Tinklenberg

SD War College is reporting that the Argus Leader has been serving as a booster for one of its own:

I always wondered why the Argus Leader had been promoting the odd notion that it was ok for an insurance agent to end up as the beneficiary on a life insurance policy that they had written. Now I know why they've been ramming that notion down their readership's throat

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[H]ere's what got my attention:

Tinklenberg had worked for the Argus Leader circulation department for four months at the end of 2005 and beginning of 2006 as an independent contractor setting up kiosks at different locations for the purpose of selling newspapers.

That's rather telling. Read it all here and make up your own mind. But it certainly seems like some quid pro quo for his participating in their series of stories. Or do they hire everyone who contributes to big sensationalistic expose's?

Despite their best propaganda, I'd be hard pressed to ever believe that an insurance agent ever had an insurable interest in the life insurance policy of someone whom they weren't related to, nor had a business relationship.