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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I know newspaper columnists. They aren’t paid by anyone except their publisher. If there was money to be made on the side as the mouthpiece of private interests, a lot more people would be going into journalism rather than leaving the profession in droves.
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It doesn't have to be directly financial, there are other forms of graft. Corbella almost certainly gets an annual invite to the Scurfield's cabin in exchange for puff pieces on Sunshine Village. Of course she'd never disclose such a CoI.
Other times it can be a career security hedge - maintain good relationships for the Comms Directors at huge companies who give a wink that they'll hire you if you ever need the work.
Most people go into journalism with morals and principles...another reason people are fleeing is because they are ashamed of their company and/or don't want to be involved in shady unspecified advertorials, etc.