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in the publishing industry we call that "cooking a press release". the "news" article was entirely written and mailed by the PR of the subject (mayo clinic here
by 1oooqooq 2y ago
in the publishing industry we call that "cooking a press release". the "news" article was entirely written and mailed by the PR of the subject (mayo clinic here) and the "journalist" just copy and paste. at most they will reword a couple paragraphs not for fear of looking bad, but just to make it fit in their number of words required for the column they are publishing under.
so, yes, an advertisement.
- jknoepfler 2y agoIsn't that essentially how the AP has functioned for over a century? (Consume press release, produce news article, often nearly verbatim.)