You're quite right Elizabeth. All you have to do to make easy money is to abandon your moral scruples. But it is possible to do it in journalism too. The BBC's Evan Solomon didn't worry about moral scruples himself while sanctimoniously lecturing the politicians. 
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/06/09/cbc-host-evan-solomon-took-secret-cut-of-art-deals.html