Undisclosed Conflict of Interest

People deserve a second chance, and I suppose there is nothing wrong with having P.G. Sittenfeld write for his alumni magazine. What is wrong is having him write a sycophantic profile of Michael Park focusing on Park’s chances of being nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court presumably by Donald Trump — the man who just happened to pardon Sittenfeld of federal corruption charges six months ago. I know the case against Sittenfeld drew much criticism, but that is hardly the point. At the very least, Sittenfeld’s pardon by Trump should have been disclosed. I am disappointed.

Editor’s note: The writer is a professor of journalism, emerita, at Northeastern University.