I read a CoinDesk story about ripple today and there was a footnote saying the company that owns CoinDesk is an investor in the company that runs ripple. That's news to me. I have read loads of CoinDesk stories about ripple and I always thought they were unbiased. If I'd known CoinDesk was a ripple investor I wouldn't have taken those stories at face value.
Coindesk should not be taken all that seriously regardless of the subject. They've promoted blatant scams in the past and have helpfully censored the subsequent comments. Certain companies have never attracted one single critical article which says all one needs to know. I don't think there's much or any proper journalism taking place there.