This link is to an excellent article detailing how journalists' investigative stories are watered down or hampered by reliance upon advertising revenue in the publications they work for. It is a very frustrating read, in that it'll piss you off, but is enlightening with regard to the current vein of conversation. I do not intend this to be a criticism of GT as I do not know his history of articles.
The Broken Wall by Blake Fleetwood