Much ado has been made over the last week about disclosure. In the wake of Hannah Means-Shannon's exit as editor-in-chief of Bleeding Cool and her hiring as an associate editor at Dark Horse, many in the comics community find themselves questioning the relationship between comics journalists and the industry they cover. Unlike being a journalist in basically any other media-related field, it is almost impossible to work in or around comics for any period of time without getting to know a lot of people. The basis of this very podcast is demonstrable of this, given my position as a journalist and Brandon's as a writer. This creates conflicts of interest-- something Emma Houbois sought to dug into with her piece on Means-Shannon.
While the article does have its merits, it also presents opinion and hearsay as fact, notably alleging that Means-Shannon "disparage[d]" Janelle Asselin's expose of Dark Horse former editor-in-chief Scott Allie at New York Comic Con without providing a sourc
