There is a strong media culture against being a shill, especially for a profit-making corporation.

The division between news and advertising is also highly ingrained in the news industry. It is a line that editors and reporters are conditioned not to cross.

Maybe this is a good thing, maybe it’s not. I don’t have the answer, I’m just saying this is how it is.

Regarding the stereotype of rich evil corporations: Class warfare has been going on since time immemorial. The media may play on this but they did not create it.

The previous post actually does an excellent job of proving the exact point that was made by the original post. “Pharmaceutical companies” haven’t brought anything of the sort on themselves. There are (arguably) a few instances of specific companies that have allegedly committed bad acts, and the generalization made here shows just how deeply biased the media coverage is. People tend to make blanket statements like that that don’t have merit or value, and the media love it, since bad news sells, and plaintiffs attorneys love that, because the jury pool starts out with a “go after the rich, evil corporation” mindset that causes far more harm than it does good.