Think Again: Conflicts of Interest by the Wealthy and for the Wealthy
Center for American Progress, July 9, 2009
By Eric Alterman
It is no secret that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer in this world, but honest journalism is the one place where that is not supposed to happen. The fact is the only people who can afford to corrupt journalists on their own behalf are the wealthy. And the corruption is going on in elite journalism circles as well as in the blogosphere.
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