Frank Moher at backofthebook.ca looks at the claim made by a NY Times article that a conflict of interests has tainted Maclean’s coverage of the Conrad Black trial. He notes the lack of questioning around a $100,000 paycheque Maclean’s editor Ken Whyte received from Black in 2003 as a good example.

UPDATE: Ken Whyte’s response to Frank Moher is at the same link.