Incredible the negative impact of contemporary fears about journalistic integrity. Fact is they exposed corruption across the city using the only way possible.
Yeah, it seems like the journalist community shot themselves in the foot there. It's not just the limited effects of a single bar, but the fear that "this bar could be owned by a newspaper" would create amongst inspectors. Knowing that there's lots of people working hard to catch you out is bound to increase honesty amongst inspectors.
