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Nov 03, 2008

WaPo Food Critic’s Review Retracted for Conflict-of-Interest Violation

Everyone knows the perils and regrets of drunk dialing. There’s that awful feeling of waking up the next morning remembering the nastygram you left on someone’s answering machine. Washington Post critic Tom Sietsema must be feeling that way today after the paper retracted his review of Commissary, citing that he and one of the owners has a previous “personal relationship” and should have recused himself. This morning the owners of Commissary also sent out an…

 
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