There is a not so subtle carrot and stick. A reporter who goes along with those in power can expect access, leaks and perhaps lucrative jobs for their family [1

There is a not so subtle carrot and stick. A reporter who goes along with those in power can expect access, leaks and perhaps lucrative jobs for their family [1]. But a reporter who embarrasses our leaders will lose the access they need to do their jobs and may be harassed by airport security or even investigated by FBI [2],[3] or have their computer hacked [4]. Powerful incentives to go along with their views. [1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/media-administration-deal-with-conflicts/2013/06/12/e6f98314-ca2e-11e2-8da7-d274bc611a47_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/media-administ... [2] http://bigstory.ap.org/article/govt-obtains-wide-ap-phone-records-probe http://bigstory.ap.org/article/govt-obtains-wide-ap-phone-re... [3] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/us/politics/white-house-defends-tracking-fox-reporter.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/us/politics/white-house-de... [4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/06/14/cbs-news-confirms-multiple-breaches-of-sharyl-attkissons-computer/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/06/1...