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they can't really do that because that would be defamation and they would be sued for it. Bribery is a crime and while it is effectively the same as lobbying from our perspective, one is legal and one is not and a media outlet can't just accuse someone of a crime without evidence unless they want to close up shop
When in practice Corruption is not investigated or prosecuted, nobody ever gets convicted of Corruption, the Media can't talk about Corruption as it would otherwise be defamation, hence the country has no Corruption.
I haven't lived in the US but I lived in the UK and this was exactly how Britain had "no Corruption".
Except the only thing that will be prosecuted, or adjudicated, is the claim of libel entered by Meta, for suggesting their millions are anything other than legal contributions to something or other.
There is a solution, though, staring us all right in the face.
Just like how ABC paid/donated $15 million for reporting an unpleasant fact about the preaident-elect.