The journalist community is not the only group with influence.    If you want stories on the Washington Power brokers, who lobby and pay for influence on legislation, then we should encourage 'new' media or whatever you see as an alternative, to look closer.

I'm OK saying the top media companies have access to power sources that most people don't,   Corporate ownership seems to assure the media focuses on the operation of the public institutions, but never in corporate boardrooms.

Media has demanded transparency in all government process, yet we all know the increasing power multinational corporations have a lot of access and influence on legislation in all nations.  Money always has influence.

Who holds the strings in the  Congress/Major contributors   relationship?  

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2013/05/11/freshman-lawmakers-are-introduced-permanent-hunt-for-campaign-money/YQMMMoqCNxGKh2h0tOIF9H/story.html