[tbrownaw]

The "driven by connections" and the culture that implies is the interesting part. It highlights how they're a center of power that needs similar anti-corruption traditions as any other center of power; there's at least the possibility of something generally useful coming out of this being known.

Looking at the donation ratio as proof of the very obvious bias that everyone who cared to look already know about, is good for... what, playing "I told you so"?