True...but the article seems to be targeted at Today's 10K*. There's nothing
remotely new about this. Back in (say) WWII, every American company that wanted to tap the massive increase in military spending was busy advertising in print publications that they thought would be read by the right decision-makers. (Plus the general public, to wrap a flag about their reputation.) Plus all sorts of lobbying, favor-trading, bribes, blackmail, war profiteering, and whatever else the dirtier ones thought they might get away with.
*https://xkcd.com/1053/
