Eric Kleefeld at Talking Points Memo notes that the Bangor Daily News (Maine) has a major conflict of interest regarding US Senator Susan Collins (R-ME).

Turns out that the Daily News’ executive editor, Mark Woodward, is married to a member of Sen. Collins’ staff, Bridget Woodward.

Says Mr. Kleefeld:

In other words, if Collins were to lose the election, the wife of the executive editor of a major newspaper in Collins’ home state would be out of a job — which would cause some serious inconvenience for that household.

Gee, I wonder why Daily News editorials have been supporting Republican Senator Collins?

Maybe our local conservative partisans like Dan Curry, Fran Eaton and others who constantly gripe that the media is oh-so-liberal would care to explain this one. Perhaps they chalk it up to their twisted definition of “family values”.