Money is money, whether it’s really “needed” or not. And money, much like company, influences the public posture of even people who are financially unencumbered billionaires. And VFTW’s owner is far from being in that league.

It would require a suspension of disbelief to think that money and association has zero influence on the blog. Some things even disappeared from VFTW because of association.

VFTW seems to remain in a narrow opinion corridor that won’t rock the Party Line boat too much. Which is sort of amusing in its own right, as the blog has had its very tabloidesque and Crossfire-on-steroids moments that ran up audience numbers.