Controversy
In November 2009, the state of New Hampshire guaranteed 75 percent of a $250,000 loan to the Eagle Times, leading to questions about conflicts of interest and journalistic integrity. The paper's publisher, Harry Hartman, denied any conflict of interest, saying that "No one gets deferential treatment in our newsroom."
On March 15, 2012, editor Roger Carroll published a column on the paper's front page in which he took the sports editor of a competing weekly to task for plagiarizing one of his stories. The article attracted the attention of the Poynter Institute, which subsequently did its own piece on Carroll's decision. http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/166724/
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