That said, I don’t really think the fault is with her — she clearly was not hiding anything, and she doesn’t seem to have any illusions that she did anything wrong (which seems to be norm). The fault here may be with ABC News — if it’s true that the execs did indeed give her the go-ahead, then either A) they do not think of her as a journalist, or B) they think that conflicts of interest issues are nothing to worry about. If it’s A, then ABC News had better make it damn clear she’s not. If it’s B, then, well, their credibility is shot.

I think the one thing that makes me nervous about the whole deal is the implication that video bloggers aren’t really journalists. Some aren’t, of course. But what about the video bloggers that do take it upon themselves to do journalistic work? What about Josh Wolf? I know, it’s an old story, and we’re all sick of the blogger vs journalist debate. But the flippant attitude toward her accused conflict of interest, however misguided, still leaves me feeling uncomfortable.