VOL. I · NO. 8574SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 20265¢
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✒ EDITORIAL
ABSURDITY:
If You’re Worried About ‘Old Lady Smell,’ Reviewers Say This Soap Is ‘A Godsend’
Filed 1mo ago · Via HuffPost · The Buffoon Desk
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Bass Walker
Kevin MacLeod · incompetech.com · CC BY 4.0
A shopping roundup promotes a tea tree oil soap marketed against age-related body odor and foot fungus, currently discounted to $9.99 from $13.99 through an affiliate link. The piece cites unnamed reviewers praising its lather, scent and effect on itching.
No independent testing, dermatological review, or verification of the discount's rarity accompanies the claims, which rest entirely on customer reviews aggregated by a retailer.
The full dispatch is available from the source below.
✒ FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK
A press release for a bar of soap wearing the disguise of a health story, complete with an affiliate link doing the heavy lifting the reporting doesn't. The lowest price 'ever' claim is doing a lot of unverifiable work for two dollars.
Source: Read the original at HuffPost →
Scored: Bass Walker · Kevin MacLeod · CC BY 4.0
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