It’s been reported today that a member of the Autoblog team has engaged in unethical behavior. The report indicated that Jeff Glucker, a contracted writer for Autoblog, published an article on the site today about a contest being run by Nissan while simultaneously under contract for the third-party agency running the contest.
Autoblog’s editors were completely unaware of this improper relationship. Upon hearing these allegations, we conducted our own internal investigation into the matter and found the report to be true. Upon this discovery, we immediately terminated our relationship with Mr. Glucker and removed the article in question. We will also be reviewing Mr. Glucker’s other articles to determine if conflicts are evident.
As a result of this episode, Autoblog is also reviewing our policies that pertain to potential conflicts of interest that may arise for our writers. Autoblog is part of AOL and the HuffingtonPost Media Group, which has clearly defined rules and policies on conflicts of interest, and this writer violated them. We sincerely apologize for this breach of trust with you, the reader, and will do our utmost to make sure it’s never repeated.
John Neff
Editor-in-Chief, Autoblog.comIn Response To An Allegation originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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