> First, do no harm.
Brownlee's not a doctor. …He's not Spiderman, either, for the record, or at least that we know of.
And "Humane, Inc." isn't his patient, or even a person.
Yes, do not harm corporation. People that spend money on shitty product should be on their own.
Apart from the hypocratic oath, there are also the 4 pillars of journalism, one of which is "minimize harm". Bringing that one up feels like a recent trend whenever people see legitimate criticism that they can't really argue with, and it's an easy one to bring up as in every truthful reporting about people that have being lying there is at least the lier being "harmed".
Heh. "Hypocratic"… Appropriate.