Regardless of your political affiliation, this modern-day First Amendment warfare gives mercy to no one, and each of us are either part of the solution, or part of the problem. In the past, the weapons of this battle were only reserved for a few. Now, they are available to everyone. If you are an average reader making a modest income, perhaps breaking a sweat each day or slaving at some dead-end cubicle, please excuse me while I address those who fly first class, if they even fly commercial at all. There are those in that class of people who have to sit in board rooms everyday and make decisions that affect the lives of millions of others, and more importantly - the bottom line.
Many corporations find themselves at the business end of big media's gun.
There are many more than those listed here. Some are just legal businesses who didn't pay off the right people or who simply made someone else upset at a dinner party. Some have tried fighting back just to see even more degradation of their image. It never works. Those that know full well the media are out to get them, or are clearly on their bad side, but somehow get convinced that advertising on these same media are best for the corporate interest as a whole.