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Re: Who said reviewers are journalists, subject to those

"If the writer does not derive any income from the reader and is employed by parties that do not have interests wholly aligned with the reader where does this duty come from?"

The writer knows that a reasonable reader will rely, to some extent, on their words in making a purchase. The writer's duty is a moral, ethical duty, which, to some around here, apparently count for much. I would have assumed this to be self-evident, but, then, I have learned, more and more people are willing to abdicate duties when it benefits them.

You query is akin to asking what duty do you have not to murder someone for money if you can get away with it, and the law is not looking over your shoulder to politely remind you that you have a duty to your fellow man.



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