Romenesko

Washington Post
"The reporters I talk to, it's like they're all rooting for the bedbugs," says Joe McInerney, president of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. David Segal points out that reporters often ring up pest-control services for quotes. "It isn't wise to seek hard data about any problem from a party that stands to profit as the problem gets worse," notes Segal. "We have what ethicists would call the appearance, at least, of a conflict of interest."