Just to be clear I'm talking about comments about "people who are well off" that "didn't want to put up too much" and "a handful of people who didn't come through". If we're talking about people who "didn't want to put up too much" then what they're saying is that (some) *donors* didn't contribute enough.
And no, I'm not going to approach the Digital Press royal throne on this one. If I happen to see Joe I will certainly mention it. If they're too busy to pay attention to their own publicity that's another issue.