If a sponsor pays for advertising, Does that make them a better sponsor?

[[BV]]

I'll get straight to the point.

There are many smaller "micro niche" sponsors that are solid moneymakers but don't have thousands of dollars set aside in their budget each month to advertise on all the various industry message boards.

I feel a lot of good programs are in a way "censored" out of the main forums because they are not "Paid Advertisers".

Is this doing justice to the forums readers?

Is this in a way some type of censorship?

Discuss.....

Cheers,
BV