Yeah, not only that but newspapers are always tied to politics. Don't bother looking for an unbiased editor, they don't exist in human form, never have, never will. Just look to
know something about the bias that you know is there, and that's about the best you can do.
Now, how many WWASP millionaires are paid advertisers? How many of those paid advertisers also pay lobbyists and lawyers to defend their cash cow? How much do WWASP affiliated peoplc contribute to various political campaigns in return for favorable legislation and/or ignorance of their crimes? These are rhetorical question. The general answer is "a lot".
That's why, when a journalist goes through the gauntlett to expose this kind of scam, they really are heros. Not the shining, blow dried, sanitized type of heros. But the real kind, who tend to be more brash, smelly and rough around the edges; that comes from getting down in the mud where the story is.
Given the choice between dancing pigs and security, people will choose dancing pigs every time.
-- Ed Felton (quoted in www-security about Active-X)