Peter S. Goodman on HuffPo’s Aggregation Policy

We have made a very substantial investment in original reporting here, bringing in dozens of new writers in recent months. And while we will continue to curate the news for our audience, what occurred in this instance is entirely unacceptable and collides directly with the values that are at work in our newsroom.

Peter S. Goodman, Executive Business Editor AOL Huffington Post Media Group, in response to a complaint from Simon Dumenco, claiming that the aggregation of one of his stories violated Huffington Post ethics.