Not that it s worthwhile to drag this out but I rather presumed the term referred to the person s normal role in the real world A public relations professional is a kind of paid advocate but whether they advocate here is a separate issue Though in some countries there is a different marketing culture where public relations professionals are seen as consensus builders between companies and their respective publics rather than advocates I prefer to just use normal business language like marketing rather than Wikipedia jargon But if you insist on labeling me as a paid editor I think I will start referring to others as free editors since working for free is actually the more unusual between the two snicker Talk