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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lily of the Valley" data-source="post: 7661716" data-attributes="member: 6762105">Say there was a judge who found BP not guilty of any wrong doing in the oil disaster that occured in the Gulf of Mexico. Later that judge quits her job as a judge and goes working for BP. Would you find that acceptable? Why should our expectations be different for a journalist?It is not a question of proof. It is a question of conflict of interests and the appearance of conflict of interest. Journalists who review products have the public's trust. That trust relies on many things. One of them is the expectation that journalists do not receive benefits from the compagnies or individuals who's products have been reviewed. This man received a job from WotC. I do agree that comparing journalists to judges is a somewhat of a false equivalency, of scale and social impact, but integrety is still central to both jobs. In this case, the journalist and the magazine's integrity have taken a hit.</blockquote>