This thread is just describing how journalism works: you develop relationships with companies and people, and if they like your reporting they give you more acc

This thread is just describing how journalism works: you develop relationships with companies and people, and if they like your reporting they give you more access to do more of the same reporting. It's also describing a downside to the modern world of independent (lone person) journalism and microblogging. These people are much easier and cheaper to influence than larger organizations such as newspapers and broadcast media.