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Creative Loafing Critic Finds Himself in Conflict-of-Interest Controversy

By AAN Staff
january 27, 2009  09:48 am
Creative Loafing Critic Finds Himself in Conflict-of-Interest Controversy
St. Petersburg Times journalist John Fleming claims that CL theater critic Mark E. Leib faces a conflict of interest working as both a critic and a playwright in the Tampa Bay area, and that objectively reviewing plays at a theater that also happens to be staging one of Leib's works should be frowned upon. "I've been theater critic for Creative Loafing for more than ten years, and this is the first time that anyone has suggested that my opinions have been influenced by any sort of favoritism for any sort of reason," Leib writes. "I don't like it and I'm not going to sit back quietly while it happens." MORE: Village Voice critic Michael Feingold, who is also a playwright, offers his take.
View full article at Creative Loafing (Sarasota)
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