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Most news venues accept advertisements, even from somewhat controversial sources. This does not mean that sponsors have any editorial influence, which would be
by shoyer 10y ago
Most news venues accept advertisements, even from somewhat controversial sources. This does not mean that sponsors have any editorial influence, which would be a serious allegation.
Unless you are accusing STAT of violating journalistic ethics, these sort of comments are off-topic and irrelevant (and hence downvoted).
- no_wizard 10y agoI wasn't, which I stated. Its not however, off topic or baseless. I think it is a great example of the medical industry (with pharmaceutical companies being a subset of that as well) being self serving even if it is dangerous to others (which this donation scheme isn't per say, however it is very suspicious and at the very least I would say not the way we want to business in a polite society)
- conistonwater 10y agoIt's a strange road to go down, isn't it, to say I'm not alleging anything, but here's an allegation. Saying you think it's relevant is the allegation, which you both make and deny making.
- no_wizard 10y agoHere's my mistake, I really am not questioning their editorial. I was trying to point out that the sites sponsors were Janssen pharma, with the focus I was trying to swing in as "Lest we forget, STAT news sponsor Janssen Phamasutical... I can see how it can be misinterpreted I was red the emphasis to be back on the sponsor not on stat news