well, we can't discount the role of the consumer here.

if there were two newspaper vending machines side-by-side, one blaring the headline "secret sex scandals of city hall exposed," and the other blasting "taboo trysts of gm's board revealed" - and i was allowed to take the profits from either one - i'd take the city hall paper!

and face it, government officials are sexier than executive board members. what would you rather see, monica in manacles, or wagoner in leather?