The author points out as much in the middle of the article. One of the features of journalism is that the editorial side remains independent from owners, publishers and sales. The typical approach when reporting on one of them is to note the conflict of interest in the article. This isn't ironic or funny, this is S.O.P. and normal. We're just being assaulted by bad journalism, entertainment masquerading as journalism and propagandists that we're forgetting this is how it's supposed to work.