Everyone knows that this kind of collusion exists in the high tech press. Anyone who has had dealings with Steve Jobs knows that his support is conditional on him getting what he wants. But you never see it reported. The older you are the less you notice it, perhaps. Further, after giving it a few hours thought, I think Rosenberg proves my point.
Money does buy the attention of the top journalists.
It should be easy to get rid of them. Often that's all that's behind it. In the last few years the practice of throwing money at PR to support stories with no substance went to the most ridiculous extremes. At a panel discussion for Australian CEOs put on by the Davos people, I asked a VC how many of the deals his companies announced had any substance at all. Do the math.