My suggestion is take all of the keywords from the article or linked articles, paste them into google, then paste “-millionaire” and “-rich”. You will find all the stories evaporate just the hit pieces that they are. Of course it’s not hard to figure out that it’s a hit piece when they copy and paste a phrase like “Michael Dell, a computer magnate” (as opposed to Michael Dell, the computer magnate, or just Michael Dell).
Poor people by definition don't have enough money for influence-peddling.
Cheers!