You know, medical journals make authors prominently disclose any interests that might matter, and biomedical research has a reputation of being less than squeak

You know, medical journals make authors prominently disclose any interests that might matter, and biomedical research has a reputation of being less than squeaky-clean. Expecting the same norm in political journalism doesn't seem inherently ridiculous, even if it's the last thing anyone would expect today. It may be somewhat automatable with natural language processing and databases of contributions.