Probably is, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if parts of the press just didn't think the FTC rules applied to them. (I know they had to have sharp words with

Probably is, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if parts of the press just didn't think the FTC rules applied to them. (I know they had to have sharp words with quite a few publications about actually following their rules on affiliate links, and that's a lot more publicly visible and easy to prove than the stuff alleged here.)