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by chandler 3466 days ago
>> Imagine most of your income comes from Adsense, how would you feel about revealing something as disturbing as google involved in a case of corruption in the european parliament?

This wouldn't happen because a news org would never recover the cost of an actual investigation from AdSense impressions.

And even if they did, 100+ other websites will just rehash the first paragraph, write a catchier headline, and come out with a positive ROI...and stay in business.