@gemlog
Very interesting, very documented and unfortunately very true article indeed.
As for thexmedia, who pays and the rest who cares, the article isn't biased and from what I could verify, very accurate.
If I told you that since my college years, I am a regular reafer of...The Economist, for the very same reasons.
They are SO filled with the certitude of TINA and the superiority of their beliefs, that they never try to bias or direct you thought in their direction, since they truly think you will come naturally to it : TINA.
So I have a very good macroeconomics and global politic analysis, without the recruiter speech.