Exhibit A, the gaming media. Note how many of the people involved are from upper class families with large trust funds and a tendency to get everything they say

Exhibit A, the gaming media. Note how many of the people involved are from upper class families with large trust funds and a tendency to get everything they say printed by almost anyone else in the industry. But either way, this is why the public has lost so much trust in the media. With a few exceptions here and there, they basically just serve powerful interests and try and shut down any independent attempts at social change. Part of it might be wages, average journalist wages aren't particularly high at the moment (especially not in less mainstream fields). So they tend to only be liveable for people with pre existing wealth and networks.