The Checks and Balances Project has asked the New York Times to blaze the trail in providing full disclosure of financial conflicts of interest of their op-ed contributors.
The inspiration for the request came after the Times published an article on the myths of green energy but failed to mention that the contributor worked for the Manhattan Institute that received a nearly $3 million grant from Exxon-Mobile. -db
From the Columbia Journalism Review, October 6, 2011, by Craig Silverman.