Proceso managed to survive by getting commercial ads but Critica Politica folded. President Miguel de la Madrid withdrew all government advertisements from the newspaper El Financiero because officials disliked the way the newspaper covered the debt agreement negotiations. President Carlos Salinas de Gortari followed suit and decided not to include a reporter of the newspaper in any of the presidential trips, except one, in October 1989. However, El Financiero kept publishing by selling commercial advertisements. In most other cases, editors and reporters follow the official line.
Reporters count on commissions they get for each government ad they bring in.
Reporters compete with each other in newsrooms to get the richest beatsrich not in information but in political propaganda, because that is the main source of their income. Publishers pay between five and 12 percent commission to reporters. That is why they also get away with low salaries for journalists. Commercial advertisements are usually handled by the advertising department. Since the concept of conflict of interest doesn't exist in Mexican journalism, this widespread practice is not seen as unethical by many.