there was a faction of the company, reportedly led by Triple H, that felt WWE was giving out too much information to the fans through the website and on Confidential and Tough Enough, and that was part of the reason why all of their business indicators were going south. Of course, that line of thinking is ridiculous because they gave out just as much information (more in fact) when they were at their peak a few years ago, but said faction blamed things like the website and Tough Enough for hurting the business. Well, in the more than three months since both the Ross Report and Tough Enough have ended, business has headed further south so it sure doesn't appear that columns and TV shows were the problem.