Funding must be getting low.
So this comment appears on every single thread on FR relating to a scientific discovery (in other cases, ususally with the implication scientists are just randomly making up information in hopes of getting funding.)
Scientists publish their results, and the interesting results are picked up and reported by the scientific media. Scientists that generate more interesting results get more funding than those that don't, just like Lawyers that win a lot of cases get more money than those that don't, realtors that sell more houses than others, chefs that make better food, etc.
I don't understand why scientists are somehow inherently more greedy or corrupted by the almighty dollar.
Nobody becomes a planetary scientist to make money - going through almost a decade of expensive education, at least, the majority end up with salaries trivial compared to doctors, lawyers, and b-school graduates.