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Lol...knn u think these food bloggers got alot of integrity?
Popular blog Sethlui.com refutes claims it does not disclose taking payment for food reviews
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SINGAPORE – Mr Seth Lui, who operates a popular blog site featuring food reviews, has rebutted allegations that the portal does not make clear that it accepts payment for restaurant reviews.
He added that all articles sponsored by advertisers come with a note making it clear that they are paid reviews.
In response to queries, a spokesman for Mr Lui said on Thursday that the blogger is aware of a post circulating online that accuses the food blog of featuring local eateries in its reviews in return for payment.
“The allegations are absolutely false,” he added.
Mr Lui, 38, set up the online publication in 2013.
The claims were made by Ms Charlene Yan, 34, who owns an eatery in Everton Park in the Tanjong Pagar area. Ms Yan, in a Facebook post on Wednesday, said she was shocked to get an e-mail from one of Mr Lui’s employees asking if she would like to pay for a spot in a list of the best places to eat in Everton Park.
In the e-mail – a screenshot of which accompanied the post – the employee calls the offer an “advertising effort”, and said
her eatery would be assigned a random position on the list for $2,300.