Posted: 10/28/19 at 11:13pm
Forbes writer Lee Seymour
Lee Seymour is an investor in The Inheritance on Broadway and he writes a weekly column on Broadway grosses in Forbes. He does declare at the end of his column that he is involved in The Inheritance when he writes about the show.
Here's the ethical challenge. Should he be writing about Broadway sales in an editorial capacity when he is involved in producing a show on Broadway?
Each week he careful explains the sales numbers for The Inheritance as the growth of a show that is settling in, while trashing competing shows that are not selling well suggesting they will close soon.
Surely, if the magazine has any journalistic integrity, Forbes should assign another writer who doesn't have a personal interest in Broadway sales, to cover the weekly grosses. At least while The Inheritance is running.
Am I missing something?
Thoughts?
