But President Bush is rewarding his contributors with the Pentagon.
Alagiah probed his contributors with sensitivity and affection and winkled out some telling stories.
It was bad enough when President Clinton rewarded his contributors with the Lincoln Bedroom.
The site has not been without controversy, including occasional personal vendettas and long-running spats between contributors with different ideologies.
North America and Western Europe are the largest contributors, with the United States being the largest of all.
That puts him in third place out of four in terms of number of contributors, with Mr. Vallone trailing.
"We don't only have our parochial interests at heart," Mr. Reiner told the contributors, with Mr. Gore seated nearby.
Italy, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands are big contributors, with players coming from as far away as Venezuela, Turkey, Japan, Armenia and the United States.
Hawthorn had a greater spread of contributors, with Hodge important with 24 possessions, while Sam Mitchell (28 disposals), Liam Shiels (25) and Jordan Lewis (25) were also influential.
In my professional life, I have seen respected journals with a good deal less sense of responsibility, particularly when it comes to contributors with imposing credentials.
Entries are sometimes vandalised by jokers (the page on George W Bush, for instance), or modified by contributors with more sinister motives.
