Yes its a complex issue for sure, no doubt . I am referring to the act of exhorting morality and taking a 'better than you' attitude while doing so, not the actual act of taking money. Nytimes public editor Liz spayd herself said that nytimes is now a hive mind totally isolated in a bubble from people whose cause they are supposedly championing.

>Taking it to an extreme what would anyone think if a startup took an investment from Assad of Syria?

It is equivalent of startup called 'savior of people' doing so.

No idea what the downvotes are for, I've wondered about this topic for months .