<story><title>Facebook hired PR firm that wrote negative articles about Apple and Google</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/14/facebook-hired-pr-firm-that-wrote-negative-articles-about-rivals-nyt.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>merricksb</author><text>Active discussion about the original NYT report from a few hours ago:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=18453958&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=18453958&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook hired PR firm that wrote negative articles about Apple and Google</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/14/facebook-hired-pr-firm-that-wrote-negative-articles-about-rivals-nyt.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>randycupertino</author><text>This reminds me of the youtube beauty gurus who will get paid 25k to give a positive review of the client&amp;#x27;s product, but can make 85k from the same client for leaving a negative review of a competitor&amp;#x27;s client.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.revelist.com&amp;#x2F;beauty-news-&amp;#x2F;beauty-influencer-negative-reviews&amp;#x2F;13369&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.revelist.com&amp;#x2F;beauty-news-&amp;#x2F;beauty-influencer-nega...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Relevant quote, &amp;quot;&amp;quot;A brand I consulted with asked me to inquire about working with a top-level beauty influencer. The influencer&amp;#x27;s management offered me these options: 1) $25K — product mention in a multi-branded product review. 2) $50K–$60K — dedicated product review (price determined by length of video). 3) $75K–$85K — dedicated negative review of a competitor&amp;#x27;s product (price determined by length of video). 4) A minimum 10% affiliate link or code to use on IG and YT.&amp;quot;</text></comment>