“Those accounts reflect a complex web of financial links, in which the six outlets collectively received, at minimum, $900,000 from Matrix, its clients, and associated entities between 2013 and 2020.”
Two monopoly utilities paid a consulting firm, and the firm paid “news” sites that went after officials who questioned rates. At least $900,000 flowed to six outlets. Ratepayers funded the attacks on the people trying to protect them. That’s not journalism. It’s an ad buy with a masthead.