Interesting re: policies; didn't know about that. It seems like such a policy, if actually followed, would help with things like this.

Further, this type of thing makes me sad that ads are the biggest winning revenue model for web companies, and as more people turn to the web as their primary news source, it becomes harder to differentiate between "eyeballs-for-sale" and "somewhat unbiased" news.

TL;DR follow the money