Conflicts of Interest

Back in 2009 the editor of golf digest was also the editor of tigerwoods.com and to some people that seemed like that could have been a conflict of interest.  People thought that since he is the editor of both golf digest and tigerwoods.com that he would either favor Tiger Woods or cover up his wrong doings.  Some people think it is a problem as seen in the following quote, "It seems that Mark would only edit pieces for Golf Digest that were bylined by Woods himself, which seems a little disingenuous on Golf Digest‘s part."  There has also seemed to have problems with Tiger Woods and his pay roll.  With parent company Condé Nast making so many staff cuts, they somehow still have room to keep Tiger Woods’ personal editor on the pay roll.  People feel because it's Tiger Woods that he gets special treat even with his people that work for him.  So if Tiger had something good that happen to him , people feel that if that happens golf digest will cover it for the longest time and build it up bigger then it is.  But if Tiger did something against the rules or made him look bad, they might try and cover it up as best they can.  So there is that feel of conflict of interest as the editor of Golf Digest also works for Tigher Woods.  

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