I hear about this sort of thing all of the time and it happends other places as well. Businesses regularly pay the Better Business Bureau for reviewes and reports about their company as well as the US Chamber of Commerce. There are very few publications these days that are not in the pocket of businesses one of which is called the Washington Checkbook which gets $0 from advertisers and gets no contributions from any business that they review, if you are not reviwed then you are free to donate. They are financed by a) subscriptions and 2) donations.
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