Abrams and his band of moonlighting journos be opinionators-for-corporate-hire, but the Times' Brian Stetler reports that Abrams will remain as NBC's chief legal analyst. Abrams assures Stetler that his new company will “bend over backwards to make sure that there are no conflicts or ethical issues that arise.” You can't bend that far when, as a journalist, you're being paid to give strategic PR or other advice to corporations.

Full post as published by Lawbeat on November 19, 2008 (boomark / email).